Designing and Planning Curriculum

Tackling teacher talk time

As a teacher, how much do you talk in class? Why is that even important? David Barrs chats about how we can raise our awareness of teacher ‘talk time’ and shares ideas for what to do about it.

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Reducing teacher talk time

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Practical strategies for developing engaging, technology-enhanced learning resources

Christina and Helen cover five practical strategies and demonstrate ten tools to help you and your learners build your skills!

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Practical strategies for developing engaging, technology enhanced learning resources

Christina and Helen cover five practical strategies and demo ten example tools such as: Answer Garden, Socrative, Ted-Ed, FlipGrid and Google apps.

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What does curriculum redesign do for students?

Hear first-hand what SIBT students say about changes made to their course curriculum, including increased group-work, blended learning and real-world practice.

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Want to get the most out of class time? Flip it!

What is a flipped classroom and how does it help students? In this short video, Ann talks about the pedagogy and offers tips for teachers looking to get started.

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Breathing life into texts with reading circles

In this 5-minute overview, hear from teacher trainer Meredith Lade about a technique called ‘reading circles’ and grab some quick ideas for using it in your own learning and teaching context.

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MeetELT: Where real-life meets the classroom

PD with a difference: this is MeetELT, an event run by teachers, for teachers. The topic this time tackles how to bring students’ real life contexts into their learning.

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Bringing real-life into the classroom: five inspiring ideas

Watch 5 English language teachers share quick-fire Pecha Kuchas on authentic class projects ranging from a ‘Pinkytas’ charity event to a ‘Selfie Safari’.

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The Pecha Kucha Toolkit

This fast-paced session shares a basic Pecha Kucha ‘toolkit’, structures to explore with your students and teachers, and some ideas you can try out in your own classrooms and teacher development sessions.

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Technology Tuesday – ‘Google Sites & ePortfolios’

This Technology Tuesday event from Griffith College explores how to use Google Sites to create ePortfolios and shows how one teacher embedded it into their course.

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Mirror, Mirror: supporting self-reflection in HSA

Can utilising a self-reflection resource from the other side of the world help students develop personal attributes to achieve success in the Diploma of Nursing and beyond?

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One team, one dream? Case study: Embedding group work at Curtin College

Effective collaboration is an essential skill for today’s graduates. In this blog post we explore a pilot group work project at Curtin College

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