This topic is curated by members of the Learning Futures Network to help each other through the rapidly changing educational landscape that's evolving during the world's response to COVID-19. Its here to help you identify some quality resources that have been looked over by other educators. Please remember to comment and offer guidance where you can. This is more about contribution and sharing than it is about simply taking.
A range of captivating lesson plans are ready for you to explore the history of the Paralympic movement in Australia and abroad, Paralympic values and a range of Para-sports. All lesson plans are linked to the Australian Curriculum and don’t require any specialist equipment, so they are easy to implement in the classroom (or at home). Our resources focusing on the Paralympics in Australia are aimed at primary school students but can be adapted to a range of learning contexts. The I’mPOSSIBLE resources include lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoint presentations for both primary and secondary teachers. These lesson plans can be used individually or to form a unit of work.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
A range of captivating lesson plans are ready for you to explore the history of the Paralympic movement in Australia and abroad, Paralympic values and a range of Para-sports. All lesson plans are linked to the Australian Curriculum and don’t require any specialist equipment, so they are easy to implement in the classroom (or at home). Our resources focusing on the Paralympics in Australia are aimed at primary school students but can be adapted to a range of learning contexts. The I’mPOSSIBLE resources include lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoint presentations for both primary and secondary teachers. These lesson plans can be used individually or to form a unit of work.
Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article outlines simple ways to engage learners and enhance their learning.
Check out our articles with ideas for hands-on, active and outdoor learning from home for:
- early childhood
- lower primary
- middle primary
These articles include a mixture of hands-on and online at home learning for: - upper primary
- secondary
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article outlines simple ways to engage learners and enhance their learning. Check out our articles with ideas for hands-on, active and outdoor learning from home for: - early childhood - lower primary - middle primary These articles include a mixture of hands-on and online at home learning for: - upper primary - secondary
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, an unprecedented coalition has come together to launch “Earth School,” which provides free, high-quality educational content to help students, parents and teachers around the world who are currently at home. Initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TED-Ed, Earth School takes students on a 30-day “Adventure” through the natural world.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, an unprecedented coalition has come together to launch “Earth School,” which provides free, high-quality educational content to help students, parents and teachers around the world who are currently at home. Initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TED-Ed, Earth School takes students on a 30-day “Adventure” through the natural world.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES Flexible Learning Getting started with Flexible Learning and Blackboard
Kim Flintoff's insight:
This was put together back in 2012 - assuming it was totally redundant by now, it was left to languish in a repository at Slideshare... but it might hold some interest:
Despite the mention of humanities it reflects a wholistic approach to planning, creating, delivering and assessing in a flexible manner in any discipline.
It reflects its original context but carries all the thinking behind flexible learning engagement in broad terms.
To help us make sense of the crisis, learn-tech.io called on experts from around the world to help demystify COVID-19 in a short, practical course. COVID-19 Demystified has been developed for three key audiences. Firstly, the more than 1bn young people now shut out of classrooms who still seek education. Secondly, the wider public who are ‘drinking from a firehose’ of ‘news’. Information that frequently includes much disinformation and fake news. Thirdly, those decision makers and policy makers seeking to understand more about the challenges they face. Each of these audiences really needs opportunities to learn more about the pandemic both to protect their own lives and the lives of others. The scientific and mathematical complexity behind fighting COVID-19 means that many people lack tools to understand fully the impact of their own actions. Without such tools, misinformation and ignorance spread easily and can amplify negative effects of the pandemic. Those with no understanding of the science of the pandemic have sought to destroy 5G infrastructure, or adopt false cures bringing risk and harm to themselves. Some have adopted blame and hatred rather than nurtured their own understanding. The Demystification team hopes that this course will aid understanding and ultimately it will aid the fight against COVID-19. We all hope COVID 19 Demystified could be a key weapon in our fight against the pandemic and its effects.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"It is intended that COVID-19 Demystified aids our fight against the virus. It offers practical ways to gain analytical skills and knowledge enabling more people to make their own sense of the pandemic. With a set of data and models that a user can examine and investigate, each of us can model strategies for mitigation, understand better why different strategies are being followed and come to their own conclusions regarding the wisdom of different government strategies."
Primezone provides teachers with single-point access to a range of free primary industry and food and fibre related educational, curriculum based resources.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"About Primezone provides teachers with single-point access to a range of primary industries education resources.
This website is an initiative of the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia. The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) is a tripartite not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, formed through the collaboration of the Australian Government, primary industries organisations and the education sector.
It has government, industry and education membership. PIEFA's vision is for an Australian community that understands and values its primary industries.
The Foundation's objectives are to:
- provide national leadership and coordination of initiatives to encourage primary industries education in schools through a partnership between industry, government and educators;
- commission, coordinate, facilitate and manage national projects to encourage primary industries education in schools;
- provide a source of credible, objective and educational resources for schools to maintain and improve community confidence in Australia's primary industries; and
- communicate primary industries research and development outcomes in a format accessible for schools and encourage interest from schools in primary industries related careers."
"Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering."
Get new ideas to inspire and support your STEM teaching. We provide a regularly updated feed of free videos, articles, resources and teacher tools all linked to the Australian National Curriculum to inspire your students to discover how science shapes all our lives. Scroll down for the latest content and news stories, or search using keywords, topics or curriculum codes.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Welcome to our free platform for Australian educators providing a regularly updated collection of videos, articles, and resources to support STEM teaching in class mapped to the Australian National Curriculum (v8.3). Our carefully curated content includes trending subjects and interviews selected from Australia’s Science Channel, our publication Ultimate Careers, and from our publishing partners. Australia’s Science Channel and Ultimate Careers are developed and operated by The Royal Institution of Australia, an independent charity and unique national science hub promoting public awareness and understanding of science. Founded in 2009, The Royal Institution of Australia is the sister organisation of the prestigious Royal Institution of Great Britain. We work with leading minds, universities and scientific organisations from around Australia to build and connect communities through our role as an authoritative but accessible source of information about current science. We are passionate about inspiring the next generation of innovators to discover how science shapes all our lives. The site has been developed in partnership with the Government of South Australia through the Department for Education."
These resources are created and maintained by the Library at Curtin University. The range of guides will be helpful for all learners ad assist with fostering independent learning and research skills.
Study Hall: Presented by Arizona State University and Crash Course
Welcome to Study Hall! Arizona State University and the team at Crash Course have partnered to create four different learning playlists this year. Together we’ll dive into subjects like writing composition, algebra, chemistry and data literacy. First up is writing composition! Join us starting next week on March 31 and every following Tuesday.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Our friends at Arizona Sate University (#! Innovation University in the US) have teamed up with Complexly to bring learners (and their parents and teachers) a collection of quality video guides and explainers of principles and practices across a range of disciplines.
These can be used as support material in your lessons or stand alone casual engagements with knowledge and insights in an entertaining and accessible way.
TED-Ed lessons on all subjects. TED-Ed celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Discover hundreds of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Use the filters (red links) to select subjects and learning levels - also lots of teacher resources as well.
Learning from home Learning from home refers to the ways schools will maintain teaching and learning in the event of a prolonged school closure or student absence.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Resource suggestions for schools, parents, teachers and learners in NSW.
You can enrol as many students from your school as you wish. All students will need to pair up with a classmate or someone they know at school or in their community, so they can work side-by-side. Each pair will then meet and join up with a pair of students from anywhere else in the world. Ideally all teams should have 4 students. Teams can have as many advisors and helpers as they wish, but only four students will be the officially recognised team.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
You can enrol as many students from your school as you wish. All students will need to pair up with a classmate or someone they know at school or in their community, so they can work side-by-side. Each pair will then meet and join up with a pair of students from anywhere else in the world. Ideally all teams should have 4 students. Teams can have as many advisors and helpers as they wish, but only four students will be the officially recognised team.
You can enrol as many students from your school as you wish. All students will need to pair up with a classmate or someone they know at school or in their community, so they can work side-by-side. Each pair will then meet and join up with a pair of students from anywhere else in the world. Ideally all teams should have 4 students. Teams can have as many advisors and helpers as they wish, but only four students will be the officially recognised team.
Learn professional game development. 100% free, powered by Unreal Engine. Everything you need to make games from start to publish, all in one place.
Our New Game Design and Development Course This week we launched Core Academy, a destination for free online classes for game creation and design. Core Academy teaches you everything you need to know to make great games, without the tedious stuff. You'll publish your first game, a playable multiplayer 3D shooter, in less than an hour. Courses include detailed tutorials, videos, and hands-on examples, as well as weekly livestreams where instructors answer questions directly. Four lessons are available now – Introduction, The Prototype, World Building and Player Mechanics – and more are to come by the end of May. Catch live mentoring on Twitch every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 AM PDT.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Our New Game Design and Development Course This week we launched Core Academy, a destination for free online classes for game creation and design. Core Academy teaches you everything you need to know to make great games, without the tedious stuff. You'll publish your first game, a playable multiplayer 3D shooter, in less than an hour. Courses include detailed tutorials, videos, and hands-on examples, as well as weekly livestreams where instructors answer questions directly. Four lessons are available now – Introduction, The Prototype, World Building and Player Mechanics – and more are to come by the end of May. Catch live mentoring on Twitch every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 AM PDT.
