From: Thursday, 8 December 2011, 3.30pm
To: Monday, 9 January 2012, 7.30am
The Learning Place is undertaking a range of maintenance activities over the school holiday period which have been scheduled to minimise client impact.
Read more about the Learning Place scheduled activities
From: Thursday, 8 December 2011, 3.30pm
To: Monday, 9 January 2012, 7.30am
The Learning Place is undertaking a range of maintenance activities over the school holiday period which have been scheduled to minimise client impact.
Read more about the Learning Place scheduled activities
From: Monday, 12 December 2011, 7.30am
To: Monday, 19 December 2011, 7.30am
The Learning Place is undertaking a range of maintenance activities over the school holiday period which have been scheduled to minimise client impact.
Read more about the Learning Place scheduled activities
From: Friday, 16 December 2011, 4.30pm
Communication tools will NOT be restored.
The Learning Place is undertaking a range of maintenance activities over the school holiday period which have been scheduled to minimise client impact.
Read more about the Learning Place scheduled activities
January 2012
Join programs which give you the opportunity to boost digital technology skills, implement C2C units and enhance your professional skills. Choose from a stream or a range of programs in different streams:
Register for Student Free Day programs to support you in the new year
1 December
Students discover ways to dress up their story writing and overcome writers block with ideas from Seventh Sanctum. Collaboratively brainstorm ideas for characters, setting and plot.
Register for Storywriting made easy: Seventh Sanctum
2 December
Join Mrs Leggett and students from Coolnwynpin State School as they use Paint.Net (V3.5.8) to create a Christmas tree. Students will demonstrate how to use features of the Drawing Toolbar to make the tree.
Register for Create a Christmas tree with Paint.NET
5 December
Preview the 2012 upgrade of eLearn (Blackboard) on the Learning Place. The enhanced environment includes additional navigation tools, drag-and-drop functionality and a new look and feel.
Register for eLearn (Blackboard) update preview
5 December
Enhance student learning in Science by exploring the Backyard Explorer project, which focuses on biodiversity and human impact on the environment. Suitable for Year 5 to 9 teachers.
Register for Backyard Explorer
6 December
Administrative staff will gain greater understanding of the OneSchool EOY procedures by working through the booklet and discussing why certain steps are taken.
Register for OneSchool end-of-year procedures
Enjoy this wonderful session with world renowned musician James Morrison as he shares how to use technology in the modern music classroom.
Program details: James Morrison - Technology in the classroom
Discover ways to provide support for your students in the possibility of dangerous weather this wet season. Professor McDermott discusses how adults can manage and understand the emotional reaction of students during times of grief and trauma in this collection of short videos.
Program details: Brett McDermott - Preparing for the upcoming wet season
Discover how teachers and students have worked collaboratively using technology and social media to build world wide networks to tackle the global issue of deforestation.
Program details: DeforestACTION - global awareness
Discover how your class can benefit from student channel by viewing the outstanding recorded live programs focusing on the book, Black Snake.
Program details: Black Snake (recorded live program series)
Monday 17 October - Friday 18 November
Students are invited to write a haiku poem. The theme of the poem is open allowing it to be integrated into any subject area. The poem must be submitted in text form into the competition edStudio in the Learning Place.
Read more about the Online Poetry Competition
9 November
Create a more dynamic and interactive Maths class with a 21st century approach. In this live program discover how OneNote can be used to deliver a self-paced, flexible learning pathway in Maths.
Register for Rethinking Math
10 Nov: Managing devices | 17 Nov: Teacher productivi | 24 Nov: English apps middle phase | 1 Dec: Maths apps middle phase
Presented by the ICT Learning Innovation Centre this series of live programs focus on using Apple devices and apps in schools and across the curriculum. A range of guest presenters, including classroom teachers, will share their experiences and knowledge.
Register for Polishing the Apple on mobile devices series (select the related program to the right of the screen)
11 November
Test your student's knowledge and understanding of animals including endangered, extinct, Australian and Global animals.
Register for Animals quiz.
Note: As a teacher you register for Student Channel live programs on behalf of your class/students and are responsible for student's behaviour in the live program. Teachers are to log into the web conference and can share the screen via a data projector (or similar) for a class or group of students.
14 November
Join Anna Kinnane as she demonstrates how the general capability of ICT competency is articulated within the C2C units of English, Maths and Science, and how specific digital technologies are used within the C2C units to develop and consolidate curriculum concepts.
Register for ICT within the C2C units
16 November
Ever wanted to 'Create a Thinking Classroom'? In this live program explore the use of Bloom's Taxonomy to deliberately engage students in higher order thinking.
