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This is a link to PKM in detail that I found very helpful when creating my concept map for Assignment 1

ACARA's implementation of the Australian Curriculum will enable students an equal and enriching education throughout the nation. As a future educator and studying for the past 4 years education, it is enlightening to know that in the near future, Australia as a nation will have one type of education for all states. The Australian Curriculum will enable teachers to travel throughout Australia, be able to provide students with a consistent learning experience, and will endeavor to advance and push students in a positive direction. I am all for the Australian Curriculum and am excited to know that this is the way that education is heading. The equality of the Australian Curriculum not only for educators as well as students, but for parents, knowing that their children will benefit from equal learning opportunities. The Learning Areas for the Australian Curriculum currently include: English, Mathematics, Science and History. General capabilities, a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum, are addressed explicitly in the content of the learning areas. They play a significant role in realising the goals set out in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA 2008) - that all young people in Australia should be supported to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens. The Australian Curriculum includes seven general capabilities: Literacy Numeracy Information and communication technology (ICT) capability Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability Ethical understanding Intercultural understanding. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/File/C26D8605-FAA2-4B40-BE10-A15500EE1EB6. Accordingly, the Australian Curriculum must be both relevant to the lives of students and address the contempor

Top 10 websites/resources for ESL learners

If you're contemplating using Project-Based Learning or are already trying out the latest craze to hit the modern classroom, you should know about this checklist. It details if you're actually doing it correctly. For example, does your project focus on significant content, develop 21st century skills, and engage students in in-depth inquirty (just to name a few)?

Online database of instructional strategies

The web quest is also embedded with cyber safety.

Something we could all do with knowing more about. I thought I had some good passwords until I read this and yesterday's hints. #edc3100

There are so many great ways that you can make ICT integral to learning in your Early Phase maths program.    To help you get started, we've compiled a collection of resources around the theme 'ICTs You Can Count On'.   These resources relate to the concepts covered in the five strands of the Years 1 - 10 Mathematics Syllabus.   We encourage you to explore them and to learn more about the applications, websites and learning objects that can be used to engage learners in your Early Phase classroom.

Common misconceptions for students telling the time - Mathematics Measurement

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This is a website recommended by Scootle News.  It draws on TPAK and has pages discussing pedagogy, content, technology & leadership in ICT.

A toolkit for teachers which incorporates the TPACK framework on Scootle.

Resources on PCK in the Science Classroom

This site has a clear table to help unpack PCK. 

I found this website for some great PCK ideas for my unit plan. Perhaps they will help someone else.

This is a great resource to just read about the implementation of PCK in teacher. It goes through a research project a student conducted about he importance of teachers having PCK before starting teaching and how teachers need experience to implement their own teaching pedagogy into the classroom. I just found the research interesting and encourages me to really focus on my own teaching pedagogy.

current, inspirational and education content and ideas for early childhood educators.

This blog is aimed at Early Childhood Teachers in Australia and should be very informative. The post about equity and equality being very different could be interesting for all.

Sharing my favourite version of how to implement the UbD/ Backward Design by Wiggins and McTighe

Another optional reading from week 1.

I love the second quote! I find my head hurts if I try too hard to imagine not knowing something. I find as a teacher it really interesting seeing students going from 'I don't understand this' to 'How did I not see this before?'. I love seeing the flash of understanding so I really love that quote!