Santa Tracker

One for our lower grade teachers - Googles Santa Tracker.

Games, information about holiday traditions etc

Here is the link, click HERE.

Bullying - Teaching Kindness in Schools

For Educators who are currently covering bullying ......

An article on 
"why teaching kindness in schools helps reduce bullying".

CLICK HERE for the link

Book Creator Competition

Book Creator is running a comic book competition 

and the prize is an iPad Pro.

Click HERE for the link.

Doodle of Google

An update on 

DOODLE FOR GOOGLE.

Competition is closing on December the 7th.

CLICK HERE for the link.

Autism Apps - How they can help.

How Autism Apps can help children on the spectrum

Here is the link to this article.   CLICK HERE.

Picture is worth a thousand words.

Images are great prompts in a classroom.

An image of the Amazon and Black River meeting.

Volcano erupting - image taken from space

Digital Footprint

This image has been adapted from the Queensland Government 

Teacher Training in Coding NSW

Autism

Every wondered why we are seeking an increase in Autism?    

Here is the answer.

What you shouldn't put on Facebook

Interesting read about how burglars are using social media.

Link is HERE

Online Safety for Educators

CYBERWISE

A website about online safety for parents and educators.

Also a great place for resources on digital citizenship.

Here is the LINK

Ted Talks for Students

A list of great Ted Talks to watch with students.

LINK

By Over

An app for adding text to your images.

On sale for 0.99 cents

Link - click here.

Type Drawing for the iPad

This app is currently on sale.   

Make pictures out of words on the iPad.

Here is the link - CLICK HERE

Digital Citizenship Week

From October the 18th to October the 24th it is 

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEEK

92% of teens go online everyday 

Resource HERE for digital citizenship week

From a Principals Blog

A reminder from students on how to behave online.  Something you might like to share with your students.

Global Audience

Thought about allowing your class to have their own blog?

Link to how to make a blog with EDUBLOGS

Link on using KIDBLOG

Teachers Personalised Stickers

I have found this website to provide great quality personalised stickers for Teachers.

An Australian Website.

www.mystickers4u.com

Digital Footprints

Discussing digital footprints with your students is all part of digital citizenship.

Is your digital footprint unflattering?

Welcome to Country

Tyson Mowarin has launched with his company, Weerianna Street Media, a "Welcome to Country" app that provides in-depth cultural and geographical information about the traditional country a user enters.

Link HERE to find out more.

Hopscotch - coding

Hopscotch has how to videos on Youtube.  

Here is one of the latest.

How to make angry birds with the app hopscotch.

ABC Splash

National Science Week

Science ideas all linked to the Australian Curriculum  - WEB LINK

Website for Book Week

A site worth a visit .......

Here is the LINK.

Doodle For Google

Next Doodle for Google will be in September 2015.

Here is the LINK.

Google Melbourne

Google Docs

Everything about Google Docs in 30 minutes ........

Here is the link - LINK

iPad Training For Educators in Western Australia

iPads Training for Educators in Western Australia

Perth - 3rd and 4th of August 2015

Katanning - 12th and 13th August 2015

RAC - Perth

A website and new program programme put together by RAC to assist students to learn about road safety through games and competitions.

Here is the website -  http://littlelegends.rac.com.au/landing

Seesaw App

Here is the perfect app to be able to share your students work with their parents.

Organise your students digital work.

Girls with Autism or Aspergers Syndrome

Finally a positive book about Educating Girls with 

Autism or Aspergers Syndrome.

Website LINK

Literacy and Coding

An article on literacy benefits of students who code by 

Brad Murphy (a science and physics teacher)

Kids Who Code.

Victoria

Apply Training - iPad for Educators workshop will be running in Victoria over June and July 2015.

Head to our website for more details.

www.applytraining.com

Gone free today

Wind Tunnel Pro HD - app has gone free today.

Turn your iPad/iPhone into a wind tunnel simulator ! 

Draw obstacles and watch the fluid flow around. Experiment with different sizes, shapes, aerodynamic profiles and see what happens !

Wind Tunnel Pro is the extended version of the Wind Tunnel app. It adds visualization modes (turbulence, fluid direction), vga output, ability to load and save scenes, share scenes by email, rotate obstacles, adjust friction and viscosity and many more features. 

Laser Beak Man

I was never a fan of drawing apps on iPads until I met Tim Sharp. Tim shows how Autism and Art can make you look at the world differently.

On the Train

So has anything really changed?

Voice of the Active Learner

How do today's students see learning .......

An Incredible Kindergarten

The world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be kids.

