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World Teachers Day
  • 11
  • Sep

World Teachers' Day PD Discount

We can all agree that this year has been tough for teachers with many having to learn to adapt quickly and seamlessly to online learning. This World Teachers' Day 2020, we can help you celebrate and so thank you to all teachers around the globe with our online PD courses for teachers discount. From 19th to 30th October, save $50 in our full, online PD courses for teachers in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
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Accredited online professional development for teachers
  • 26
  • Aug

3 top strategies when integrating tech today

Integrating technology into classroom practice may not be easy for the 21st century teacher with tech-savvy students presenting valid challenges in their learning. However, we can help you jump the first hurdles with 3 strategies that will ensure learning progression with careful and considerable planning. Let us make integrating technology into classroom practice easier for you today.
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Accredited Online Professional Learning for Teachers - Early Childhood Education
  • 19
  • Aug

How to build on a child's technology experiences today?

Join over 40 early childhood teachers in this NESA and TQI registered online PD for early childhood educators as they learn how to build on children's technology experiences at home. We can help you employ technology teaching strategies in early childhood once you have established a started point for their learning journey without knowing everything about technology today. Let us show you how your peers have achieved technology literacy in early childhood education today. We can help.
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  • 10
  • Aug

Student Progress tracker package

Introducing on my TPT best sellers at my TPT store. Record keeping for teachers is very important for all subjects as it allows you to track student progress and they are great for planning not to mention discussing things with parents and carers. Technology use in the classroom is also very important and this student progress tracker will save you time and money. Check it out. Teachers Pay Teachers Australian Curriculum.
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CPD for teachers
  • 07
  • Aug

PD for Melbourne teachers online workshop discount

Melbourne teachers, get your online workshop discount and join our online PD for teachers Melbourne today. We can help you accrue valuable CPD hours this year online whilst overcoming restrictions. Gain further expertise in ICT teaching strategies that will support your reporting on the capability of ICT in your classroom. Our low cost online workshops are fully registered by NESA and TQI guaranteeing you Melbourne teacher quality research based content. We understand your difficulties as we are teachers too. Join your colleagues today.
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Pedagogy in Early Childhood
  • 06
  • Aug

12 question that will effectively transform childcare pedagogy today

Technology pedagogical practices in childcare and education have a tremendous influence on the beliefs and values of young children on technology use. With these 12 questions, you can resolve the 'why' in relation to individual differences in beliefs at your centre or school today. Learn to overcome the barriers to working together in synergy with us now. We can help you.
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Accredited Online Professional Development for Teachers - Assessing Student ICT Capability
  • 04
  • Aug

Primary teacher workshop loaded with the best tech strategies

In a time where we have rediscovered the need for digital capabilities, you will learn in this online workshop for primary school teachers all you need to know about teaching and learning with ICT in the primary school today. Using our easy to follow lessons and videos, watch your students transform into their capabilities in ICT as you apply our researched based theories into your classroom practice. We can help you.
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  • 03
  • Aug

4 Top teaching methods when using Tech in the Class

Integrating technology into the classroom can be an issue for primary school teachers. Another subject to teach! However, by using these ICT teaching methods for primary school technology integrators, planning will be much easier and student attainment levels a lot better as these teaching methods for primary school teachers come from teacher-tested classrooms.
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Accredited Online Professional Learning for Teachers - Early Childhood Education
  • 01
  • Aug

Online Early Childhood Workshops available

Join your colleagues in our Early Childhood workshops today and learn to harness the potential of ICT in ECE and master your expertise in child observation use of technology at a low cost while earning accreditation as a Proficient teacher now.
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educational leadership
  • 28
  • Jul

New Thinkific online classes for Teachers Available

We are proud to let you know of our Thinkific online classes for teachers continuing education in Early Childhood and Primary Education. Visit them now and learn how we can help you achieve your goals in integrating technology effectively into the curriculum using high impact teaching strategies with technology that will support student learning and develop technology literacy.
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  • 23
  • Jul

Accredited Early Childhood Education Workshops

We have two online Early Childhood Education workshops that focus on teaching strategies that will help you build on a young child's home experiences of technology and develop their ICT capability throughout the national curriculum with easy steps to follow. Learn to harness the potential of technology in ECE and maximise your expertise in child observation in our Early Childhood Education workshops online today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 17
  • Jul

How to promote a more advanced child in Preschool with Tech today

In order for you to integrate technology in preschool, you need to acquire expertise such as the teaching strategies in preschool that you will gain from this accredited online workshop for preschool teachers. Learn how to integrate technology in preschool classrooms, the types of technology in preschool, and how to use technology in preschool classrooms in a digital world today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 16
  • Jul

