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General
AITSL Illustrations of Practice aitsl
“Illustrations of Practice capture teaching practice aligned to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in a range of contexts and across career stages, year levels and learning areas. They are authentic, illustrative and instructive but not prescriptive or exhaustive.”
Questions that matter
essential questions [videos]
essential questions pages [links]
25 randomly generated essential questions changes each day
Creating essential questions galileo.org
Ethics Online (Senior level)
Primary Ethics K-6 Curriculum
Deep Understanding
Designing for deep mathematical understanding [pdf]
Purpose of throughline questions – provocative questions Kent den Heyer
Throughline questioning ASTERO
Example enduring understandings and essential questions [pdf]
Enduring understandings behind enduring understandings (based on UbD Wiggins & McTighe) [video]
Assessment
Inquiry and assessment galileo.org
Eliciting evidence of achievement [video]
Seeing the learning [video]
Assessment for learning with link to assessment tasks
Assessment for, as and of learning NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum
Emotions and Learning
The unity of emotion, thinking and learning Annenberg Learner
Social and emotional learning
Seeing others from self Annenberg Learner
Developing emotional intelligence competencies Barbara Fatum
Social emotional learning opportunities through the curriculum National Quality Standard
Emotional intelligence is the missing piece
The soul of education: helping students find connection, compassion and character at school Rachael Kessler
Mindfulness
Labyrinths: activities for kids
Making a labyrinth
Online labyrinth walk
Silence, stillness and calmness [pdf]
Christian meditation for children
Small steps for teaching children how to be silent and still in prayer [pdf]
8 ways to teach mindfulness to kids Sarah Rudell Beach
mindfulness made easy Kids Matter
Resources for Pebble Meditation Mindful Kids
7 fun ways to teach your kids mindfulness Kaia Roman
Inquiry
Classroom examples: Inquiry-based studies in humanities, science, mathematics
Inquiry and digital technologies
Using an Understanding by Design (Wiggins & McTighe) framework
Inquiry Learning Kath Murdoch
Web tools to support inquiry
Visible Thinking question sorts to guide inquiry
Examples of inquiry used in classrooms and schools
Philosophical Thinking
Book modules: teaching children philosophy
The If Machine: philosophical enquiry in the classroom [page blank??]
P4C [videos]
TPM online
Philosophy experiments
Philosophy bites
Some lesson plans for facilitating philosophy
Classroom activities
The Philosophy Club resources
Technology Tools
The padagogy wheel v4.0
30 trends for education technology in 2015
Resource of educational web tools and mobile apps
Teachers iPad Apps
Web tools to support inquiry-based learning
Tools to help integrate technology into teaching and learning
Michael Fullan: Technology, the new pedagogy and flipped teaching [video]
Gamifying Learning
A guide to game-based learning
Neuroscience, games and learning [video]
Classroom game design [video]
Teaching with the World Peace Game John Hunter [video]
Game-based learning: resource roundup
Teaching with immersive gaming (twigging)
Twigging resources to go
Made with play: game-based learning resources
Thinking about Thinking
25 critical thinking strategies for the modern learner
Bloom’s digital taxonomy [pdf]
How to make your classroom a thinking space Susie Boss
Visible Thinking
We think visually, we think in sound, we think kinesthetically Ken Robinson [video]
Mike Fleetham’s Thinking Classroom
The 4Rs Model of Reflective Thinking [pdf]
Googleable or Not Googleable? Ewan McIntosh
Differentiation
iPad menu for guided reading teachthought
Engaging all learners [pdf]
Meeting the needs of the students [video]
Small group differentiated instruction [video]
Differentiating with technology
3 simple ways to differentiate A J Juliani
Creativity
Fostering creative thinking: co-constructed insights from neuroscience and education Dr Paul Howard-Jones [pdf]
Applying design thinking in class MindShift
On the edge of chaos: where creativity flourishes Katrina Schwartz
Paint or Paint App? Holly Korbey
Arts integration Katrina Schwartz
Design Thinking deconstructed Tina Barseghian
Where does creativity hide? Amy Tan [video]
Global Issues
Bringing global dimensions into the classroom
Resources for global perspectives across the curriculum
iPad Apps for 21st Century Learning – current events and social issues Emily Szymanski [Prezi]
Global Sustainability Curriculum
National Peace Corps Association classroom materials
Global citizenship
Teaching resources for social justice Caritas Australia
Teaching about the environment using active and experiential learning Sue Phillips [pdf]
Using online simulations and games Susie Boss
Exploring Diversity
Learning to live with the challenges of diversity [video]
6 ways to honour the learning process in your classroom Terry Heick
Resources and strategies for a culturally inclusive classroom Joy Nelson
Parliament of World Religions
The Golden Rule [video]
Malala’s Story Zen Pencils