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Australia
Joined August 2012
While traditionally fidgeting and moving around has been viewed as a sign that students are "off task", research suggests that an active body can open the mind up for learning. abc.net.au/education/why-stu… @ConversationEDU @KayteeTaylor @UW_LSHD #YourMoveABC
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In this series of primers, we guide and inspire #teachers with simple and meaningful ways to use the news in their classrooms: abc.net.au/education/media-l… #MediaLitWk #MediaLiteracy
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Many wonderful organisations provide quality educational resources that can be used to learn about #Aboriginal and #TorresStraitIslander histories and cultures. We've outlined some of them in this curated list designed for #educators. abc.net.au/education/educati… #HASS
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Let nothing stand in your way to make it back to the staffroom! #FunFridays #teaching #teachers #meme
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It's here! Media Literacy Week starts Monday. Check out some of the cool events happening around Australia - medialiteracy.org.au/amla-ce…
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Learn about the significance of #watercrafts used by Aboriginal people in this #DeepTimeHistory resource created with @seamuseum_edu: abc.net.au/education/history… #Indigenous
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The Voyage is a free online #game based on historical records about the transportation of #convicts from Britain to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land around 1830. Are your students up to the challenge? abc.net.au/education/the-voy… @seamuseum_edu #history #HASS
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These engaging classroom resources are designed to encourage positive movement and health in schools: abc.net.au/education/collect… #YourMoveABC
Media Literacy Week helps teach students to navigate the modern media landscape, addressing issues such as #bias, #misinformation and #fakenews. Here are some great ways teachers and students can get involved this year. abc.net.au/education/what-is… #MediaLitWk #GlobalMILWeek
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"Dolly Parton's Imagination Library targets those first four years, where getting books in hands counts. It helps to prepare children for life-long learning and a love of books and that's what encourages literacy."
The Imagination Library is one of the country music icon's many philanthropic initiatives and has been running in Australia since 2014. Read more: trib.al/12LsXRS
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This resource leads students through the colonial #history of the central Victorian #goldfields. Learn about the colonisers who arrived in the 1830s, and meet some Aboriginal Elders to learn about traditional culture in this region: abc.net.au/education/collect…
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Be ocean minded, thanks to this great resource from @ABCEducationAU #oceanminded
The waters in all our #oceans are circulated by ocean currents, which move heat, nutrients and key species around. Learn more in this fabulous #geography and #science collection: abc.net.au/education/austral…
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Did you know comedian @nonstoptom is also a physics and maths graduate with a curiosity for all things science? Join him as he uncovers the secrets of @austmus!
We let one of Australia’s funniest comedians & his camera crew BTS of the AM! Join @nonstoptom tonight at 8:30pm for Tom Gleeson’s Secrets of the Australian Museum. Watch on @ABCTV + iview 📺: ab.co/3CTEczV
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An Aussie family joins @annabelcrabb on a time-travelling adventure to discover how food, family roles and the fabric of the nation have transformed over the past 60 years. abc.net.au/education/collect… #BackInTimeForDinner #HASS
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The waters in all our #oceans are circulated by ocean currents, which move heat, nutrients and key species around. Learn more in this fabulous #geography and #science collection: abc.net.au/education/austral…
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Don't these fabulous illustrations make you want to wiggle? Encourage your students to create a #poster that describes a fun way to move and motivates others to give it a go! 🕺🎾🤸 The best entry will be featured on the ABC. abc.net.au/education/your-mo… #YourMoveABC #competition
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Australian teachers need 2,000 hours, or a year working full time, to adequately plan their lessons from scratch, a new report by @GrattanInst has found.
Teachers relying on YouTube for lesson help as report says it's 'near-impossible' to find proper planning time abc.net.au/news/2022-10-17/t…
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