How to easily integrate ICT in your classroom today

In an ICT integrated society, it is important for ICT integration in the classroom to occur. However, here is why you don't need new tech to achieve your goals today. ICT integration in the classroom does need new tech, but it is about the here and now of the available technology and imagining the potential for learning within the context that it is taught.
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  • 16
  • Jul

The best way to scaffold Tech use in primary Ed today

As a primary teacher, there are four levels of progression in student ICT capability that you must support in teaching. For this reason, scaffolding in primary education when it comes to ICT integration must be adequate and effective. In this article, you can use these easy steps to support your teaching to ensure effective scaffolding in primary education today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 14
  • Jul

The Best strategies when integrating ICT in Primary Ed today

When teaching and learning with ICT in the primary school, you would want to embed the best strategies for teaching with technology. The ICT teaching and learning strategies that you will learn in this accredited online workshop for primary school teachers will build your capacity as a teacher and develop student 21st century skills.
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  • 13
  • Jul

How to confidently adjust your support for children's tech learning today

When scaffolding in early childhood education during times of technology integration that might be in role plays or not, the level of adjustment you provide to support each child is vital if they are to develop their ICT capability. Here are ways you can scaffold children's learning in your preschool, childcare, or kindergarten classroom today.
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  • 10
  • Jul

How to easily facilitate Tech skills and empower students today

Scaffolding in the classroom ensures that you facilitate the development of 21st century skills such as ICT capability when you integrate technology in the classroom. Scaffolding learning, however, is different when it comes to using ICT so how can you make improvements in your teacher interventions? Read more about top strategies for teaching with technology and boost children's attainment levels in ICT.
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Accredited Online Professional Learning for Teachers - Early Childhood Education
  • 30
  • Jun

10 Effective Tech strategies to develop fine motor skills today

The development of fine motor skills for preschoolers is very important as it lays the foundation for life skills. Technology when used as a tool can further develop fine motor skills after you have make the right instructional decisions and applied the right teaching strategies in preschool. Here are 10 ways for you to try today.
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Formative assessment in Preschool
  • 29
  • Jun

The Best Ways to use Tech throughout Early Childhood

There are many ways in which technology can aide early childhood development. It is not through simple exposure though, where young children benefit from it, but from the teaching strategies in early childhood that you embed into your practice. Discover how early childhood development can be supported by the use of technology today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 27
  • Jun

Top strategies with technology that your classroom needs today

In a world this is becoming increasing dependent on digital technology, it is vital that you as a teacher make instructional decisions to do with strategies for teaching with technology in key learning areas from early childhood to primary literacy learning. The strategies for teaching with technology that you will learn from us will prepare your students to overcome any global events in the future. Join us today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 17
  • Jun

Why formative assessment is important to Student ICT Learning?

Formative assessment in primary school is important today as it helps teachers personal learning experiences in ICT. By examining the processes that a child went through to complete a finished product or work sample, you will be able to determine their capabilities in ICT and plot a path for learning progression today.
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  • 16
  • Jun

Using Formative Assessment for Tech Learning in Early Childood

Technology use is a vital part of the EYLF and the Australian Curriculum. Through effective formative assessment in early childhood, you can embed strategies that will ensure that your teaching is pitched appropriately and that will promote the development of ICT capability and ICT literacy in early childhood education.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 15
  • Jun

How to use Tech effectively in your classroom today

Technology to use in the classroom can only be effectively integrated through the use of high impact teaching strategies with technology. Unless you employ and embed these, any idea that you may have will not result in the development of 21st century skills in the curriculum. What are they? How effective are they for student learning?
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Teaching strategies in early childhood - technology integration
  • 12
  • Jun

The Importance of Tech Observation in Early Childhood Education Today

To build on a child's home experiences of technology in early childhood education. Then through technology observation in early childhood, you monitor and assess their ICT capabilities in order to plan for learning progression. Understand what to observe in preschool and kindergarten use of tech in early childhood today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 27
  • May

What is Technology Integration in the Classroom?

