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Our shared history | Sections | Share Our Pride - 0 views

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    Shared history of Australia's First People and European settlement
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http://www.coolaustralia.org/unit/cool-burning-primary/ - 0 views

  • What's so cool about 'cool burning'?
  • and managers
  • sharing their knowledge
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    Cool burning, students investigate the way the Indigenous land managers manage controlled burns e.o. relevant facts about the way people manage placed to mitigate and control fire hazards
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Through our eyes: series 1 - 0 views

  • This resource also provides a very valuable source of information for Year 3 History for local area studies of Language groups in north-western NSW and discusses the importance of Country and Place to Aboriginal peoples.
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    Series of 18 short videos providing insights into the land management practices and social, spiritual and cultural knowledge of the Ngemba, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Aboriginal language groups in north-western NSW. The videos are presented by the Aboriginal Elders and knowledge-holders and cover a range of topics including the cultural use of billabongs and gilgai, the use of native foods and medicines and traditional stories from the region. Some of the videos explore the European water management practices on the ecology of the catchment and the importance of sustainable land and water management.
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Digital Childhood: Realistic Screen Time Limits for Children | Altarum Institute - 1 views

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  • The announcement said, “Scientific research and policy statements lag behind the pace of digital innovation,” and noted that the organization’s screen time policies were written before the rise of the iPad (Brown, Shifrin, & Hill, 2015)
  • The AAP’s current guidelines are that television and other entertainment media should be avoided for children younger than 2 years old and that older children and teens should limit screen time to 2 hours per day (AAP, 2015)
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  • Is abstinence from screen time realistic for children younger than 2? Can older children navigate a digital world with no more than 2 hours per day of screen time?
  • “The question before us is whether electronic media use in children is more akin to diet or to tobacco use. With diet, harm reduction measures seem to be turning the tide of the obesity epidemic. With tobacco, on the other hand, there really is no safe level of exposure at any age. My personal opinion is that the diet analogy will end up being more apt” (Kamenetz, 2016).
  • The risks of excessive screen time have been well-studied, although many of the cornerstone studies in this area focus on television viewing rather than the use of mobile media devices like smartphones and tablets.
  • n general, screen time exposure is associated with less physical activity, poorer diet choices, disrupted sleep cycles, and a higher body mass index (BMI)
  • Even with the evidence above, it is difficult to say exactly how much screen time is excessive screen time and how newer forms of digital media compare with traditional media like television.
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    2016 article looking at screen-time and how much is too much. Picks up on moves to change recommendations, but includes discussion of problems and strategies.
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    About screen times
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Voluntary certification scheme | Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner - 0 views

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    Voluntary Certification scheme
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Stay Smart Online | Department of Communications and the Arts - 0 views

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    The Australian Governments "online safety and security website" providing a range of information related to "cyber safety" targeted at the broader Australian community.
djplaner

Could children one day sue parents for posting baby pics on Facebook? | Guardian Sustai... - 0 views

  • French authorities, which have warned parents in France they could face fines of up to €45,000 (£35,000) and a year in prison for publishing intimate photos of their children on social media without permission, as part of the country’s strict privacy laws.
  • A 2015 study by internet company Nominet found parents in the UK post nearly 200 photos of their under fives online every year, meaning a child will feature in around 1,000 online photos before their fifth birthday.
  • A recent University of Michigan study found that children aged 10 to 17 “were really concerned” about the ways parents shared their children’s lives online
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  • The recent Nominet study found 17% of parents had never checked their Facebook privacy settings.
  • Social sharing isn’t inherently bad for children; sharing pictures can benefit children, for example, by helping to maintain connections with family members such as far away grandparents and cousins abroad
denisebayliss

Earthquake Introduction - 0 views

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    Lessons & Instructional Materials - Earthquake Introduction. The flipchart introduces earthquakes by asking students to do a 3 minute quick write about their background knowledge. Then, the pages turn into an introduction to vocabulary words related to earthquakes. Students watch a seismograph at work to show student the way the machine works.
jacintawhite

Voki Avatar - 1 views

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    Motivate your students to participate in class by embedding a speaking avatar right onto your SMART Notebook software page. You can create an avatar for yourself, or your students can create their own by visiting voki.com. You can customize your character, give it a voice and add a background and theme.
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Interactive Board Uses Tips and Tricks - Google Slides - 4 views

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    A shared Google doc that outlines a range of ways to use an IWB.
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How To Guide for Creating Flipcharts: Beginner Functions to Beyond - 1 views

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    For a Promethean IWB
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33 interesting ways to use your interactive whiteboard - 1 views

  • Tom Barrett has produced this wonderful Google Docs slideshow outlining, as the title suggests, 33 interesting ways to use your interactive whiteboard. It’s a fantastic resource that Tom intends to keep updated with new tips, so keep an eye on it and bookmark it, or even better: get in touch with Tom to contribute to it!
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Interactive Whiteboard Success Tips - 0 views

  • ramp up your students’ learning with these easy-to-learn (and teach!) strategies.
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    "13 bright ideas for the IWB"
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