New Internet Resources for Education

 

• New Internet Resources for AESS
• Trial of New Online Services
• JCU Library now subscribes to A+ Education, a version of AEI [Australian Education Index] which includes the full text of over 60 journals, and selected coverage of over 70 journals.
  To access A+ Education, go to the Alphabetical List of Databases or the Electronic Databases for Education page.

Many of the following links have been added to the Education pages

November 2006

• theKidzpage: Free Kids' Stuff
  A collection of freeware and shareware games and puzzles for children to download

October 2006

• ICT Research
  The ICT and School Education Research Website is a prototype for an online collection of Australian research on ICT and school education. The scope of the content is research into ICT and teaching and learning and research into ICT and change management in schools.
• Early Childhood News, 30 September 2006
  EdNA newsletter, published monthly, featuring quality online resources for those working with children 0-8 years old.
  September's theme is Art & Design
• Subscribe to a number of EdNA

September 2006

• Rainforest Maths [Site of the Week from Curriculum Corporation's Shared elearning website]
  A wonderful collection of interactive maths activities for years K-6 from an Australian teacher.
• Reggio Emilia
  This is one of a number of topics from Early Childhood Australia's links for Supporting Best Practice in early childhood
• HPE resources for Early Childhood
  • Germ Busters
• New Report on Early Childhood Qualifications
  Pathways to a Profession: Education and training in early childhood education and care, Australia prepared by Dr Louise Watson from the Lifelong Learning Network, University of Canberra.
  The report highlights the ways in which the early childhood education and care sectors could be more closely aligned through provision of career pathways and articulation from vocational and technical education (VTE) qualifications to higher education courses in early childhood education.
  
• QSA: Review of syllabuses for the senior phase of learning
  In July 2006, the QSA released the Proposed blueprint for the future development of syllabuses (PDF 1.0M) and A snapshot of the proposed blueprint (PDF 433K) for public consultation.
  -- check out the four principles proposed in the blueprint.

July 2006

• Education Views, the official publication of Education Queensland, is now available online. This is a free service and can be downloaded from the Department of Education and Arts website in either html or pdf versions.

April 2006

• Jazz for Young People Curriculum Online
  Learn about the history of jazz and its artists through recordings, readings, photographs, video and fun activities.

March 2006

• Early Childhood Australia: Collaborative and cooperative learning
  The 5 links on this page offer strategies and ideas for establishing a collaborative teaching approach in the classroom.
  
• Position statement on the inclusion of children
  This position statement on the inclusion of children was ratified at Early Childhood Australia's recent National Council meeting. The statement is the outcome of a formally-appointed policy group.

February 2006

• Shared eLearning
  Shared elearning is a website directory developed by Curriculum Corporation that supports teachers' web use in the classroom.
  Links are reviewed and updated regularly.
  Teaching Tools offers tips and ideas to confidently use the web.
  Learning Area Resources covers primary and secondary subject content.

January 2006

• Mobile / Text Bullying New links have been added to the Bullying page
• National Review of School Music Education [Link 1]
• National Review of School Music Education [Link 2]
• ECA WebWatch
  Subscribe to Early Childhood Australia's free fortnightly e-newsletter with links to high-quality, current and useful information on other websites across the world.
• The following websites have been rated A+ by Education World, a free site which is a valuable on-line resource for teaching. The Internet's largest education-specific search engine, it is designed to help in lesson planning and classroom projects as well as providing resources for continuing education and professional development.
  • Invention at Play
    A Smithsonian site focused on the link between kids' play and science.
  • Kids Design Network (KDN)
    DuPage Children's Museum (IL) site where kids play engineer (designer, not choo-choo).
  • FEMA For Kids
    The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency maintains this site to teach kids about natural disasters and disaster relief resources. Here, students can download coloring pages, play interactive games online, or read stories. The site includes a list of online safety rules for kids, as well as lesson plans, guidebooks, mailing lists, and related links for teachers and parents.
  • SafeKids.Com
    SafeKids.com is one-stop resource for everything parents and teachers need to know about keeping kids safe online. The site includes articles on child safety, reviews of filtering software and filtered ISPs, online rules for children, and guidelines for adults.
• Education Virtual Library
  Part of the WWW Virtual Library, this site maintained at Charles Sturt University is a comprehensive index of educational resources on the Web.

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