Understanding what is technology integration in the classroom involves becoming aware of the ICT tools used in the classroom today for particular purposes. It is also about the ICT pedagogical approaches which will enable you to facilitate student ICT capability and ICT literacy in the 21st century.
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ICT Teaching Strategies: Maximising student capabilities with beebots
  • 25
  • May

Early Childhood Teaching Approaches with Technology

A short list of ICT or technology teaching approaches in early childhood education. To learn more, join our online professional learning community for teachers in preschool and kindergarten in our accredited online workshop for teachers today.
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Tech use in Outdoor Classroom Day
  • 18
  • May

Using Tech in Outdoor Classroom Day 2020

Outdoor Classroom Day 2020 is coming soon! With technology being as much a part of a child's world as literacy and numeracy, here are some helpful tips to help you stress less and be able to optimise the use of tech in outdoors today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 15
  • May

Digital Pedagogy for Young Children Workshop

ICT pedagogy in early childhood education and care is vital in order for teachers to build on children's home experiences of ICT. By using this information, they can plan for learning progression in ICT capability and ICT literacy in a proficient manner. Online early childhood workshops that focus on ICT pedagogy in early childhood are essential for 21st century educators in ECE.
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Developing student ICT capability - Accredited online professional development for teachers
  • 27
  • Apr

The Best Strategies to Infuse Tech in Maths Today

STEM in education is very important and in primary learning areas such as Maths, the use of technology in STEM education can be a powerful tool. This is only if it is infused correctly using evidence based STEM teaching strategies that will support subject learning and develop student ICT capability or digital literacy.
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Vision statement for a school
  • 04
  • Apr

Vision Statement for Schools

Vision statements for schools should contain information about how ICT will be used and ICT capability developed. The trick is effectively sharing the vision with staff. Find out how here.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 01
  • Apr

Great ways to overcome self-isolation using a PLC for Teachers

Stress less today while in self-isolation join a professional learning community for teachers as it is a great way for you to stay in touch with your colleagues and collaborate with them on your ideas. By going online, you can remove the isolation factor and stress less with Covid-19.
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ICT Policy for Schools
  • 19
  • Mar

Good Strategic Advice - ICT Policy Early Years

ICT capability and ICT literacy can be developed through early childhood learning experiences, but only if a centre or school has a well implemented ICT Policy Early Years. Use this strategic advice as to how you and your colleagues can make a start today.
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Accredited Online Professional Development for Teachers - Assessing Student ICT Capability
  • 11
  • Mar

The Importance of Girls in STEM

Today, 75 % of the fastest growing industries require STEM-related skills. Yet woman in the future may be deemed unemployable as girls in STEM subjects are not increasing in school. Find out where to begin and what to do today.
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  • 04
  • Mar

The Best Primary Science Connection to Technology

Technology makes the best connection with science learning as it enables children to increase their attainment levels in the STEM or science room. Read more to find out what the fundamentals are of using technology in the science lesson now.
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Accredited Online professional development for teachers - ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 02
  • Mar

The Use of Technology in Early Childhood Education and Care Today

From digital technologies to redundant and unused technologies Early Childhood Education and Care centres are using more everyday. However, combine with this effective intentional teaching strategies in early childhood and you take away the notion of technology being taken for granted and more as a tool for learning. Learn more about what technologies are being used in preschool and kindergarten classrooms today.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 04
  • Feb

Why is Planning important in Early Childhood Education?

Planning in early childhood education is essential for many reasons all of which to do with ensuring that children learn from an integrated curriculum. When using technology, it gets bit more complex and there various things which you need to consider. Want to know what they are?
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Accredited Online professional development for teachers - ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 31
  • Jan

Intentional Teaching and Learning in ECE

Intentional teaching strategies in early childhood can contribute a lot to children's learning. With the use of technology, things may vary and get a bit more complex, however, with these outlined for you using technology in early childhood education is a breeze.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 14
  • Nov

How to choose Meaningful ICT Resources Today

The term 'meaningful' has two parts when comes to choosing ICT resources in Early Childhood Education. Without these, any ICT resource selected will be MEANINGLESS. So it pays to understand what they are and what you can do.
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educational leadership
  • 19
  • Dec

13 Steps to Inspire Change in Classrooms Today

If your school is to move forward with its use of ICT, then a subculture embedded into the structure of the school that empowers students in their learning needs to be present. Some changes to schools can be brought through the leadership of dynamic staff who are able to stick to their convictions and take others with them.
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  • 23
  • Oct

How to apply Graphic programs in the Literacy curriculum today

Images can provide ways for students to engage with both visual and printed text. When it comes to digital images, they offer the benefit of being immediate, accessible and compelling! Digital images provide editable text, allowing students to revise image content or combine multiple images into one picture using image editing software. Learn how to apply graphics programs in the literacy lesson here.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 20
  • Oct

The Best ICT Tools to use in the Classroom

Today, new literacies brings the learning of new technologies which are essential for students to master if they are to be literate for the 21st century. New technologies can be used to do traditional things in a different, more motivating way.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 16
  • Oct

