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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Reverse the TAFE decline
ABC News, 22 Oct 2017
 The Australian TAFE system is
on the brink of collapse, an overseas expert says...
EDUCATION
EMPLOYEES
Excellence awards announced
Tas Govt media release, 20 Oct 2017
 The Minister for Education and
Training, Jeremy Rockliff, has announced the sixteen winners of the
2017 Department of Education Awards for Excellence...
North and North East
award winners,
The Examiner, 20 Oct 2017
Coastal winners, The Advocate, 20 Oct 2017
NEW ZEALAND
POLITICS
NZ First leader forms coalition with Labour
ABC News, 19 Oct 2017
 New Zealand First leader and
"kingmaker" Winston Peters has announced he will form a
coalition government with the
Labour Party, making
37-year-old Jacinda Ardern the next prime minister...
PUBLIC SERVICE
No reduction in public service numbers
Tas Govt media release, 19 Oct 2017
 Premier Will Hodgman says he
expects there to be no reduction in the size of the Tasmanian
public service in the foreseeable furure...
STUDENT SUPPORT
ECIS lives
Tas Govt media release, 18 Oct 2017
 Tasmania's Early Childhood Intervention
Service (ECIS), which supports the involvement in education of
children with a disability, will continue alongside the NDIS
(National Disability Insurance Scheme) until 2020, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
Decision took too long, Michelle O'Byrne, Opposition
education spokesperson, 18 Oct 2017
SOCIAL MEDIA
Poet attacked
ABC News, 17 Oct 2017
 A number of NSW students who were unhappy about
having to analyse a poem by Indigenous author Ellen van Neerven
in an HSC exam have abused the poet on social media...
EXTENDING HIGH
SCHOOLS
Fresh round of high school extensions opens
Tas Govt media release, 17 Oct 2017
 High and district high schools
interested in extending their classes to Years 11 and 12 from
2019 are invited to lodge an Expression of Interest between
Wednesday 18 October and Friday 17 November 2017, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
COMPUTER
SECURITY
Alert for wi-fi users
ABC News, 17 Oct 2017
 Patches to fix a wi-fi weakness
whose exploitation is termed a "KRACK attack" will shortly be
made available by Windows and Apple but security experts are
concerned not all small businesses such as coffee shops will
install the update straight away to protect their customers...
SCHOOL SAFETY
Wounding charge
ABC News, 17 Oct 2017
UPDATED
 An 18-year-old has appeared in
court after being charged
over the stabbing of a 15-year-old student at New Town High
School on Monday...
CHILD AND FAMILY
CENTRES
Pembroke promise
TasLabor website, 16 Oct 2017
 A
majority Labor government would build a Child and Family Centre
in the Mornington/Warrane area, Labor leader Rebecca White said
in supporting Pembroke Legislative Council candidate Jo Siejka...
Only the Liberal
candidate can deliver, Jacquie Petrusma, Minister for Human
Services, 15 Oct 2017
FINANCIAL
LITERACY
Choice attacks CBA school banking domination
ABC News, 15 Oct 2017
 Consumer
magazine Choice has criticised the Commonwealth Bank's
school banking marketing techniques...
SOCIAL MEDIA AND
SEX EDUCATION
Image-based abuse lessons needed
The Examiner, 13 Oct 2017
 Relationships and sexuality lessons need to be
expanded to address the rise of revenge porn and other types of
image-based abuse, experienced sex education providers say...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN robo-marking attacked
ABC News, 12 Oct 2017
 A retired US professor has criticised NAPLAN's plan
to use computers to mark essays...
Algorithms reward
nonsense in essays, The Conversation (opinion by Kai
Riemer), 20 Oct 2017
TASMANIAN
EDUCATORS
Professor Eleanor Ramsay dies
Tas Govt media release, 11 Oct 2017
 Education minister Jeremy Rockliff has acknowledged
the passing of Professor Eleanor Ramsay who was a co-founder of
Education Ambassadors Tasmania...
PARENTS
Parents' views differ
ABC News, 10 Oct 2017
 The latest annual ASG (Australian Scholarships Group) Parents
Report Card on education in Australia shows a strong difference
between the views of Asian and Australian-born parents on the
importance of academic success and where sex education and
social skills should be taught...
INCLUSION
Focus on inclusion efforts
ABC News, 9 Oct 2017
A NSW student with autism who had been
strapped to chairs and moved by means of other people holding
boxing pads against him no longer wishes to be at school..
STUDENT SUPPORT
Autism research partnerhsip
Tas Govt media release, 6 Oct 2017
The state government is contributing more
than $800,000 over four and a half years towards a Tasmanian
autism research base in conjunction with the Autism Cooperative
Research Centre, Minister for Human Services Jacquie Petrusma
has announced..
