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Online behaviour or netiquette is a guide to the finer points of minding your manners online. A few simple checks and rules can make all the difference to how you are understood and perceived online.

While You're Writing

Email and texting, IMing and facebook - they're different to talking in person or on the phone. A little consideration can make sure you get your message across in the nicest possible way.

Watch Your Tone

Words don't convey facial expressions, gestures or tone. Humour and sarcasm can be difficult to translate into an email, even with emoticons.

UPPER CASE LETTERS = SHOUTING

Use sparingly and if you really feel like shouting, step away from the keyboard and take a few deep breaths.

Be Careful With Swearing

It's easy to forget your Nana is a friend on Facebook and you could be offending people you've never met. If you must, better to @&%#! than spell it out.

Check The Scene

If you are visiting a chatroom or site that's new to you, take a look around. Spend some time listening to the chat or reading the archives. Get a feel for the site. Then go ahead and join in.

Before You Send It

Taking a moment for a quick check can save you a lot of explaining later on...

Check Before You Hit Send

A quick read and a spell check can clear up any accidental misunderstandings and leave a better impression on your reader.

Don't Hit Send When You Are Angry Or Upset

Type it out if you have to, then save it, take a break and re-read it later. Once you've sent it, it could be in circulation for a long time.

Make Sure Your Message Is Going To The Right Person

Sounds obvious, but it happens to us all. Autocomplete is a killer. Remember to double-check the email address in the To: field (and the Cc: and Bcc: fields if you want to be thorough) before clicking Send.

Think About Whether It's Worth Sending

Chain emails, jokes, pictures of kittens doing cute kitten things - they can take up a lot of time and bandwith, and annoy the people you're hoping to amuse, which runs the risk of getting unfriended, unfollowed or even blocked.

Do Unto Others...

Remember there's a real person on the other end, with real person feelings and real person rights.

Respect People's Privacy

It can be tempting to scroll through someone else's emails or texts, but if they're not addressed to you, you shouldn't be reading them.

Don't Forward Emails Without Asking First

Gossip takes on a whole other dimension when it's written in black and white. The possibility for people's words to be misrepresented is as easy as Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. It only takes a moment to ask someone if they'd mind if you shared something. They'll love you for it, and it's just plain respectful, too.

Remember There's A Person At The Other End

If you wouldn't say it to them face-to-face, don't send it in a message they can keep and share with the world.

Person-To-Person Is Still Safest

If it's a really private message, deliver it yourself to the person it's meant for. Give them a call or catch up with them at work or school instead. Remember, once you send it, it's out of your control.

Links

Below the Belt: Sex, Selfies & Cyberbullying
A free Android app with info about laws on sex and consent, sexting and cyberbullying.

eSafety
The Australian Government's Esafety site is designed to help empower you to be safe online.

ThinkUKnow
Helpful site full of tips on how to stay in control on the web.

A Thin Line
A US site that helps you draw the line between digital use and digital abuse.

That's Not Cool
An interactive site from the US that's all about where you draw your digital line.

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Practical ways to protect yourself online

Take control of your cyber security and reduce the impact of an attack

Level up your cyber security

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Science by Doing is an online secondary school program presenting science in an engaging, guided inquiry-based approach to lift student interest and understanding. It is free to all Australian students and teachers and comprehensively covers the Australian Curriculum for high school Science Years 7-10.

Designing Online Learning lessons with Science by Doing.

Responses to and management of the COVID-19 pandemic are evolving as the spread of the virus continues in Australia and globally. Teachers in schools across Australia are responding to the need to offer online learning lessons to students in self-isolation, however, distance education teachers have been successfully using Science by Doing for remote learning long before the pandemic.

See our Starter's guide for classroom teachers new to online learning containing insights from distance education teachers and classroom teachers now organising remote learning for their students.

Teaching and learning with Science by Doing

Watch how easy it is to register and login to the Science by Doing website.

Accessing the Science by Doing website

Learn how to find your way around the Science by Doing website.

The evolving Science by Doing website

Watch how teachers use Science by Doing to teach by inquiry.

Promoting independent learning with Science by Doing

Investigation states of matter with Science by Doing

Science by Doing program and evaluation

Science by Doing has undergone substantial trialling in its development, received independent evaluations and is currently in Stage 5 of its development.

The Program and Evaluation page outlines its development and provides access the evaluation reports for Stages 1 and 4 of the program.