How to Enhance Literacy with ICT Today

Learn how to enhance literacy with ICT in our NEW online professional development for teachers. This online course will boost your competence and confidence in Literacy-ICT integration - a key factor in the effectiveness of ICT in Literacy lessons today.
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Accredited Online professional development for teachers - ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 11
  • Sep

Key Issues in the use of ICT in Early Childhood Education

With over 1,000 LinkedIn views, we thought this article is worth the mention again. Enjoy! What are the key issues when it comes to using ICT in Early Childhood Education? A report conducted by the New Zealand government (Bolstad, 2004) reveals a number of issues that practitioners need to aware of when choosing to use ICT in the learning setting.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 06
  • Sep

How to Assess the use of ICT in Literacy today

Understanding how to select and use assessment strategies in the primary grades is an important aspect of Pedagogical Content Knowledge for English teachers. It will be important that you modify your assessments to account for students’ vast differences in individual development, even within a grade.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 05
  • Sep

How to be an ICT capable school

Progression in any subject is about ensuring that a student's skills and knowledge continue to grow and develop systematically. Here are 10 steps that will help you foster a culture of progression and continuity at your school/organisation.
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Teaching Strategies: Classroom management in Literacy lessons
  • 19
  • Jun

Classroom Management in Literacy Lessons

With students being tech-savvy, it is quite easy for them to become distracted with the ICT they are using whilst learning literacy. Learn classroom management strategies to help you capitalise on student use of ICT in lessons.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 18
  • Jun

Teaching Strategies for Literacy: Blogging

One way to step outside of the box when it comes to literacy teaching with word processors is by using blogs instead. Find out how blogging can transform students into digital innovators in literacy lessons today.
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Accredited Online Professional Development for Teachers - Assessing Student ICT Capability
  • 13
  • Jun

Why and How you need to Assess ICT Capability?

The assessment of ICT capability is vital as it will allow you to track progress and to plan appropriately for students to achieve their capabilities. Proper assessment will provide you with real evidence and knowledge of where the students are up to.
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Technology Integration - 10 Tips to enhance its use today
  • 11
  • Jun

10 Teaching Strategies with technology tips

It's not the technology that will help support the context of subjects in your classroom, but the strategies that you use to support and enhance the use of technology in the classroom. Here are 10 tips to get you started.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 05
  • Jun

Reflecting on Teaching and Learning with ICT

Reflection plays a big part in the development of student ICT capability. So to must teachers reflect on their teaching and learning with ICT to improve their own capabilities in ICT. Find out what questions you should ask yourself today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 05
  • May

Developing ICT Capable Educational Leadership Part 2

Senior management play a significant role in the development of school as they drive the culture and change in teaching strategies. The role that ICT has in schools is enormous and therefore, as the ICT coordinator you depend on the support from senior management for leadership and encouragement.
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ICT Policy for Schools
  • 23
  • Apr

School ICT Policy Development Advice

The ICT policy in schools forms the backbone of a schools ICT culture. They highlight for teachers how to use ICT in the classroom and most importantly, how to develop ICT capability. Use these steps to structure yours appropriately.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 18
  • Apr

Teacher Incentives for Using Technology in the Classroom

Since the introduction of technology into Primary education almost three decades ago, there has been a lot of pressure on principles to ensure the effective implementation of ICT in their schools.  Today, the increasing developments and advancements in ICT has not made it easy for them to determine its worth in education. As educational leaders, it is their role to measure the impact that ICT has on teaching and learning. For the majority, cost plays a crucial role in their decision.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 11
  • Apr

How Tech-Savvy should Educational Leaders be?

If change is to occur in schools today, then it needs to STEM from the top (excuse the pun!). The role that senior management play in this process is vital if they are to drive the culture of the school towards ICT greatness.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 04
  • Apr

How to Evaluate Technology in the Classroom

Content-free software allows students to develop their ICT capability. By understanding their educational purposes you will be able to decide which is right for the ICT solutions your students are going to generate.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 26
  • Mar

How to Improve Whole School Student Attainment of ICT Capability

The most important judgement about the educational value of your school will be the various changes it brings about in its students over time. In addition to the knowledge and learning students will have gained through being at your school, you need to be aware that the public will make perceptions about its worth in terms of attitudes, behaviour, and how the students respect staff and property.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 12
  • Mar

Driving Change - The Role of School Administrators

There are many factors that influence the development of ICT capability. In addition to the school’s ICT policy, a school’s culture must be one that has a strong belief that using ICT can promote teaching and learning.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 05
  • Mar

