<url>http://rigby.com.au/Blog/images/RSS2Image.gif</url> <link>http://rigby.com.au/Blog/Default.aspx</link> <width>77</width> <height>60</height> </image> <item> <title>Technology in the classroom</h1> <article> <h1>Technology in the classroom</h1> <p>Pearson Education Australia 2008 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:23:06 GMT</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Technology is where we are now and where we are headed in the future in education.</font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2">How are you using the <strong>Lower Primary Big Books for Interactive Whiteboards CD</strong> to teach social and emotional wellbeing in the classroom?</font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Would such a tool also be helpful for middle and upper primary students?</font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Verdana" size="2">What other <strong>Whole Child</strong> interactive components could you suggest be made available to help you in this valuable area of learning?</font></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Whole Child</h1> <p>Pearson Education Australia 2008 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:09:49 GMT</p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">With the teaching of values and student wellbeing a curriculum requirement in the classroom, there is a great need for teachers to communicate with each other to share strategies and ideas about how to best teach these skills and values. Bouncing ideas between educators, in the convenience of an online forum, can serve to inspire us and increase our creativity and desire to teach these essential life skills. </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Let’s begin our online discussions in general terms about the necessity of teaching values and wellbeing in the classroom. Please join in and share your insights, wisdom and creativity on this subject. We need to support each other as we teach important life skills to Australia’s future generations!</font></p> <font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><strong>Topic One</strong><br /> </font></font> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">What are some practical ways we can incorporate wellbeing programs and values education into the average school day? </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Share your experiences of using <strong><em>Whole Child</em></strong> resources in the classroom, as well as your own insights and ideas into what works best by clicking on the 'feedback' link below.</font></p> </article> <article> <h1>Meet Julienne Laidlaw</h1> <p>Pearson Education Australia 2008 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:07:42 GMT</p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Julienne Laidlaw is an author, consultant and expert on teacher resource material, especially in the areas of wellbeing and values education. She has 20 years of classroom experience, and has taught students from Kindergarten to Year 7.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Julienne has contributed to many wellbeing and social education school programs including <strong><em>Active Kidz</em></strong>, <strong><em>Behind the News </em></strong>magazine and an indigenous reconciliation project. She also wrote the teacher’s resource material for <strong><em>V-Kids</em></strong>, a contemporary values education series for middle to upper primary students. Please see our website for more information on some of these products.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Most recently, Julienne was a series consultant for <strong><em>Whole Child</em></strong> and wrote all the activities for the <em>Poster Talk Packs</em> and the upper primary fiction title, <em>Paddling in Circles</em>. 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