Welcome back for 2014 - The Scootle News has what you need to implement your new year's teaching resolution

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Dear colleague,

Welcome back from what we hope was a rejuvenating and enjoyable break. In our first edition of the Scootle News for 2014 we have just what you need to kick-start the year’s professional learning in your preparations for an exciting year of teaching and learning ahead.

In the January edition of the Scootle News we highlight a range of practical resources, tools and networks to support your practices and enhance the learning opportunities for your students.

The tools and conversations highlighted below are an example of the ongoing collaboration taking place in Scootle Community. We hope that you will join and contribute to the professional networking platform developed specifically for Australian educators. We look forward to sharing and connecting with you in 2014.

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Spotlight

Scootle Live Webinar Series

Scootle LIVE will be presenting an interactive web conferencing series for Community members to share, connect and reflect on ways your community works for you. Our first Scootle LIVE event: Belong Connect Reflect will take place on Thursday February 6 at 4:00pm ESDT. For more information and to register to attend Click here >>.

Your community

What teachers in your community have to say and what inspires them.

Joachim Cohen - NSW

Describe your community in 5 words
Empowering learning through access and personalisation!
What is your favourite educational hashtag to follow?
It's a tough choice, but it would have to be #tlchat (teacher librarians are awesome) or #nswdecbyod.
Do you have a TED Talk or video that has inspired you lately?
I would have to recommend Keller Rinaudo: A mini robot -- powered by your phone, a video which prompted me to purchase my Romo called 'Herbert'.

Your Resources

EARLY YEARS

Little History

This is a collection of digital resources including image galleries, short videos and an interactive designed for early-primary history.
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© Museum Victoria. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) licence.

PRIMARY

Add sound to your animation

This is a resource that focuses on techniques used by Foley artists and how they are applied to create a soundtrack for a simple animation or film.
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© The Song Room Website 2013. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Australia (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 AU) licence

SECONDARY

A New Kind of Alchemy

This is an interactive online graphic novel about a future world threatened by extinction.
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© State of New South Wales,
Department of Education and Communities, 2013. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 AU) licence.

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Learning Path

T h e Impact of Technology on your life
This collection of Scootle resources maps some of the innovations which have lead to the technology we now utilise every day.
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Watch this

Using an ICT toolkit
This video follows an assistant
principal's delivery of training to small groups of teachers using the nationally approved ICT in Everyday Learning Toolkit.
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APP review

Scootle Community App
A gateway to your professional
learning network of passionate Australian educators. The app is available free for both Apple and Android devices.
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Community Blogs

Are you in? Scootle's top 6 resources to start your 2014 with a WOW!
Links to 6 great tools to help you to get the best out of the suite of Scootle resources. Included you'll find presentations, guides and infographics.
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Open/Free for education resources
This blog provides information and links to the 50 new listings on the Open Education/Free for Education Resources page on the SmartCopying website. Many of these are websites that contain thousands of curriculum resources, either open or free for education and often licensed to permit modification.
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Community Events

NATIONAL February 6, 2014
Scootle LIVE webinar - Community: Belong Connect Reflect
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NATIONAL February 13 , 2014
Scootle LIVE webinar - Community MeetUp
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NATIONAL Feb 20, 2014
Scootle LIVE webinar - IMPROVE as an assessment tool
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