EdLiveWire
Welcome to the second edition of EdLiveWire for 2008!
The end of financial year is quickly approaching and its a great time of year for schools to take advantage of the mid-year sales. I invite you to take advantage of ACER's own mid-year sale on educational items, check out the offers below for more details.
Until the 25th June, ACER is taking 20% off all education resources, excluding assessments.This sale includes books and resources on special needs, speech and language, literacy, social skills, leadership, philosophy and much, much more.
A Digital Education Revolution
Throughout May and June, ACER and education.au, with support from DEEWR presented a series of symposia to explore and illuminate the possibilities and the realities of the implementation of the Digital Education revolution.
Find out more about these presentations and discussions
ACER Press: Latest Releases
Leading a Digital School
Michael Gaffney and Mal Lee (eds)
Leading a Digital School is a must have resource for educational leaders who need to make a sensible, informed and strategic decision about how to implement digital solutions in their school. It shows clearly how schools can integrate digital technologies creatively and wisely in order to enliven teaching and support student learning.
See more information on Leading a Digital School
Values Education in Schools
by Mark Freakley, Gilbert Burgh and Lyne Tilt-MacSporran
Values Education in Schools: A resource book for student inquiry is a new resource for teachers involved in values and ethics education. It provides a range of ‘practical philosophy’ resources for secondary school teachers that can be used in English, religious education, citizenship, personal development and social science subjects.
More information on Values Education in Schools
Teacher-Parent Collaboration
by Dr Louise Porter
Teacher-Parent Collaboration: Early childhood to adolescence describes the skills teachers will need for productive collaboration with their students' parents. It employs a solution-focused approach which honours the diversity of families, respects the expertise of both parents and teachers and promotes authentic communication between them.
More information on Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Learning for Leadership - Book Launch
Bridging the gap between research and practice!
The second book in ACER's new educational leadership dialogues, Learning for Leadership: Building a School of Professional Practice was launched by Dr Paul Brock.
This book teams up researcher Michelle Anderson and experienced school principal Christine Cawsey to present a concise, evidence-based, practical guide to develop the leadership potential of teachers in their school.
More information on Learning for Leadership
Christine Cawsey & Michelle Anderson
Speech Pathology Report
Speech Pathology Conference
Shane Thompson, ACER's WA education consultant, recently visited the Australian / New Zealand joint conference for Speech Pathologists and listened to keynote presentation by Dr Pamela Snow.
Remember: Speech Pathology Week
24-30 August 2008
'Communication: More than just words’
SUPER ACTION SALE!
Super Action Sale!
ACER are having a super action sale on
action literacy and action numeracy kits for
middle primary.
Save up to $550!
This sale is not in conjunction with any other offer.
Cued Articulation Workshops - Regional Tour
Cued Articulation is a set of hand cues for teaching the individual sounds in a word. Cued Articulation is easy and fun to learn, when taught alongside an understanding of the patterns involved in normal speech development. Speech Pathologist Helen Botham's Cued Articulation training courses are approved by Jane Passy. The courses are designed to:
- teach Cued Articulation techniques
- provide practical ideas for using Cued Articulation for promoting the development of listening skills and early sound awareness
Training Sessions are being held:
- 25 July: Alice Springs
- 1 August: Kununurra
- 21 August: Broome
- 29 August: Karratha
For more information on all workshops, please visit www.cuedarticulationtraining.com.au
Coming Soon!
The next edition of EdLiveWire will feature our latest assessments:
- PAT-Reading 4th edition (PAT-R) 4th ed - released in October 2008!
- ACER General Ability Test (AGAT) - released in November 2008!
- Upper Primary Action Series
Contact an ACER education consultant in your capital city!
Melbourne |
Sydney |
Perth |
Brisbane |
Hobart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terri Cornish | Shane Thompson | Karen Elvish | Michele Chen |
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