Genius Hour

Genius Hour Fair

LINK HERE.

Teacher MacBook PD's

If you have just received your new MacBook and are finding it is time consuming trying to work out all of its features then perhaps we the solution for you.

MacBook Teachers PD's in WA & NSW during Term 2 

 www.applytraining.com

Free Apps

Here is a link to a website that posts information on apps that are on sale or are free.

Teachers Professional Development WA & NSW

If you are an Educator and are looking for an iPad or MacBook Course during Term 2 we have now listed our training events on our website.

Please share this information with your colleagues.

www.applytraining.com

Google Logo

The Goggle Logo at the top of the search engine page is always a great thing to get your students to click on.   An opportunity to learn the history of a person or information about a day of celebration.

Today the Google Logo is all about Earth Day with a simple click on the logo your students can go to an Earth Day Quiz.

Also keep in mind the DOODLE FOR GOOGLE COMPETITION.   Click HERE for the link and get your students involved.

Teachers Environment Fund

The Teachers Environment Fund is a grant that helps schools, TAFEs and CITs make their environmental projects a reality. Grants of up to $2,000 are given bi-annually to help schools with their environmental projects.

Typical projects used by teachers in sustainable education programmes include:

• Water and energy savings
• Habitat conservation, biodiversity, tree planting
• Chicken coups, Worm farms
• Outdoor learning areas
• Waste, recycling and composting projects
• Aboriginal cultural projects
• Vegetable and kitchen gardens, organic produce

Applications for round 2 open on 30th April 2015.

Here is the link - Teachers Environment Funding

Teaching Tech Idea

Early Years Education Expo

Early Years Expo

In Sydney on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2015 

Website. 

Coming to your Classroom

Cold Call Scams

Perfect website to keep you informed and ensure you are not caught by the phone call about repairing your computer.  

Link to website.  

How Was School Today

10 Useful Google Services You May Not Know about

A web page that is worth a visit  - LINK.

Lowercase Keyboard App

An app for lower primary school students for typing.

LowerCase Keyboard.

At the App Store

Teachers PD's - April School Holidays - Perth

Teachers and Education Assistants iPad PD in Perth

www.applytraining@hotmail.com

Science Teachers

South Australia's Science Teachers Conference 

on April 13th 2015 - Link.

Teacher PD's April School Holidays

Educators PD's in the April School Holidays include

MacBook Workshop 

iPad MasterClass

Apps & Web Based Learning

Visit - www.applytraining.com

Edcamp Global

The 24 hour learning experience is coming ....

July 31st to August 1st 2015. 

Unlike the traditional edcamp, you will find sessions for 24 hours that accommodate any schedule across the globe. 

Here is the link to the website - Edcamp Global.

Every Kid Deserves a Hero

A teacher who will inspire you, bring you to tears and have you laughing so hard your sides will hurt.

Coding in Perth

On Friday the 10th of April 2015 in Northbridge, Perth

7 to 17 year olds 

will have the opportunity to experience and learn how to code and how to develop website, games and apps

in Australia's first outdoor Dojo.

Here is the website link - CoderDojo.

Microsoft for iPad - FREE

Take a trip to your App Store today.   

A chance to get Microsoft Word for your iPad for free.

Lack of Technology Skills

Of recent the worst and most heart breaking comment I am hearing is "I've lost my job this year due to my lack of technology skills".

Teaching is now not only about the classroom experience that you have. It seems that getting that teaching job and keeping that teaching job is coming down to how good are your technology skills?

There is a need to understand that an iPad can be more than an instrument to search the internet.   It can be an educational and creative tool in the classroom.   The iPad and certain apps give you the ability as a teacher to be with more than one student at the same time.

Schools are investing in iPads but not offering any teacher development to go with the technology.  

It is frightening to many of us to learn new technology skills. However it is becoming more of an essential skill each year in Education.

iArm

Can you see yourself with one of these?

source

Our Schools A Star

A chance for you to show what is special about your Western Australian Public School.

Just being involved your school has the opportunity to be in the West Australian Newspaper and on Channel 7.

Also a chance to win $10,000.00

Head to the website for further information, click on the link OUR SCHOOLS A STAR.

April School Holidays Courses

 

Are you looking for Professional Development during the April School Holidays?

We are running iPad and MacBook Workshops in Perth.

Further details and registration available on our website at 

www.applytraining.com.

EduTECH

Is on again this year in Brisbane on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2015.

EduTECH is the largest educational congress and educational technology expo in the Southern Hemisphere.  This year they expect to attract more than 8000 attendees.

Here is the link to the webpage with all of the information - EDUTECH.