'Brekkie with a Techie' - Kariong Mountains Learning Community 'Brekkie with a Techie' is a weekly 15 minute presentation by teachers for teachers covering a wide variety of ICT tools, tips and tricks to support the relevant, meaningful integration of technology into teaching and learning. 'Brekkie with a Techie' is delivered online via Adobe Connect every Wednesday morning from 8.15am sharp to 8.30am. Click on a link below to view a 'Brekkie with a Techie' recording: To join our weekly 'Brekkie with a Techie' sessions: 1) Open Internet Explorer 2) Go to: connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/kps 3) Login using the following details: USERNAME: detusername@detnswPASSWORD: your portal password For more information download the 'Quick Start Guide' using the link below. Anyone is welcome to present at one of our weekly 'Brekkie with a Techie' sessions. Contact Justine Abell: justine.abell@det.nsw.edu.au Contact Kerri Mullane: kerri.mullane@det.nsw.edu.au
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Learning Registry | sharing what we know OER in Australia OER in Australia OER is a global phenomenon and whilst it is currently concentrated in a few countries, there are a growing number of good OER websites in Australia: Scootle has over 1500 learning resources made available under CC licenses by Education Services Australia. The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA) offers the Australian curriculum as an OER. The University of Southern Queensland’s OpenCourseWare (USQ OCW) provides OER and sample courses from 5 faculties including science and technology. First Steps is a WA Department of Education website which offers OER on literacy, maths and physical education. Charles Darwin University offers a digital repository of endangered literature in Australian Indigenous languages from around the Northern Territory as OER. The NSW Department of Education and Communities offers six OER set out in creative and interactive web-layouts: Julius Caesar is a resource for senior students studying Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".
Why girls are having sex at 12 Teenage girls are under more pressure to have sex than ever before, so it's time to stop judging and start helping them, writes Jordan Baker. Few things are certain in adolescence, but there's one thing upon which teenage girls agree: pubic hair is out. "Everyone shaves. Everything," says Sydney 16-year-old Anne*. "If you've left it, you are classified as disgusting. Related: What all parents need to know about sexting They know, or think they know, a few other things, too. They are learning from the 21st century's version of sex education class, the internet; a more enlightening and forthcoming source than nervous parents and teachers. Teenage girls are under more pressure to have sex than ever before. It's human nature to judge adolescents by our experience — it wasn't like that in our day, we scold. For one thing, girls are becoming women earlier than they used to. Children with "precocious pubescence" can start menstruating at five or six. Related: How to keep your kids safe online
Free Stock Photos | Stockvault OER Commons Open educational resources (OERs) There is no one, standard definition of open educational resources. However, the following broad definition of OERs from OER Commons seems to be generally accepted by the community: 'Open educational resources are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.' OERs exist within a wider ‘open’ movement and context, explored below. The open movement Many of these have been driven by and created by communities that recognise the benefits to themselves, and sometimes to wider groups. What are educational resources? What are open educational resources? Engagement with OER can be light touch. Finding OERs