Taking small bytes
This card deck is for early childhood educators. It helps them use technology to enhance children's learning.
The cards:
- provide access to online resources and experts
- connect families with their children's learning
- improve assessment, feedback and reporting
- bridge the educational divide for kids with additional needs.
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Taking small bytes aligns with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. This framework outlines the knowledge and skills that lead children to become confident, engaged life-long learners.
Early childhood curriculum
The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) is designed to advance all children's learning and development from birth to eight years.
The Victorian Curriculum F-10 sets out what every student should learn during their first 11 years of schooling.
Programs
Future Innovators: Building capacity in STEM and Early Learning
Museums Victoria has been funded by the Department of Education to deliver Future Innovators: Building Capacity in STEM and Early Learning (Future Innovators). Future Innovators is a free program for educators and teachers working with children at services funded to deliver Three-Year-Old Kindergarten and/or Four-Year-Old Kindergarten in Victoria.
There are three program options to choose from:
- STEM Curious is a 2-hour professional learning program for educators and teachers using the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) within their service. This program introduces STEM as a valuable tool in early childhood environments, providing a range of hands-on activities for participants to take back to their service.
- STEM Beyond is a virtual 60-minute webinar that will show you ways to better engage with your families through a ‘STEM lens’.
- STEM Numeracy is a 2-hour virtual professional learning program. It explores the practice principle of Assessment for Learning and Development, modelling ways to support mathematical thinking through extended learning experiences. The program is aligned with the VEYLDF.
Face-to-face professional development sessions are also available for funded services located within Brimbank City Council or the City of Greater Dandenong Local Government Areas.
For more information visit: Professional learning for early childhood teachers - Museums Victoria.
Bush kinders
Outdoor experiences, such as exploring natural environments, are beneficial to children and contribute to improving their health and wellbeing. For more information visit Bush kinders.
NMC Horizon Project
An ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education. It produces Horizon Reports each year detailing their latest research and findings. For more information visit NMC Horizon Project.
Let's Count
The Smith Family's Let’s Count program improves the capacity of educators to support parents/families to enhance children’s numeracy skills using maths in everyday life.
This online professional development focuses on mathematics learning for children aged 3 to 5 years. For further information, and to register, visit: Let's Count.
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