Teacher Advice

Introduction
The Connecting the Continent online event between June 18 - July 1 will be an exciting, innovative, creative, live event with a significant national and international audience. The educational component will feature many exciting interactive activities for students, schools and their local communities developing and expanding students' experience of online communication and creating an interactive learning environment. Students, particularly those between Years 4 - 10 can begin to investigate federation and telecommunication issues. To find out more including student and teacher outcomes click here.

Registration
Schools are invited to register NOW and become involved in an event unlike that ever held in Australia. By registering you automatically put your school in the running for winning prizes in several online competitions. Teachers can incorporate the project into their teaching programs, utilising aspects that suit the skills and abilities of their students and their particular learning area. To register click on the registration link, then complete and submit the online form. An information kit with more details about the project will then be sent to you.

Prepare Now
Want to know more? This section has ideas and suggestions on how to prepare for the online event and what to do throughout the major event.

Calendar
Check the online event calendar for important dates in the Connecting the Continent program.
Dates and times for the web-based discussion forums and chat will be advised on the calendar and through the email discussion list.

Email Discussion List
You have been automatically subscribed to an email discussion list using the teacher email address supplied to us on registration. The discussion list can be used to share information and ideas during the project. To send or respond to the discussion list, send an e-mail to connect@edna.edu.au. Any message sent to the list will be read by all subscribers so messages should be appropriate for a group to read and respond. To find out more about discussion lists click here.

Please Note: You can UNSUBSCRIBE to the discussion list at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of any email sent to the list or e-mail kdibben@oac.sa.edu.au

Please remember to check your e-mail regularly.

Information Kit
You will receive an information kit in the post after registration. It will give more instructions on how you can use the project in your teaching and learning program and promotional materials we hope you will display in your classroom.

Lesson Plans
The Connecting the Continent educational project team have put together several exciting lesson plans built around the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework (SACSA) that are offered to Australian and international teachers to use in their classrooms. South Australian teachers are invited to check the links below to precisely match lesson plans developed with the SACSA framework. For more information please visit the SACSA website at http://www.sacsa.sa.edu.au

Resources
Check this section for useful resources, including URLs on the theme of Connecting the Continent, Telecommunications and Federation.

Discussion Forums and Chats
Discussion forums and chats will be hosted throughout the Connecting the Continent online project. Find out what are discussion forums and chats, how you can get involved and ideas on how to run discussion forums in your classroom.

Competitions
Webquest ~
"Do you think Australia's telephone systems would have been different today without Federation?"

MaxMaze ~ Discover how much you know and can find out about the theme Connecting the Continent

Help Section
Teachers can check the Help section on this website or request additional assistance by emailing Kate at kdibben@oac.sa.edu.au

The CTC Project Team