Design Squad – Creative activities for the holidays
The Design Squad site targets kids ages 8 and older and features creative activities, video, interactive games, and contests. The goal is to give kids a stronger understanding of the design process,...
View ArticleOnline story creation tool
PBS presents a really engaging writers studio for students. It features a really simple sign in process which collects NO personal information about students. They create a non identifying login and a...
View ArticleGlobal2 blogging on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Manage and update your Global2 blog right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Download the Edublogs app As Global2 is an Edublogs Campus, the app will allow all Global2 bloggers to use the support...
View ArticleHeywire competition now open
The ABC’s 2015 Heywire Competition is open now and closes on Wednesday September, 16 2015. Enter now! The heart of Heywire is an individual telling a personal story. You must be aged 16-22 on 31...
View ArticleScreen It 2015. Entries close this Monday – 5pm 21 September
Every year, hundreds of students across the nation enter Screen It – The Australian Centre of the Moving Image’s (ACMI’s) epic moving image competition for Primary and Secondary school students. Screen...
View Article‘Secret Security Business’ webinar for students -October 15th
The Department and eSafety Commission are running a repeat of the successful ‘Secret Security Business’ webinar for years 5-7. Thursday October 15th 9:40 -10:25 am (Room opens at 8) NB This is a repeat...
View ArticleAssessment FOR contemporary learning – Show What You Know with Media
We are always looking at ways to assess for, as and of learning. Encouraging students to work and create with media allows them to demonstrate their knowledge and understandings in any topic or subject...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day 9 Feb webinar book early
The theme for this years Safer internet is Be smart, play your part! Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday 9 February 2016. The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of...
View ArticleGlobal2 wishes you and your family a joyful and safe Christmas
From all at the Global2 team we wish you and your family a joyful and safe Christmas. We look forward to blogging with you next year. We will be posting throughout the holidays so stay tuned.
View ArticleCancelled Cyberbullying webinar today
It is with great regret that we have had to cancel today’s Cyberbulling webinar. We do have another planned for the 18th March. Details will be posted here on Global2. I apologise for the inconvenience.
View ArticleSome classroom ideas for International Women’s Day
The 8th March is International Women’s Day . The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. This interactive time line from the United Nations...
View ArticleDon’t miss ‘Little Lunch’ Cast Q & A, this Wednesday 23rd March
Don’t miss this FREE webinar opportunity This Wednesday, 23rd March from 12.00pm – 1.00pm (AEDT) Register NOW!!! Little Lunch is a comedy series where every episode takes place during that highly...
View Article‘Technology, Design and the Moving Image’ Education Week 2016
To celebrate Education Week, Australian Centre of the Moving Image ACMI and Australian Teachers of Media ATOM invite you to find out more about the design and production of games, animations and...
View ArticleCalling all Years 10, 11 and 12 students: Emerging media artists wanted for...
Hothouse is a week-long intensive program for Victorian students in Years 10, 11 and 12, aimed at nurturing creativity and moving image skills. Each year, ten students are selected and dropped into a...
View ArticleHabits of mind idea for students
Bena Kallick, Arthur L. Costa’s 16 Habits of Mind, has inspired a great site crafted by Nigel Coutts. The site describes the Habits of Mind and presents films which model the attitudes and behaviours...
View ArticleOne minute film competition for students
ATOM and ClickView are proud to present the inaugural 1-Minute Film Competition. Australian and New Zealand primary and secondary–school students are invited to make a 1-minute short film or...
View Article4 Tips for Managing the Pokémon craze
Erin Wilkey Oh from Common Sense Education prepared a great article around managing the Pokemon craze in your classroom and presents some tips and fun ideas for channeling kids’ excitement into...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day webinars – all welcome
Hi to you all, hope you had a great break, As you know Safer Internet Day is a global event held annually to promote the safe and responsible use of digital technologies, for children and young people....
View ArticleSecret Security Business Webinar for Students
Privacy Awareness Week is a time to consider the personal information we share online and how we can protect it and teach out kids to protect theirs. The eSafety Commission and the Department of...
View ArticleVirtual Classroom eSafety Commission and DET for Students
We have 2 virtual classroom events ‘Being a good bystander’ and ‘Keeping safe in the game’ in Term three for primary students and teachers Register for either/both here: ‘Being a good bystander’...
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