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10 Tips For Building Google Sites With Students

10 Tips For Building Google Sites With Students

23 April, 2020
It’s been an exciting start to the term for our Year 5 students, commencing a unit of work on animal adaptations as part of the Science and Technology syllabus. I set the context for the project with an animation I created using PowToon. In the video…
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Internet Filtering And Social Media

5 December, 2019
For parents and teachers, management of children’s online activity can feel overwhelming. Our students experience ‘digitalised childhoods’ where they are immersed in screens and devices. On one hand the technical skills and expertise of our digital natives is outstanding. But on the other hand many children…
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10 Recommendations For Digital Kids

17 January, 2019
Recently Dr Kristy Goodwin presented at a Wellbeing Conference hosted at Emanuel School on the topic ‘Healthy Digital Habits’. Kristy is one of Australia’s leading digital parenting experts. She’s the author of ‘Raising Your Child in a Digital World’, speaker and researcher. Below is some of…
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Creating A Positive Digital Footprint

1 February, 2018
What is digital citizenship? Today technology pervades very area of life. Our students have access to a range of devices all with internet connectivity, from tablets to televisions to computers to gaming systems. We are all digital citizenships. But what type of footprint are our students…
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5 Ways Blogging Helps Students Write

4 January, 2018
“A blog is about words. Pictures with writing, beautiful quotes, clever topography…A few carefully arranged words can say what thousands can’t and can connect people”. A blog is a fantastic way to provide meaning, quality and purpose to writing by connecting students with a global online…
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