Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 28, 2021

Six Tips for a “Zoom Fatigue” Fix

ASCD by Stephanie Smith Budhai, Laura McLaughlin While this past year has looked very different for teachers and students across the world, one challenge has impacted us all: being constantly online

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 25, 2021

Strengthening Literacy Through the Arts with Robyn Ewing

Free podcast from Cue Learning Many teachers are yet to unlock the full potential of the arts as a powerful way to unlock literacy learning in students. So how do we fully

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 19, 2021

Quick Writes for Quick Results

Cue Learning Podcast Quick writing is a quick-to-use tool to free the writer’s mind, to help them learn how to craft writing and to give it a go, once, twice, reflect

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 16, 2021

Why Picture Books are Effective for Older Students, Too

Brought to you from Cue Learning Experienced educator Giselle Pulford says picture books are impactful for upper primary students, if used effectively. Despite perceptions from both educators and students, the upper

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 15, 2021

Looking for books for in your classroom?

Having quick access to lists of great books for children of different ages and interest is important for educators and parents and carers. There are many sources of quality book

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 6, 2021

What’s inside the proposed changes to NAPLAN?

by Bett Henebery in The Educator 5 July 2021 Australia’s education ministers have agreed to a raft of changes to NAPLAN, flagging a greater focus on scientific and digital literacy, as

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 2, 2021

Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking

by Nan Ariel in Psyche . . ."self-talk contributes not only to motivation and emotional regulation, but also to some higher cognitive functions such as developing metacognition and reasoning". . . ."inner

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 30, 2021

‘It is unsustainable’: Guardian readers on the crisis of Australian teacher shortages

The Guardian Wednesday 30 June 2021 More than 200 people responded within three days to our callout on the effects of teacher shortages in Australia. Current and former teachers, and some

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 27, 2021

The importance of teaching phonics in context

Professor Beryl Exley from Griffith University is an experienced researcher of early reading and literacy. In this interview she discusses the importance of teaching phonics in context, the reciprocity of

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 27, 2021

The Science of Reading Progresses: Communicating Advances Beyond the Simple View of Reading

Nell Duke & Kelly B. Cartwright Reading Research Quarterly 56(1) pp. S25-S44 (2021) The simple view of reading is commonly presented to educators in professional development about the science of reading.

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