Issue 136

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BBC Learning Hub

Year levels: Students and teachers
SCIS ID: 5552901
URL: gotlearning.com/blogs/gotfeedback

Gotfeedback is an AI driven feedback resource for teachers. The premise is that while AI is a great tool for generating feedback, to give truly meaningful, individualised and consistent feedback, teachers need to be involved in moderation. So this tool is just that — a resource that can help teachers give feedback efficiently and individually. The makers emphasise the importance of teacher moderation and the fact that this tool is only part of the feedback process.

Elementari

Year levels: K–12
SCIS ID: 5552904
URL: elementari.com

Elementari is an online platform with self guided lessons for students to learn coding while creating stories, games and apps. There are some pre designed lessons but teachers can also design their own lessons within the platform. Coding takes place using a drag and drop interface and the platform is designed to foster creativity and critical thinking, and allow collaboration between students. Free training/professional development is available for teachers who would like to learn more.

Duolingo for Schools

Year levels: K–12
SCIS ID: 5552923
URL: schools.duolingo.com

This is a free layer of management for classrooms that sits on top of the regular Duolingo learning app. Students can create new profiles in Duolingo or preserve their existing progress when teachers set up their classroom. Teachers can keep track of students’ progress with stats for accuracy and time spent on learning. This gamified tool could be a handy one to add to the school language teachers’ arsenal of strategies for extra curricular language practice.

Australian Education Research Organisation: Topics

Year levels: Teachers
SCIS ID: 5546811
URL: edresearch.edu.au/topics/classroom-management/guides-resources

This set of classroom management guides and practice resources for teachers provide excellent scaffolding and structure for experienced teachers and school leaders to conduct peer observation and feedback with their colleagues. This is not a new website, but we are highlighting it here because there are some new resources that have been published this year. The practice resources are tailored for use in primary, secondary and senior secondary schools.

Deaf Children Australia

Year levels: Teachers, K–12
SCIS ID: 5552941
URL: deafchildrenaustralia.org.au

Deaf Children Australia is a not for profit organisation that champions growth and social inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing children and young people in Australia. The website contains resources for parents, teachers and children, but of particular interest to schools will be the free online course “Building Bridges”, which is designed to help school staff and the school community feel confident and informed about deaf and hard of hearing students’ needs and requirements.

Cool.org

Year levels: Teachers
SCIS ID: 1965389
URL: cool.org

Formerly known as Cool Australia, this charitable not for profit group has been publishing curriculum aligned resources, lesson plans, games, activities and professional learning for over 16 years and has recently had an update. There are both free and paid account options. Resources are available for most curriculum areas across an incredibly wide reaching range of topics — from the environment through to Bluey — in a variety of formats, including videos, activity sheets and handouts.