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​Multimodal literacy is an emerging area of importance in the literacy curriculum as everyday communication practices a​​re increasingly shaped by information and multimedia technologies.

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It is no longer possible to think about literacy solely as a linguistic accomplishment (Jewitt, 2008, p. 241). Students now need to be able to comprehend, respond to, and compose multimodal texts in diverse forms, where meaning is communicated through dynamic combinations of two or more modes.

The common modes used in our culture to convey meaning are: spoken language, written language, visual (still and moving-images), audio, gestural, and spatial modes (Cope and Kalantzis, 2009; New London Group, 2000). Each mode offers different possibilities for how meaning can be created and understood.

Multimodal texts can be paper-based, live, or digital. However, the capabilities of contemporary digital technologies make it possible for many different modes to 'be configured, be circulated, and get recycled in different ways' (Jewitt, 2009, p.1)​​ in diverse text forms.

EAL/D learners are able to create multimodal texts in one, two or multiple languages. For more information, see: Multilingual multimodal texts and EAL/D students

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​Multimodal literacy is an emerging area of importance in the literacy curriculum as everyday communication practices a​​re increasingly shaped by information and multimedia technologies. ​ It is no longer possible to think about literacy solely as a linguistic accomplishment (Jewitt, 2008, p. 241).

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Virtual learning now a reality for STEM in schools

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A new initiative from The University of Western Australia is using virtual reality and immersive learning to take school students into authentic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experiences.

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Congratulations to Peter Ellerton with Dr Kathleen Smith, Professor Amanda Berry, Dr Jennifer Mansfield, Professor Deborah Corrigan, Associate Professor Nicoleta Maynard from Monash University, Ms Shelley Waldon from Catholic Education Melbourne and Mr Doug Partner Ashleigh from Brisbane Catholic Education for his success in obtaining a highly competitive ARC Linkage grant for a project on 'Exploring Problem Based Learning in Schools'.

This project seeks to address the National STEM Strategy Report recommendation that Australian education systems provide all Australians with the capacity and confidence to make informed choices on complex matters where STEM offers options. Enhancing STEM literacy is essential as this is increasingly part of the core capabilities that Australian employers need. School based STEM education must enable students to identify, apply, and integrate concepts from STEM areas to understand complex problems and to innovate to solve them. Problem Based Learning, as evident in tertiary education, offers a potential approach to achieving such outcomes. By exploring how to best support teachers to use this approach in school based settings, this work potentially contributes to social development by advancing the personal growth and development of each student. The project also contributes to overall future national economic growth by developing a culture of innovation and productivity regardless of gender, occupation or industry.

Aims and Background

Building capacity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across the population is critical in supporting a culture of innovation and productivity regardless of gender, occupation or industry (Australia's National Science Statement, 2017; Peters-Burton, Moore & Johnson, 2016; Marginson, Tytler, Freeman & Roberts, 2013). Consistent with this research, industry surveys show STEM literacy, that is, the ability to identify, apply, and integrate concepts from STEM areas to understand complex problems and to innovate to solve them, is increasingly part of the core capabilities that Australian employers need (PWC, 2015; Deloitte, 2015). Yet, set against this demand for a strong STEM future, "there is evidence that [Australian school] education systems are not up to the challenge" (Timms, Moyle, Weldon, Mitchell, 2018, p. 1). Teachers are the critical link in addressing this challenge in two distinct ways:

1. building teacher knowledge, skills and confidence in STEM teaching and learning, and
2. implementing useful models of STEM Education that focus on the pedagogical practices that underpin STEM as an integrated, cohesive and meaningful approach to learning, something that is missing in the current

educational landscape.

In this ARC Linkage Project, Catholic Education Melbourne (CEM), Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE), and Chief Investigators from Monash University and Queensland University (UQ) explore the development of Problem Based Learning as a way to enhance Australian school-based STEM education. This research project aims to:
1. Generate research-informed principles of practice for a Problem Based Learning (PBL) model of STEM Education;

2. Embed the principles of practice for a PBL model of STEM Education into a coherent and sustainable pedagogical framework informing school-based STEM education;
3. Actively position teachers as key decision makers about how to use this pedagogical framework so that they build the professional knowledge, capacity and confidence needed to design and implement authentic and relevant STEM education consistent with the principles of a PBL model of STEM Education;

4. Produce evidence-informed exemplars of powerful school-based PBL practice in STEM education (Years 6 -10) which develop a common teacher professional language and shared understanding about PBL. The website produced though this project will provide exemplars to educators, curriculum designers and professional learning providers across Australia. International dissemination of the work will be achieved through presentations at overseas conferences and utilising the existing professional networks of the CIs, as evident in the work of CI Berry who has extensive international connections.

