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National Forum - ‘Intergenerational Compact for our Young People'
The Australian National Schools Network (ANSN) in conjunction with the University of Western Sydney (UWS) and the New South Wales Department of Education & Training are presenting a National Forum to discuss producing an ‘Intergenerational Compact for our Young People’.
Snapshot - Working with African Refugee Students
This Snapshot outlines the background of African students now in schools in Australia and discusses the need for teachers and schools to find ways to capitalise and build on the strengths of these students, to assist them in building the new (and sometimes unfamiliar) skills that they will need if they are to settle successfully in Australia. It then provides an overview of what the project is setting out to achieve, and includes case studies and suggested strategies, as well as details of the resources that are being made available.
Report of the Digi Kids Workshop in Adelaide, July 2008
By Hanan Harrison
Participants of the Adelaide Digi Kids continued to be challenged on their digital journey when they attended Days 3 and 4 of their Hub workshops. Their first challenge was to develop and create a claymation. The focus was not only to develop skills for the production, but also to develop a philosophy of technology integration where participants would reflect critically on their own pedagogical practices, to develop a meaningful context for introducing claymation as an additional medium for story telling, which could be used to support various literacy outcomes including recount, narratives and procedural genres, as well as a tool for reinforcing other curriculum outcomes.
The Perth Digi Kids Workshop - Report by Helen Davey
The 2 day Digi-Kids workshop was enjoyed by all participants over the school holidays. Big thanks to Hanan Harrison and the ANSN (Australian National Schools Network) for presenting, as well as Mary Vajda from ECU for hosting the sessions. The participants certainly had a good time and came away with an enormous amount of open ended ideas to implement into their classroom next term. Digi kids Snapshot no.1 - Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom
A series of Snapshots is being developed around the experience and practice of teachers in the Digi Kids program. The first in the series looks at Lynda Page’s work on Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom. A teacher for more than 20 years, Lynda works at Coolum Beach State School, in Queensland. She has been a keen participant in the Digi Kids program, which is co-ordinated by Hanan Harrison. In developing the Snapshot, she worked with Keith Redman, Editor of E-News and this Snapshot series.
Teacher coaching – a short reflection on an example of work taking place in WA
By Leith Hogan
I am working with the teachers at Yule Brook College in my role as a Teacher coach for Big Picture, focusing upon Literacy. I have the particular purpose of helping them identify student literacy, the literacy demands of tasks they give students to do, and to find ways of deepening student learning and improving their literacy.
Update on Connecting Lives and Learning
Andrew Bills, ANSN Networker in SA, has circulated a paper and a powerpoint that gives a summary of the Connecting Lives and Learning (CLL) project. As described in previous editions of E-News, CLL has developed out of the earlier Redesigning Pedagogies in the North Project and is now expanding from its South Australian base to become a national venture. To get the project happening nationally, facilitated by the ANSN, Networkers have been working together during April, and plan to keep in contact via Skype video conferences.
ANSN - An Overview
The Australian National Schools Network- a statement about our objects, purposes and the work we do.
The ANSN is a not-for-profit national network of teachers, researchers, schools, systems, sectors, unions, universities, and community and business partners. It focuses on rethinking schools for a changing world.
Snapshot no. 1 2008 - Matthew Brown on Big Picture Schooling and Primary Education
ANSN Snapshot Number 1 for 2008 is by Matthew Brown, from Tasmania. He
reflects on what he drew from a Big Picture Workshop early in 2007, and
how he related this to his thinking and practice, in a primary
classroom and in a broader educational context.
KidSmart Snapshot 3 - Evanston
This snapshot case studies Alex, a young child with Autism, and how using technology integration provided a tool for Alex to develop social and educational outcomes.