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Class videoconference with turtles Several classrooms from South Thornlie Primary School in Western Australia joined a turtle research project more than 1000km north in Exmouth.

Emma says Wakakirri is back in 2021, safe and spectacular Wakakirri continues to attract the support of Australia’s professional performing arts community and they invite schools to participate in new year of story dance.

Know Thy Impact! (Inscription at the temple of Apollo at Delphi) Reflections from our on-going Invitational Education and Visible Learning journey at Clarkson CHS.

Southern Cross scholarships up for grabs There's almost 400 scholarships now on offer at Southern Cross University for students commencing uni in 2021.

Forgetting: The challenge of teaching mathematics It is counterproductive to teach content in large/long blocks. Teaching needs to revisit the content in a planned cycle.

Git(Hub) on board for industry standard STEM experiences A phrase that’s often linked to STEM is ‘jobs of the future’ and maybe there should be a career and industry focus to teaching STEM.

Hunt for Australia’s most inventive students Students from primary, lower secondary, senior secondary, TAFE and university are invited to put their thinking caps on for the inaugural Aussie Student Inventions competition.

2020 AI for Good Challenge experience - a learning reflection Dinel Bomiriya and Gideon Tse gained a lot from their experience with Microsoft’s AI competition and the world might gain an essential new technology.

Avoid going Apes#!t in the classroom Strategies to make better decisions when managing tricky parents and difficult students.

Primary school now an award winning community hub Sandringham East Primary School in bayside Melbourne has won Learning environments Australasia – Vic Chapter’s inaugural People’s Choice Award for 2020.

Free AI for teachers course Macquarie University has partnered with IBM to develop a free course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teachers.

Labelling gifted students ... a double-edged sword It's important for schools to acknowledge and cater for gifted students, but there is a danger for the students who are selected into specially designed programs.