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Nigel Coutts

CREST - Creativity in Science and Technology - 0 views

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    CREST is a programme for schools run by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation that aims to promote Creativity. By adding creativity to our science lessons we can move past boiling water and encourage students towards serious scientific and technological discovery.
Rhondda Powling

My Incredible Body - An App That Teaches Kids How the Human Body Works | Android 4 Schools - 2 views

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    From Richard Byrne's "android4schools" site. A free Android app that is designed to help younger students learn how the human body works. The app features eight sections: circulation, muscles, the senses, kidneys & urine, skeleton, respiration, digestion, and brain & nerves. Each section contains short animated videos that explain the functions of each system and how it works.
North Coast

TAFE Courses, distance courses, online courses - 0 views

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    TAFE Courses - North Coast TAFE offers a range of distance courses, online courses, aboriginal programs, green skills courses, courses for school students and international programs. Search the course of your choice at http://northcoast.tafensw.edu.au
Nigel Coutts

Handwriting vs Typing - Reflecting on Finland's changing policy on cursive writing - 0 views

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    Finland recently made the news for its decision to shift away from a focus on handwriting. Beginning in 2016 students will not be required to learn cursive handwriting and instead will be taught typing skills. But what is lost in a move away from handwriting and should schools teach typing skills?
Nigel Coutts

A meeting of the Hare and the Tortoise - 0 views

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    Schools like any large organisation by and large run on meetings. Recently we have implemented two very different styles of meeting that target different needs and have allowed us to be effective, reflective and creative.
Nigel Coutts

Ten ideas from Eye on the Future - 0 views

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    On Saturday I had the opportunity to join a group of very enthusiastic teachers to hear Alan November and Carl Jarvis speak at North Turramurra Primary School. That so many educators from across Sydney were keen to give up a Saturday is a testament to their desire to improve their teaching but also a measure of the respect these speakers garner.
Nigel Coutts

Beyond consumer based ICT - 0 views

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    There is a change taking place in how schools approach ICT, one that has been coming for some time but is at the point of moving into the mainstream. A subtle but powerful shift that sees ICT build connections with the Maker Movement as a tool for solving what Bronwyn Moreton speaking at the ICT Educators of NSW conference describes as the 'I wish it would .. .moment.
ava777

Automatic Stainless Steel Touch Cordless Soap Dispenser - 0 views

Automatic Stainless Steel Sensor Infrared Handfree Soap Sanitizer Dispenser This item has built-in infrared smart sensor, soap will come out automatically once laying your hand, dishware, etc. unde...

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Sue Tapp

Welcome ! - 41 views

Welcome! If you are an Australian or NZ educator, then here is a place for our growing online voice to aggregate the knowledge and skills that apply to our unique educational systems and dilemmas....

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started by Sue Tapp on 28 Mar 08 no follow-up yet
Nigel Coutts

Might curriculum overloading come from "Idea Creep" - The Learner's Way - 0 views

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    I would like to propose that one cause of curriculum overcrowding is a phenomenon I refer to as "Idea Creep".
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Communities of practice - 12 views

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