Bebras Mini Challenges Bebras Mini Challenges are shorter versions of the Bebras Challenge with a focus on a particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges, like Bebras 365, are available as a free, easy-access resource throughout the year. Bebras Mini Challenges and do not require a student or teacher login to access and students will receive a grade upon completion of the questions. These challenges are shorter than Bebras 365 with a focus on one particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges have been divided into three categories: primary school students, middle school students and senior secondary students.The primary category is recommended for students in years 3-5, middle school for students in years 6-8, and senior secondary for students in year 9 and above. These age groupings are a suggestion only, and we encourage students to challenge themselves by attempting different question sets.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"Bebras Mini Challenges Bebras Mini Challenges are shorter versions of the Bebras Challenge with a focus on a particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges, like Bebras 365, are available as a free, easy-access resource throughout the year. Bebras Mini Challenges and do not require a student or teacher login to access and students will receive a grade upon completion of the questions. These challenges are shorter than Bebras 365 with a focus on one particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges have been divided into three categories: primary school students, middle school students and senior secondary students.The primary category is recommended for students in years 3-5, middle school for students in years 6-8, and senior secondary for students in year 9 and above. These age groupings are a suggestion only, and we encourage students to challenge themselves by attempting different question sets."
These resources have been created for the online learning world. You may know some of the selected plays and some may be new. It’s always great to make discoveries. Whichever is the case, Australian Plays recommends that teachers access and read a script before selecting it for their students. Each script and the accompanying activities are designed as a mini unit of work or series of lessons for students to do solo, in pairs and in collaboration and take place over several days or more..
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Brought to our attention by Dr Megan Upton. Engaging with Australian plays is engaging with the Australian voice. The stories and perspectives identify elements of our identity and shared experience.
"ICRAR is the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, and we have a team of teachers and science communicators ready to help you (even as we learn more about the online world ourselves). This is a shorter reminder email that we have a few regular things on offer for teachers if you’re after some support.
""ICRAR is the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, and we have a team of teachers and science communicators ready to help you (even as we learn more about the online world ourselves). This is a shorter reminder email that we have a few regular things on offer for teachers if you’re after some support."
With schools halting in-person meetings, we understand that many parents are currently looking for activities to provide their children with while they are at home during this time. That's where we've got you set.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"Kiva U is an easy opportunity to share Kiva with your family! Spend time together while educating young ones about the power of microfinance. There’s a wide array of content and supplemental material provided to maximize effectiveness and involvement.
Kiva U lessons involve: - Hands-on activities
- Engaging videos
- Family discussions
- Games for every age group
Included with Kiva U are 8 easy, streamlined lessons, divided by topic and age group. Find lesson plans in the links below!"
School programs and classroom resources, all linked to the Australian Curriculum, and inspired by objects in the National Museum's collection. Book a school visit or see our free fun at home activities.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The National Museum of Australia has a range of online engagement resources that includes a collection of DIY craft activities relating to the museum's collection, and learning activities linked to Australian Curriculum - good links to Indigenous Perspectives - HASS and Geography are well represented.
Glimpses of Science is a collection of multimedia-enhanced science activities for Primary School Teachers and Students.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Maintained by the Physics Dept at UNSW this collection of primary school science resources allows independent exploration and learning, as well as more structured and guidance engagement with many parts of the science curriculum.
Wherever you are, be inspired by science and learn about the way our world works through a variety of fun experiments and activities you can do at home. Share your home experiments on social media using the #Questaconathome hashtag. We’re looking forward to seeing your results! We want to hear from you! If you have any feedback or ideas for your favourite at home science resources, please email us.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Questacon, Australia's foremost Science and Technology Discovery Centre, and a long time member of the Learning Futures Network are making available a range of online resources to engage learners, teachers and families with Science and STEM. Resources are easily searchable and categorised by subject and level.
Prospero allows anyone to build interactive drama workshops and share them digitally. It builds on the pedagogies and techniques of educational drama and applied theatre to make web-based learning experiences that can reach potentially large numbers of participants. In 2019 Prospero was named ‘Global Education Innovation’ by the Helsinki educational think tank HundrED.
Prospero enables anyone to create and distribute their own interactive resources, learning materials and online stories.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Prospero is a toolset from C&T in the UK. The platform has been carefully developed over many years to provide access to the teaching and learning strategies of high performance drama educators.
This collection of resources is curated by a coalition of some of the most powerful organizations in US education - teachers,parents and learners are able to search and filter the resources to address their needs.
Advances UN Sustainable Development Goals via an innovative high schools program using business management principles
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The Plan for the Planet is a well-established program that enables students to engage in a cross-disciplinary learning journey that is focussed on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The list of educational applications, platforms and resources below aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure. Most of the solutions curated are free and many cater to multiple languages. While these solutions do not carry UNESCO’s explicit endorsement, they tend to have a wide reach, a strong user-base and evidence of impact. They are categorized based on distance learning needs, but most of them offer functionalities across multiple categories.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The list of educational applications, platforms and resources below aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure. Most of the solutions curated are free and many cater to multiple languages. While these solutions do not carry UNESCO’s explicit endorsement, they tend to have a wide reach, a strong user-base and evidence of impact. They are categorized based on distance learning needs, but most of them offer functionalities across multiple categories.
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