Register for Higher order thinking using Blooms
16 November
Join Karen Thorpe, professor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at QUT and director of the Queensland research team in E4Kids as she presents the latest data from two key studies informing early education policy in Queensland.
Register for Access and relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care
29 November
Confused about Creative Commons? Not sure how or where to find great images, music and videos that you can legally use? Learn how to find legal digital media that you can use in your edTube albums and edStudio studios and how to cover the copyright aspects of these.
Register for Copy it right!
29 November
Join Dale Hubert, the creator of the Flat Stanley as he discusses the happenings of the Flat Stanley Project. Get your questions ready and think of experiences you have had with Flat Stanley to share with Dale.
Register for Guest speaker: creator of Flat Stanley.
Note: As a teacher you register for Student Channel live programs on behalf of your class/students and are responsible for student's behaviour in the live program. Teachers are to log into the web conference and can share the screen via a data projector (or similar) for a class or group of students.
Channel C2C provides Curriculum into the classroom information and familiarisation services. Find a range of live programs that will provide the latest information about the C2C materials and resources.
Read more about the Channel C2C (Curriculum into the classroom)
Program details: 2011 Peter Doherty Awards for Excellence in Science and Science Education
Join Karen Thorpe, professor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at QUT and director of the Queensland research team in E4Kids as she presents the latest data from two key studies informing early education policy in Queensland.
Program details: Web conferencing course support series - live program recordings
Registrations will be open from 8 August 2011 and will close on Monday 17 October 2011
Every school has amazing stories to tell about their people and community. Your students can create digital stories and join our competition for the chance to win a set of three iPod Touches for your school!
Read more about the Tell it digitally Competition
17 October
In early October the Learning Place will implement the second service pack to provide increased functionality to both staff and student websites. Please visit Learning Place Updates (Access key S4398428) for more information on the changes and how to make use of the increased functionality.
Read more about the Learning Place updates
17 October
Support for school leaders to plan and deliver a professional learning program for teachers on Monday 17th October 2011.
Read more about the OneChannel - Student Free Day
17 October
Calling all entrants in the Tell it digitally Competition 2011! In this live program learn how to submit your digital story entries into the competition's edTube album and edStudio.
Register for Tell it digitally 2011: Upload entries
17 October
All teacher librarians are welcome. This conference is an annual networking event supported by local teacher librarian network groups. The conference is designed to support teacher librarians to practically explore future trends in information literacy and resource service provision. Attending this conference, teacher librarians will explore innovative digital technologies and practical strategies to proactively inform and develop the future role of the Teacher Librarian as integral to curriculum development and implementation in schools.
Read more about the Annual Network Conference
18 October
Would your students like to make their writing more interesting? Join Mrs Leggett and students from Coolnwynpin State School in this interactive live program as they explore effective ways of developing and improving their narrative writing.
Register for Using similes in narratives
Learn how to prepare students for a society full of technology so they become positive digital citizens.
View Digital Citizenship: using technology live program recording
A series of videos taken from a 2010 professional development program facilitated by Mrs Joelle Gorria, an experienced language teacher who specialises in training teachers of French.
View French fables and tales from French-speaking countries live program recording
Take advantage of our growing collection of MyHR tutorials now available in MyHR on-demand.
View MyHR live program recording
Registrations will be open from 8 August 2011 and will close on Monday 17 October 2011
Every school has amazing stories to tell about their people and community. Your students can create digital stories and join our competition for the chance to win a set of three iPod Touches for your school!
Read more about the Tell it digitally Competition
13 September
Want the latest news about the Australian Curriculum, and how teachers of multi-age classes will be supported through the Curriculum into the classroom (C2C) project? Join the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Janina Drazek to hear the latest advice.
Register for Proud, Skilled and Ready to Lead
14 September
Join students from Gold Coast schools in a series of two live programs to learn about the Commonwealth Games and their adopted country as they contribute to the city's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Register for Commonwealth Games 2018 bid
28 September
Have you commenced or are considering implementing a 1-to-1 program at your school? Join this live program to explore strategies for managing and facilitating a successful 1-to-1 environment.
Register for 1-to-1: successful facilitation
Learn how to download and save images that fall under the creative commons licence and identify which aspects you have to record to cover the copyright permissions.
View Copy it right! live program recording
1 August to 15 September 2011
Supported by the Brisbane Writers' Festival the Online Literature Festival offers the opportunity for teachers and students to meet and work with their favourite authors and illustrators. Students from Prep to Year 12 have the opportunity to interact with special online guests through a variety of web tools. Register NOW for Book Raps and Readers Cup activities.
