FURTHER INFORMATION
Curriculum Leadership
Year of the Outback Project
Community Mentor Program
High Demand for ICT in Quality Teacher Program
Taking on GIS: the South Australian experience
The Net Effect: Girls and new media (2002)
EQ: back issues
Write for EQ
Curriculum Leadership
Curriculum Corporation is initiating a weekly Web-based journal for educational leaders, with a focus on curriculum. Titled Curriculum Leadership, it will serve a broad audience including principals, school curriculum coordinators, system officers, curriculum developers, professional association staff, consultants, journalists, researchers and academics.
Curriculum Leadership will include articles highlighting current developments, trends, issues and debates in Australian education, with emphasis on curriculum and leadership issues. Letters and Forum sections will allow for brief or in-depth responses and ongoing discussion.
Curriculum Leadership will also feature abstracts of key articles from selected professional and scholarly journals, as well as conference paper abstracts. The focus will be on Australia and New Zealand but key journals from other countries will be included.
There will also be a calendar of coming events, curriculum news and announcements, and regular updates on new publications in print and online.
The first issue was published on 1 November 2002. You can find the journal at http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/
Readers can register online and receive an email alert as each edition is published. Access will be free of charge for the first year.
For further information contact Tony Sullivan. Tel. 03 9207 9679 tony.sullivan@curriculum.edu.au
topYear of the Outback Project
The Year of the Outback is a time to celebrate. It provides an opportunity for students to reflect on our unique culture and what it means to be Australian. At the Year of the Outback Project site, a joint myinternet Limited and Curriculum Corporation initiative, you can hear outback stories and interviews, read outback recipes and learn about the email exchange between schools.
For more details visit www.myinternet.com.au/edu/outback/
topCommunity Mentor Program
myinternet Limited continues its commitment to the development and growth of an online educational community. This is demonstrated by the launch of the myinternet Community Mentor Program.
Community Mentors will be vital members of myinternet's Education Group, who will participate in the ongoing development and management of an educationally-based community within the myinternet desktop Web portal, to promote the myinternet education resources and support the use of ICT in the classroom nationally.
The objective of the Community Mentor Program will be to support this talented and committed group of educators in a mutually beneficial way. This support will include: a forum to showcase their work; access to software, hardware and other myinternet resources; professional development and opportunities to exchange and share experiences.
For further details visit www.myinternet.com.au/edu/communitymentor/ and apply online.
topCurriculum Communities
Curriculum Communities has two online communities. English EdNet is online at www.curriculum.edu.au/communities/englishednet Arts EdNet is online at www.curriculum.edu.au/communities/artsednet
Arts EdNet is for Visual Arts educators and, like English EdNet, contains a practical tutorial on using the Internet in the learning area and a wealth of online resources.
A successful workshop for English EdNet has been held in Victoria with represent-atives from ALEA and VATE, co-presented with Curriculum Corporation by ALEA member Ros Mancer. Steve Hynoski has presented to AATE committee members in New South Wales.
An initial national workshop for ArtsEdNet was held at UTS in Sydney after the Visual Arts summit with representation from each of the States and Territories.
topHigh Demand for ICT in Quality Teacher Program
The National Quality Teacher Information Exchange project (NQTIE) is funded by the Commonwealth through the Quality Teacher Programme. It is managed for the Commonwealth by National Curriculum Services (NCS) in partnership with the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) and Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA). It includes a website at qualityteaching.dest.gov.au
The National Information Exchange on Quality Teaching website plays the dual role of providing information and acting as an interactive communication place.
Here you will find:
- Services such as news, newsletter and calendar to keep you up-to-date on matters relevant to Quality Teaching.
- The good oil: information about QTP Projects, Resources and Teacher Stories plus the QTP-Exchange Forum and Chat.
To participate in the QTP-Exchange activities you must be a registered member.
For further information contact Janine Bowes, NQTIE Project Director.
Tel: (03) 6245 9099
Fax: (03) 6245 9098
Mobile: 0417 350 956
Email: jbowes@ozemail.com.au
Mail: PO Box 561, Rosny Park, Tas 7018
For general inquiries about the project and the QTP, contact Georgina Webb, Director.
Tel: (02) 6240 9003
Fax: (02) 6123 5084
Email: Georgina.Webb@dest. gov.au
Mail: Quality Teaching Section (loc 141), Department of Education, Science and Training, PO Box 9880, Canberra, ACT 2601
topTaking on GIS: the South Australian experience
Malcolm McInerney is the Geography Senior at Findon High School in Adelaide.
In 2000, Malcolm's students won the Research and Investigation prize in the University of New South Wales' Sustainable Living Competition with their GIS project on recycling rates, and in 2001 his students won the South Australian section of the AURISA 'GIS in Schools' competition. Recently Malcolm has developed a GIS course for secondary students that has been used in up to 200 schools in South Australia and interstate. The course is available as an interactive CD-ROM directly from Malcolm. Fax: (08) 82692419 or email: manning@chariot.com.au
topThe Net Effect: Girls and new media (2002)
This 24-page executive summary is available online and reports the results of research undertaken by Girl Scouts of the United States of America. The findings are reported under the following:
- The Internet is a powerful tool in girls' daily lives, but girls are 'driving without a licence'.
- Girls want adults to fully understand their online lives.
- Girls are aware of Internet dangers, but will benefit from proactive rather than reactive advice from adults.
Empowered with knowledge and pertinent advice, girls will successfully navigate both positive and negative experiences online.
Go to www.girlscouts.org/about/PDFs/NetEffects.pdf
topEQ: back issues
Some back issues of EQ are available at $8.00 per copy plus postage. To place your order, ring Curriculum Corporation on (03) 9207 9600 or fax 1300 780 545. An invoice will be forwarded to you.
| Summer 1993: Aboriginal education | Summer 1997: leadership | Winter 2000: digital curriculum |
| Autumn 1994: the arts | Autumn 1998: literacy and numeracy | Spring 2000: preparing for life after school |
| Spring 1994: gender | Winter 1998: curriculum targets | Summer 2000: Australian education: how are we doing? |
| Summer 1994: technology | Spring 1998: civics, ethics and values | Autumn 2001: mental and emotional health |
| Autumn 1995: English as a second language | Summer 1998: information technology and science | Spring 2001: national matters |
| Spring 1995: citizenship and reporting | Autumn 1999: teaching today | Summer 2001: maths and science |
| Autumn 1996: computers in education | Winter 1999: students, learning and health | Autumn 2002: history in the curriculum |
| Spring 1996: civics and citizenship | Spring 1999: civics and citizenship; SOSE | Winter 2002: pedagogy and teacher training |
| Winter 1997: vocational education | Summer 1999: the eight key learning areas | Spring 2002: the arts and what's new |
| Spring 1997: assessment | Autumn 2000: Indigenous education | Spring 2002: partners in online curriculum |
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Write for EQ
The themes for EQ 2002–3 are:
Autumn 2003 (February)
EDUCATIONAL education/geography
Copy deadline:
19 December 2002
Winter 2003 (May)
Success for all/students at risk
Copy deadline:
2 April 2003
Hard copy and the article on disk should be sent to Denise Quinn, Publishing Manager, EQ Australia, at Curriculum Corporation. If possible, contact Denise by email denise.quinn@curriculum.edu.au beforehand for writing guidelines. Articles on topics other than the main themes may also be accepted.
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