Christmas Interactive Whiteboard activities
Top Marks has a number of educational games and activities with a traditional Christmas theme, ideal fir use on your interactive whiteboard or multi touch screen. Most are for Level One students- Prep - Grade 2. There are also plenty of other whiteboard resources for...
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Fish Philosophy- Make Their Day.
How awesome is this? Customers are buying doughnuts early in the day so the shop owner can sell out early and spend some extra time with his sick wife. They are even buying a dozen at a time to help out. What a way to Make A Day! #Fishphilosophy #maketheirday Click...
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4 Tips for Better Conversations—the FISH! Philosophy Way
We really enjoyed this article from fishphilosophy.com. We particularly like (and practice) Choose Your attitude- Focus on the Outcome and Make Their Day- Acknowledge Their Perspective. This is a great article about building relationships and having better...
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Special School Offer. Term 4 2018. Multitouch Screens.
Check out our latest special offer. Call now on 0398440429 or email sue@wellimaginethat.com.au to request a quote.
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10 Principles for Effective Teaching
The Australian Society for Evidence Based Teaching posted a article by Shaun Killian He discusses 10 evidence based principles of effective teaching, so we thought we would share. Principle 1: Care about helping your kids to do the best that they can Principle 2:...
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How to make a Scribble Bot.
Makerspace.com has a wide range of ideas and products ideal for your makerspace. Check out this great Scribble Bot. Makerspaces.com
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Keep an Eye on These 7 Trends in Corporate Education
This article from The Association of Talent Development discusses major trends in corporate education, Our favourites include customised training, storytelling in e learning, continuous learning and mobile learning. Check out the full article here
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Bringing a Dog to school
When our children were in their early years at primary school, their teacher had her beautiful chocolate Labrador, Cleo, in class each day. Cleo loved it and she was loved and adored by all of the children, who read to her and snuggled in. Recently, I was at another...
read moreThe Benefits of Combining Language Arts and Fitness
What a great combination...and instructions on how to make it happen! Thanks Edutopia for sharing and article on how fitness can impact learning FitLit article
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Flexible Classroom Research
An ambitious study of 153 classrooms in the United Kingdom provides the best evidence that flexible spaces can boost academic performance. Edutopia article
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The Fish! Philosophy- Choose Your Attitude
Thanks to the Fish! Philosopy.com for sharing.
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Count the apples!
Today I was reminded how important small gestures can be... a kind word, a bit of praise, knowledge shared. As teachers, as parents, as friends, as people, we cannot underestimate the effect that we have on others. Here is the FISH! Philosophy in action, as shared by...
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How Being Part of a ‘House’ Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging
Having grown up in the house system at the schools we attended, we are big fans. With Gerard's accident in 2014 and our boys in year 11, being with a house system at their school- where their vertical "home rooms" met every morning with their two home room teachers-...
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Accommodating Students With Dyslexia
Here are five easy-to-implement accommodations that can make class less stressful and more manageable for students with dyslexia. Visit Edutopia check it out
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FISH! Experience for Educators- workshop dates announced.
We are thrilled to announce our workshop dates. FISH! Experience for Educators.is now available for booking. Two workshops have been announced- School Holidays- Tuesday July 10th, Term 3- Saturday August 11th in Doncaster. Saturday August 18th in Frankston. Join us...
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Rethinking Revision- The Real Work of Writing
We really enjoyed this article on Middle Web about revising how we teach writing. Ruth Culham makes some great points- that students don't dislike writing, the don't like how we teach it! All teachers should read this! Click Here to read the article
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Wow- Revisiting Easiteach Next Generation
What an amazing piece of software we are so lucky to have as teachers! This upgrade from the original Easiteach- designed by teachers for teachers well over 20 years ago- is so intuitive to use and makes creating interactions for and between students so easy....
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9 Amazing Benefits of Technology in the Classroom (+18 Best Ways to Incorporate Technology)
Check out Jen's reviews- a detailed guide, updated and comprehensive on 9 amazing benefits of technology in the classroom, and includes suggestions on 15 best ways to incorporate technology in the classroom. It is packed with practical tips and advice and completely...
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The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Check out this video posted on Edutopia- showing a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning. We think it's awesome. Click here to view
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How Seeing and Using Gestures Make Ideas More Memorable
Whether it’s a lesson in math, foreign language vocabulary or science, the result is the same: kids learn better with gesture- if the gesture matches the content. Check out the article posted on Mindshift here
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Meditation instead of Detention
We recently came across this article from Upworthy.com - "This school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning." It's worth a read. Click here to read the article Back in 2014 when out television series "Today's Schools" showcased Bentleigh...
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You’re a legend!
Recently I took my husband shopping to Aldi and Chemist Ware House. That might not seem much for most, but for us, it's a big event. As I was getting my husband out of the car, an unknown gentleman walked up to me and said "You're a legend'. I guess I looked totally...
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Upgrade your Technology. Term 1 offer Victoria 2018
Call us on 0398440429 or email us at wellimaginethat@iprimus.com.au for more details.
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75-year Harvard study reveals one important factor for human happiness
The 75 year study by Havard University reveals the most important thing for happiness- building relationships. And that's where the FISH! Philosophy can help. By "Being There" for each and every person, you can build stronger relationships. By focusing on the person,...
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How Audio Books can help kids who struggle with reading
One of our twins struggled (and wasn't interested) in reading as he went through primary school. Getting him to read a book was a struggle. His grade 4 teacher would out books on the interactive whiteboard. And who was front and centre to read it from there? And from...
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Trade in your old Interactive whiteboards and upgrade to multi touch screens
We have negotiated with our suppliers, and managed to get a trade in deal on your old interactive whiteboards, projectors and speakers if you would like to upgrade to multi touch screens. The whiteboard era has moved on, projectors are fading and repairs can be...
read moreFISH! for Childcare is back
We are excited to announce our last three FISH! workshops for 2017 exclusively for Childcare and OHSC educators. Join us on Swim away with • The ability to build a cohesive team and effective leaders who INSPIRE • A work culture where everyone loves to give their best...
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FISH! for Schools. What a Principal needs to hear
The FISH! Philosophy has it’s base in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the USA and runs workshops through out the country. We are pleased and proud to have Sue as our Accredited FISH! trainer here in Victoria, working across a variety of industries and moving into the...
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