Wise Words
Wise Words provides teachers, parents and home tutors with access to shared ideas, teaching/learning tips and some ‘best practices’ currently being modelled in distance education and mainstream schools.
One of the main aims of the NT Distance Learning Service is to ‘...improve the quality and effectiveness of distance education and in sourcing and developing teaching and learning materials tailored for the Territory and relevant to Indigenous students’. (Building Better Schools, NT DET, August 07)
You are invited to contribute resources to this site. We are looking for books, teaching ideas, tips or anything useful for teachers in their busy world. If you would like to add something, please contact Sue Thomson or Tom Harold. Each month one contributor will win a $50 book voucher.
Please feel free to take any information - it is here for teachers or parents to use:
Picture Book Units of Work
These are mini units of work related to popular picture books for primary students.
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Daddy’s Having a Horse by Lisa Shanahan (pdf 149Kb) |
Picasso the Green Tree Frog by Amanda Graham (pdf 163Kb) |
Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo by Alison Lester (pdf 155Kb) |
More Picture Book Units of Work
Special Guests
Exciting topics are shared by fellow enthusiasts and they are presented to discuss their fields of expertise. If you would like to be involved, contact Sue Thomson.
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John Butler The world famous independent musician John recently presented an extremely popular Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) forum that was accessed by Distance Education students Northern Territory wide. His audience ranged from Preschool to Year 12 students. More |
Contacts
| Sue Thomson t: (08)8951 6807 e: sue.thomson@ntschools.net |
Tom Harold t: (08) 8922 2105 e: tom.harold@ntschools.net |
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