Curriculum Resource Database for Students and Teachers

The Poll Builder provides a free, simple, one-step process to create polls that you can embed in your Web pages. You can select the background colour for the poll and have up to 5 possible responses. Below is an example of what a poll looks like.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scrapbook/

Online problem-solving games to use in the classroom

Four web games for young people that can be used as teaching resources in the classroom (we have had some positive feedback so far from both young people and adults working with kids).

The games present players with different challenging scenarios and ask them to make decisions about what they would do if they were in this situation- with the aim of giving them new knowledge and skills for dealing with such situations. The games look at:

• Dealing with conflict;
• Helping a friend through a tough time;
• Advocating for themselves to bring about positive change in their lives.

There is also one game that aims to give young people an awareness of what children living in immigration detention centres have experienced.

These resources have been developed by the NSW Commission for Children and Young People. The NSW Department of Education and Training assisted us in the development of one of the games Finding the Fair Way- which looks at dealing with conflict at school

Check out the games at: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/arcade/youdecide.html

ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals http://www.wingedsandals.com/

ArtsEdge
http://www.artsedge.dca.wa.gov.au/

Art Styles
http://www.web-arts.com.au/STYLES.html

Art Resources for Students
http://aflutist.customer.netspace.net.au/ARSCHOOLS.html

Resources
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/deo/bunbury/resources/resources.htm

K-6 Creative Arts
http://www.bosnsw-k6.nsw.edu.au/arts/arts_k6_resources.html

A List of Selected Internet Resources for Secondary School Teachers of Economics: An Update
http://www.bosnsw-k6.nsw.edu.au/arts/arts_k6_resources.html

Teaching Resources: The Arts
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/teachresarts.htm

Year 1-10 The Arts
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs1to10/kla/arts/links.html

Buzz Dance
http://www.buzzdance.com.au/buzzed

Chroma Art Resources
http://www.chromaonline.com/cms/resource_search.php

Primary School Arts
http://www.primaryschool.com.au/artsresults.php?subject=Visual%20Arts&strand=Making&grade=56

Key Learning Areas
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/KLAs.htm

Arts
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/art.html

Queensland Studies Authority Art Resources
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs1to10/kla/arts/
and http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs11_12/subjects/visual_art/

Classroom Ideas are suggestions as to how teachers can use some of the concepts in MindMatters and apply them to all subject areas. The facility can be accessed by clicking the url listed below.
http://online.curriculum.edu.au/mindmatters/classroom/classroom.htm

Integrating the Learning Technologies
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cip/learntech/
This site contains best practice examples of how teachers are integrating the learning technologies into their teaching programs.

Mathematics Problem Solving Task Centres
http://www.mav.vic.edu.au/PSTC/
This site has been designed to assist teachers and students in Problem Solving and those who use Task Centres. Ê

EdNA Noticeboard: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants
http://www.edna.edu.au/noticeboards/noticelist.html?id=3550 Don't miss funding opportunities - check this EdNA Online noticeboard for application due dates. Announcements can be posted to the noticeboard at the following page: http://www.edna.edu.au/noticeboards/add_notice.html

What Is ExamBuddy?
ExamBuddy is the ultimate solution for educators. Create content driven on-line materials for your students. Communicate with students and parents using the latest educational technology tools. Grading is done automatically with little effort on your part. Track student progress and compare individuals to the overall class results. Visit: http://www.exambuddy.com

The Curriculum Framework Arts Assessment: Everal Miocevich

Assessment CD

International Literacy Day 8 September

International Literacy Day has been celebrated every September since 1965, when it was first established by UNESCO. The focus for 2003 is 'Literacy as Freedom'. In 2000 there were some 877 million non-literate adults, with 113 million children not attending school. The most affected non-literate group is women; they account for up to two-thirds of all non-literate adults. To tackle this problem, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed, on 19 December 2001, the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003 to 2012. The United Nations has chosen UNESCO as the lead agency to implement the Decade.

News Alerts

http://www.google.com/newsalerts

Google is expanding its news section with tools to let users sign up for news alerts or search specific news publications. With the news alerts tool, users type in the news topic they would like to track, and choose whether they would like to receive bulletins once a day or "as it happens."The alerts will be sent to the e-mail address supplied by the user.

Google Toolbar

Primary School Sites, Lessons and Resources

Charlie O'Sullivan have been working on a hobby web site you may be interested in http://www.primaryschool.com.au/. Charlie puts out a wonderful FREE weekly newsletter which you can register online and the database has about 5,000 links.

MindMatters Information

The Resilience, Education and Drug Information (REDI) package should be in schools during the next week. The brochure looks good.

The website is http://www.redi.gov.au

Families Matter is another MindMatters Project, which will be piloted in the MindMatters Plus schools during the rest of this year and then released into another 300 schools next year. It is aimed at parents of 12-14 year olds and is a resource for parents to use to help other parents in the same school. It involves a facilitator in each state, training some parents in a "MindMatters" school to run seminars for other parents, and would need the support of the Head of the school and a contact person within the school to provide administrative assistance to parents in that school. (More of this later)

The MindMatters program itself has now reached 67% of the secondary schools in Australia Ð more than 24,000 people have been involved in the training programs. It has been quite successful. There will be an update of the MindMatters Kit during 2004.

The MindMatters web site has been updated and is well worth looking at. It is easily navigated Ð as each state now has its own separate colour-coded section. It is updated weekly. There are some good ideas for teachers: "Teachers Ideas" and "Teacher Talk".http://www.curriculum.edu.au/mindmatters

Of interest to school administrators will be an initiative that is coming online soon "Tick-a-box" which is in the "Tools for Schools" section and will provide a better way for schools to do audits for MindMatters free and for other surveys, fairly cheaply Ð at least much less expensive than some other products on the market.

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