Using clever technology, Scanning Pens is helping students with reading difficulties such as dyslexia to read independently and become more engaged in the classroom.
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VIDEO: Spelling Matters at Balmoral State High School
When Zena Carusi-Lees realised Balmoral State High School could be achieving much higher literacy results, she implemented a new system to effect change.
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School grants available for digital literacy initiatives
The Turnbull Government has launched its 2016 Digital Literacy School Grants program to fund projects that enhance digital literacy in schools.
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Collaborate, create and celebrate great writing
Typically writing classrooms are quiet. People often regard writing as a personal and solo activity, intense and full of concentration. It does not have to be this way.
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Registrations open for teacher literacy, numeracy test
As part of the Federal Government's plan to enhance teacher education, registrations for a new literacy and numeracy test, to be administered by ACER, have now opened.
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Developing core literacy skills: Do students have the write stuff?
Writing is a core literacy skill that all students need to master to be able to function effectively in school, the workplace, and the community. It is also a major focus of national educational bodies. In Australia, for example, writing is included as one of four core areas assessed in the nationwide tests of student achievement (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy [NAPLAN]), and students are expected to know how to write within diverse creative, informative, and persuasive genres.
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