Tools for Teachers
Information about best practice in schools
• Knowledge Bank – Knowledge Bank is a showcase for teacher best practice in Victorian schools. Knowledge Bank also provides information on the use of emerging technologies in schools, highlights key DEECD programs that assist teachers in classroom teaching, promotes current events and competitions, has a range of resources and tools required by teachers to produce lesson plans, and informs teachers about online conferencing and its advantages by linking teachers, students and parents to support learning outcomes.
Assessment tools for teachers
• ePotential (epotential.education.vic.gov.au)
- Assess your ICT capability as a teacher by accessing the Online Survey
to ascertain where you are in the Continuum of ICT Capabilities. Based on
your results, you will be guided to banks of interactive resources, journal
tools and planning tools to support your ongoing professional learning.
Establish some professional learning goals and use the resources as classroom
ideas to support you to implement your goals.
• Student Learning Whole School Self-Assessment Tool
The purpose of the Student Learning Whole School Self-Assessment Tool is
for schools to identify how they are progressing in relation to the implementation
of Student Learning initiatives.
Learning objects to use in lesson planning
• digiLearn –
Digilearn is the new portal for accessing exciting Digital Learning Resources
for use in the classroom. These resources include 'The Learning Federation'
Learning Objects and Digital Resources. Access is available from within
your School and outside of School if you login with your pin number and
your edumail password.
• IntelSkool (www.skoool.ie)
learning objects (mainly scence & mathematics for junior & senior
levels)
• Scootle (www.scootle.edu.au/ec/p/home)
Discover more than 6,000 items of digital curriculum content from The Le@rning
Federation.
• Languages online
Learning communities
• The learning place (Queensland Government).
The Learning Place is Education Queensland's eLearning environment featuring
four areas: online learning, online communication, communities and curriculum
exchange.
• EDNA – http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go
• Web blogging tool - http://globalteacher.org.au/
The Global Teacher Project is a joint project between the Victorian Education
Channel and The School Library Association of Victoria. The project is designed
to provide teachers with a weblogging space which supports Research in the
use of this new technology. In order to participate we request an outline
of your plans and ideas about weblogging (They can change over time) and
also than you inform your Principal or your participation.
Free teacher professional development opportunities
• KnowledgeBank online events(knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au)-
Knowledge Bank Online Events is a program of online learning and professional
development. The program offers: a) A topical online seminar series to encourage
teachers and educators to share innovative practice with their peers; b)
training in how to participate in an Elluminate event; c) training in how
to present or facilitate online in Elluminate; d) atwo-day online conference
during Term 3; e) A safe, supported, online meeting space available to all
Victorian educators.
• Kahootz (www.kahootz.com/kz/)
- Kahootz is an educational Software application that allows students aged
5-18 to create their own 3d content.
Tools to address disadvantage in schools
• Student risk mapping tool –
The Students At Risk (SAR) Mapping Tool is a simple process that takes your
own school’s data from the CASES21 database and displays it in a pre-formatted
Excel spreadsheet. Using the Tool cannot change or compromise the data held
on CASES21. The Tool extracts CASES21 information that is relevant to each
student’s risk of early school leaving.
Relevant Victorian Government Policies and Standards
•Information and Communication Technology Policies and Standards
(www.egov.vic.gov.au/index.php?env=-categories:m408-1-1-8-s-0&reset=1)
•Web services Policies and Standards
(www.egov.vic.gov.au/index.php?env=-categories:m390-1-1-8-s-0&reset=1)
•Accessibility Standards
(www.egov.vic.gov.au/index.php?env=-innews/detail:m391-1-1-8-s-0:n-12-1-0--)
•Privacy and Legal Compliance Policies and Standards
(www.egov.vic.gov.au/index.php?env=-categories:m405-1-1-8-s-0&reset=1)
•Information Privacy Act 2000
(www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ipa2000231/)
•DEECD Knowledge Management Strategy
•Acceptable Use Policy for the Department's Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Systems
•Intellectual Property (www.ipaustralia.gov.au)
•Safe Schools are Effective Schools website toolkit
•Student Codes of Conduct updated to address cyber bullying
•Cyber safety policy - DEECD is currently developing policy addressing the safe implementation of Web 2.0 tools into the
Victorian curriculum.
