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Joined August 2012
This year, #ABCHeywire's Remote #MediaLiteracy Project allows the nation's most remote students to develop their critical thinking skills. Pictured are students from Champion Bay in Geraldton, WA hard at work during their podcast production! ab.co/3b5gtOf #MediaLitWk
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An easy challenge to get you warmed up for #MediaLitWk #GlobalMILWeek. Name the architect who designed the national building shown in this picture. We’ll post the answer this evening!
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There are plenty of wonderful programs on @ABCTV Education this week. Students can tune in tomorrow to learn lifelong #numeracy skills in Mixed Up Maths and #MiniLessons: ab.co/3jyE3aV #AussieEd
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Students can learn about some of the #DatesThatMadeHistory in this engaging series hosted by historian Patrick Boucheron. ab.co/3pujaBp #history #HASS
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This wonderful series of videos from @SydStoryFactory helps primary students learn to construct engaging #stories! #Literacy #CreativeWriting
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Explore the latest news coverage from #BehindTheNews! ab.co/3vBShMY #iview #BTN
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Fake images and videos can be so convincing, how can you spot them? ab.co/3C9roCK @ABCFactCheck #interactive #MediaLiteracy #misinformation
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These 10-minute #MiniLessons have been co-designed with #teachers and produced with the support of Australian schools, @NSWEducation and @DETVic: ab.co/3aWKLD3
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Use these new classroom resources to help students understand how lobbyists, political donations, community participation and political advertising impact our #democracy. ab.co/3jnXeEm #BigDeal @ABCTV
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Even #EAL students with good proficiency in English sometimes struggle with abbreviations and #acronyms used in Australia. #LearnEnglish has compiled a handy list of some commonly used ones and their meanings. ab.co/3AXVMhO #ESL
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This year for #MediaLiteracyWeek, we’re encouraging students, #teachers and #parents to use this selection of 5 engaging activities and resources to improve their information-questioning skills: ab.co/3DTmOsx #MediaLitWk
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#Teachers, you might enjoy this new series that premieres tonight at 8:30pm on @ABCTV. It investigates the role of political donations and lobbying in Australia and explores the reasons some people’s trust in democracy is declining. ab.co/3BTiEAr #BigDeal
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#Parents and #teachers can use these resources in class to equip students with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change. ab.co/3n2rOEC #TSTTTER
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This #MediaLitWk (21–29 Oct), @OzKidsTV is encouraging #teachers and students to attend its free student webinar to find out about the creation of Hardball Series 2. bit.ly/3ASMh3k #MediaLiteracy #Hardball
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Tune into some of the wonderful educational programs on #ABCMe (Channel 23) kicking off from 10am today: ab.co/3n5r810 @ABCTV @ACARAeduau
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The latest episodes of #FierceGirls are supported by @NatGalleryAus, as part of the #KnowMyName initiative, which aims to celebrate the diversity and creativity of Australian women artists throughout history until the present day. ab.co/3vf0G8Q
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Printer problems are a special kind of frustration! #FunFridays #teachers #teaching
This #creativewriting competition closes tomorrow! ✍️ Encourage secondary students to enter for a chance to participate in a series of writing workshops and have their work published in @VoiceworksMag! Closes: 15 October 2021, 11:59pm ab.co/2XerbPo #BooksThatMadeUs
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