Read more and register for the Online Literature Festival
10 August to 21 October
Win three iPod Touches for your school - engage your students in local and Australian history by creating a digital story. Education Queensland's Library and Digital Resource Services provides this opportunity with the launch of the Tell it digitally Competition 2011. Open to state school Year 5-9 students, this creative project asks students to use their imagination and digital media skills to showcase any aspect of their school or community (past or present) or a significant event or person in Australian history. Students have the option of using Photo Story 3, Movie Maker or iMovie to create their projects.
Read more and register for Tell it digitally
Runs continuously, register anytime
Whether you are creating a simple one page document, an exciting multimedia presentation or a website, the ability to use and manipulate images is vital. The good news is that in this digital age, it is now easier than every before to capture, create and distribute amazing images. This course aims to provide an introduction to digital imaging for the classroom. Learn how to capture and work with images, create slideshows, photo stories and other interesting activities like animation, vector art, web albums and more.
Register for this self-paced free course: Digital imaging
Runs continuously, register anytime
Online training for Modules 1 to 3 are now available through the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) website.
Read more and register for Anaphylaxix eTraining
Twenty-four state school teachers have been recognised for their innovation and engaging classroom practice, being shortlisted for this year's Smart Classrooms Awards. Now in its tenth year, the Smart Classrooms Awards aims at recognising teachers who have demonstrated innovation and excellence in their teaching and learning using ICT.
Read more about the Smart Classrooms Awards
8 August
Want the latest news about the Australian Curriculum, and how teachers of multi-age classes will be supported through the Curriculum into the classroom (C2C) project? Join the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Janina Drazek to hear the latest advice.
Register for Curriculum into the Classroom Q&A for teachers, HODS and HOCs
16 August
Join Lesley Englert, ACARA Board Member Queensland, to find out the latest information from ACARA in preparation for the Australian Curriculum.
Register for ACARA - Australian Curriculum update
9 August
Have you attributed the images you use? There are many websites where you can collect images that fall under the creative commons licence. Join this live program to learn how to download and save these images and identify which aspects you have to record to cover the copyright permissions. A must for every teacher wanting to update their understanding of copyright around images.
Register for Copy it right!
11 August
Do you work with senior students of Maths and Science? Connect with QUT students and graduates to expand your knowledge of Engineering as a profession. This program will help you inform your senior students of the career opportunities and pathways relating to Science and Engineering qualifications.
Register for Engineering: career information
11 August
Join professional artist and educator Nic Plowman as he explains and demonstrates acrylic painting techniques for application in the classroom.
Register for Acrylic painting - tools & techniques
30 August
Explore how the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch can be made more inclusive and enhance the learning opportunities for students by changing the device settings.
Register for iDevices - learning settings
Take advantage of our growing collection of MyHR tutorials now available in MyHR on-demand.
Register for MyHR
Lesley Englert, in her June 2011 ACARA forum presents the latest updates on the Australian Curriculum along with an overview of the structure and its three dimensions: learning areas, general capabilities and cross curricular priorities.
Register for Australian Curriculum update
An introduction to the 'Break it down, Build in up' framework for working with ESL learners in whole class contexts.
Register for ESL: Break it down, Build it up live program recording
Closing 29 July
The Online Animation Festival is on again for 2011 and this year you are able to choose your own theme to accommodate any unit your class is undertaking in your classroom. The main objective of this year's festival is to provide the opportunity for students to create purposeful animations as either a learning resource or differentiated assessment task. The only requirements are creative thinking, collaborative spirit and a sense of fun.
Read more about the Online Animation Festival
3 May
School leaders and school-based team leaders are invited to join us for a 4 week facilitated reading, discussion and sharing program, using strategies to gain a better understanding of your workplace culture. Participants will use a range of strategies to build knowledge around how best to facilitate workplace cultural change.
Register for this facilitated online course: Developing Performance Framework - Leading workplace cultural change
7 March
This course will help you develop the knowledge and skills required to effectively identify and deal with adult conflict situations in the workplace. A certificate will be issued and participants can claim 12 hours towards their professional development.
Register for this facilitated online course: Developing Performance Framework - Conflict resolution
7 February
In this comprehensive, fully facilitated course, participants will learn how to teach Philosophy through a community of inquiry process, leading to an improvement in the thinking and reasoning capacity of their students. This course fosters the development of critical, creative and caring thinking in students.
Register for this facilitated online course: Learning to Think: Philosophy in the Classroom
17 February
Stay up to date with the latest iConnect troubleshooting advice.
See the iConnect updates
21 January
eClassroom has been set up to provide easy access, flexibility and choice to support students, their parents/guardians and schools affected by flooding.
28 January
The Learning Place has been through a significant upgrade. Learn about the new features available to you.
28 January
A new professional development program for teachers central to working with students in contemporary school settings.