TASMANIAN
SCHOOLS
Solar underway at Huonville High
ABC News, 6 Oct 2017
Huonville High School has begun
installing solar panels purchased with the $133,000 it won
competing for the world-wide Global High Schools Zayed Future
Energy Prize..
FEDERAL POLITICS
Nick Xenophon to quit
ABC News, 6 Oct 2017
 Senator Nick Xenophon says he
will leave federal politics and stand for the South Australian
parliament..
News continued in the
October 2017 news archive
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Libraries
LINC Tasmania (formerly
State Library of Tasmania)
LINC
stands for Learning and Information Network Centre.
TALIS - library catalogues
eMagazines (Zinio), eBooks, eAudio, eMusic
Information resources roundup
For Kids
State Library's web page for young people
Tasmania's
Heritage
"Historical, archival and contemporary Tasmanian information, images and
more"
Media
ABC schools TV schedules
ABC:
Behind the News (BTN)
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Qualifications
TQA (subsumes
TASSAB)
Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (formerly TASSAB).
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qualifications.
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DoE:Practical Writing Manual (style guide) [pdf] (pw)
Guidelines for Inclusive Language, DoE [pdf]
Tas Treasury Style Guide [pdf]
Style guide and logo policy
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Tas Govt
Communications Policy
Employment
DoE
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DoE employment application guidelines [pdf]
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Children and Youth Affairs
Linkzone
- information and services for young Tasmanians
National Youth Week
- national site
Youth Network of
Tasmania (YNOT) - non-government sector peak body
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Education (Australian
Government)
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(TASSO) -
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Independent Schools
Tasmania
Tasmanian
Catholic Education Office
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Education Union Victoria Tasmania
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Superannuation reforms
(15 Sep 2016)
Service Tasmania
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
How to use podcasts in the classroom
Tips and resources for teachers on not only
using podcasts with lessons but also creating them as well
(US-themed).
A useful list of FREE podcast-making resources is
provided.
New sites continued
below
New sites (cont'd)
ROAD SAFETY
Top 10 misunderstood road rules
Tasmania's Road Safety Advisory Council
clarifies the most misunderstood road rules.
ANTI-TOBACCO RESOURCES
Quit's Critics' Choice competition
 Quit Tasmania's anti-smoking competition for students
and schools,
The Critics' Choice 2017, is open until
Tuesday 31 October 2017.
FOOD AND NUTRITION
How to read food labels
Special ABC report on interpreting food labels
PEDAGOGY
Evidence-based teaching
"Turning research into practical advice."
Particularly useful pages on evidence-based teaching and learning
are:
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Top 10 Evidence Based Teaching Strategies
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Top 10 Behaviour Management Strategies
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10 Things Every Teacher Should Know Before Starting Their First Day
in the Classroom
COMPUTER SECURITY
Cybersecurity glossary
At work and at home we
are increasingly being warned about cybersecurity threats, with a
consequent need to be familiar with cybersecurity terms.
METEOROLOGY
Tropical Cyclone Data Portal
The Bureau of Meteorology's Southern
Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Data Portal allows you to
overlay the tracks taken by cyclones in the Australian region for
any range of years since 1970.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Healthy Kids
for Professionals
Although aimed primarily at health
professionals, this NSW government website will be useful for
teachers and parents concerned with children's weight issues and
healthy eating requirements. For example, the site provides a guide
to correctly
measuring a child's height for the BMI calculation.
NEWS MEDIA
Crinkling News
National newspaper for young Australians.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
The Art of Science: Baudin's Voyagers 1800-1804
(TMAG)
On loan from France and never before seen in
Tasmania - original drawings and paintings by artists among the
voyagers on board the ships of French explorer Nicholas Baudin.
Exhibition open at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from Fri 7
Apr to Sun 9 Jul 2017 (closed Mondays).
STATISTICS
The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation
Several common mistakes people make when
interpreting statistics, probability and risk, and how to avoid
them. (The Conversation contribution by
Winnifred Louis and Cassandra Chapman, 29 Mar 2017.)
COMPUTER EDUCATION
Digital
Technologies Hub
 Activity suggestions and other resources to support
teachers, students and parents in pursuing the coding and other
digital elements of the Australian Curriculum. Financed by the
Australian Government.
WOMEN
Women in Tasmania
 Tasmanian government website containing links to the
Tasmanian Women's Plan 2013-18 and other policies, programs and
resources related to women (media
release, 18 Mar 2018).
 See
also the Women in
Tasmania Facebook Page.
LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Learning
Potential Resources
 This federal
government website augments the Learning Potential app in giving
parents ideas on how to improve their children's literacy and
numeracy skills at home. (Media
release, 20 Feb 2017)
More new and useful sites in the
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sites archive
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