How ICT Integration Leaders can Promote a Culture of Change in Schools

There are many factors that influence the development of ICT capability. In addition to the school’s ICT policy, a school’s culture must be one that has a strong belief that using ICT can promote teaching and learning. The strength of an ICT culture within a school is a very powerful force in determining the direction of a school.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 30
  • Jan

STEM achieves Australian of the Year award

STEM takes out the 2018 Australia Day award as it dominated in its nominees. Michelle Simmons from UNSW surpasses who colleagues and receives the Australian of the Year award with Eddie Woo, a Maths teacher, receiving the Australian Local Hero Award. Find out the top ICT jobs for 2018 too.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 30
  • Jan

How to Protect the Digital Natives

Students today are more digitally prepared than past generations and this makes them more vulnerable to many things they are exposed to. Protecting them is a must along with guiding them in an online world.
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ICT Teaching Strategies: Maximising student capabilities with beebots
  • 25
  • Jan

Beebot Bootcamp

Learn by example how to teach ICT capability in the classroom by demonstrating coding skills using bee bots proficiently today.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 19
  • Jan

How Educational Leaders can inspire change in classrooms today

The Heads of Departments and other senior management like Deputy Principals play an important role in building a professional culture which is responsive to change. They set values for all and have attributes such as commitment and hard work that set great examples for other staff in the school community. Find out how to inspire change towards ICT at your school.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 06
  • Nov

Information Literacy Skills for Students

The world of information and data on the Internet can be overwhelming for students. Learning valuable information literacy skills like evaluating the content of websites and using advanced search techniques with search engines like Google can make a world of difference for them.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 15
  • Aug

Differentiated Instruction with Technology

In the 21st century, being included as part of society is vital if you are survive and thrive. Teachers being the catalysts of change have to ensure that they provide an inclusive classroom for all students through the effective use of ICT. Differentiation is therefore, a practice that teachers need to consider in their planning if they are to prepare students for life in an ICT-integrated society.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 12
  • Jul

How intervening develops 21st century skills

The use of ICT in the classroom demands students' autonomy and confidence to come from their ability to make good decisions about its use. Teachers through their guidance can help in their development of higher order skills and this can promote the growth of ICT capability within the classroom. Find out effective ways to intervene as a teacher in order to develop 21st century skills.
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ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 17
  • May

Tips on Motivating Students using Technology in the Classroom

When it comes to motivating students in the classroom there is no doubt in my mind that ICT works wonders! However, it is important to remember that along with using ICT in the classroom as a source of motivation that you develop a scheme of work or a series of lessons plans that will include opportunities for students to progress throughout them.
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Accredited Online professional development for teachers - ICT Teaching Strategies
  • 14
  • Apr

Introducing Software to Students in Literacy Lessons

Learning about new software is at the heart of developing every students’ capabilities whether it will be in the new Digital Technologies curriculum or across the curriculum in various Learning Areas (General Capability – ICT Capability). No matter if it is animation, generic, graphic or even subject-specific software the best practices need to be implemented in order for students to be able to make effective decisions about what software to use so to create a solution to a problem situation.
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Accredited online professional development for teachers
  • 20
  • Jul

ICT Literacy: What do businesses expect?

It is time for educators to step up their game and develop ICT literate students. With the decline in the ICT literacy skills of Australian students, educators need to be aware of the ICT literacy skills the businesses of today and tomorrow seek.
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Teaching Strategies: Classroom management in Literacy lessons
  • 21
  • Jun

Keeping students focused on IT

Distractions in lessons as a result of using ICT is of major concern to many teachers. Learn the steps you can take to keep your students on track and focussed on their work.
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Teaching Strategies
  • 15
  • Jun

How students learn with ICT

An ICT capable teacher needs to comprehend the significance of how students learn with ICT if they are to teach ICT capability effectively. Accounting for the various ways students learn with ICT is vital and initiates a proactive start for teachers. Get more insight into this course preview here.
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Developing student ICT capability - Accredited online professional development for teachers
  • 19
  • Apr

Developing Primary student ICT capability - A Case Study

After researching how primary teachers can develop student ICT capability, it is time to put it into action. Michael Hilkemeijer, director of ICTE Solutions Australia, will be a Technology teacher at a local primary school for Term 2. Follow blogs to learn about his experiences and steps and use the resources to join in the journey.
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How to have an ICT capable classroom today - Professional Learning for Teachers
  • 18
  • Feb

10 Steps for ICT Integrators to Follow

Progression in any subject is about ensuring that a student's skills and knowledge continue to grow and develop systematically. Here are 10 steps that will help you foster a culture of progression and continuity at your school/organisation.
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