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ARC Linkage grant: Exploring Problem Based Learning in Schools

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Congratulations to Peter Ellerton with Dr Kathleen Smith, Professor Amanda Berry, Dr Jennifer Mansfield, Professor Deborah Corrigan, Associate Professor Nicoleta Maynard from Monash University, Ms Shelley Waldon from Catholic Education Melbourne and Mr Doug Partner Ashleigh from Brisbane Catholic Education for his success in obtaining a highly competitive ARC Linkage grant for a project on 'Exploring Problem Based Learning in Schools'.

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Set up student profiles that are aimed at gamers and work on their goals of positive behaviours and goals.

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Aims to foster understanding, respect, and appreciation for the diverse cultures, histories, and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Curriculum

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Early settlers DNA sequencing of a 100-year-old lock of hair has established that Aboriginal Australians have a longer continuous association with the land than any other race of people.

Sequencing of a West Australian Aboriginal man's hair shows he was directly descended from a migration out of Africa into Asia that took place about 70,000 years ago.

The finding, published today in , rewrites the history of the human species by confirming humans moved out of Africa in waves of migrations rather than one single out-of-Africa diaspora.

The study is based on a lock of hair donated to British anthropologist Alfred Haddon by an Aboriginal man from the Goldfields region of Western Australia in the early 20th century.

The genome, shown to have no genetic input from modern European Australians, reveals the ancestors of the Aboriginal man separated from the ancestors of other human populations some 64,000 to 75,000 years ago.

Aboriginal Australians therefore descend directly from the earliest modern explorers - people who migrated into Asia before finally reaching Australia.

Co-author Dr Joe Dortch, an archaeologist at the University of Western Australia, says the work is significant because it shows the timeline for people in Australia is more than 50,000 years.

"So far there are no [archaeological] sites that are over 50,000 years old so it puts a time limit on that and focuses our future efforts," he says.

Dortch believes the finding will foster a sense of pride in modern Australian Aborigines.

"It shows Aboriginal Australians have the longest branch of history in one particular place of anyone in the world.

"No one else in the world can say 'I am descended from people who have been here 75,000 years'."

Early explorers

Dortch says there has been debate among researchers as to whether there was a single migration wave out of Africa into Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Under that view, the first Australians would have branched off from an Asian population already separated from the ancestors of Europeans.

However, this study shows that when ancestral Aboriginal Australians began their journey, the ancestors of Asians and Europeans had not yet differentiated from each other and were still in Africa or the Middle East.

Dortch says the study shows a high level of sophistication among these early explorers.

"Their arrival in Australia required an incredible degree of planning and foresight," he says.

"You can't see Australia from Indonesia, you have to infer it is there. This was a colonisation journey and that is modern behaviour happening more than 50,000 years ago."

Fellow co-author David Lambert, a professor of evolutionary biology at Griffith University, agrees.

"Aboriginal people were in Australia before people got to Europe and already had very complex societies by that time," Lambert says.

He says the closest populations to Australian Aborigines from that first early dispersal migration can be found today in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and the Aeta people of The Philippines.

Indigenous partnership

Lambert says the "landmark paper" breaks new ground in its approach in consulting and working in partnership with indigenous groups.

The research is endorsed by the Goldfields Land and Sea Council (GLSC), the organisation representing the traditional owners for the region where the male donor lived.

"We know this hair sample was taken voluntarily and that an Aboriginal man gave his consent in 1923, and the people that represent the area he was from in 2011 have given their consent," says GLSC research manager Dr Craig Muller.

Muller says the Goldfields people are proud the research highlights the longevity of Aboriginal Australian occupation of the land.

"The Aboriginal people of the Goldfields area knew that anyway, but they like the fact the broader community is being reminded of [the length of our connection]," he says.

Muller says the people of the region have also told him they are eager to collaborate on further research.

Creating a genetic road map

Murdoch University's ancient DNA expert Dr Michael Bunce and hair analysis expert Silvana Tridico also contributed to the project.

"It really is remarkable the recent advances in technology that now enable us to convert an old lock of hair into a complete genome - the information encoded in the DNA can tell us a lot about how humans explored the globe," says Bunce.

"The great news is that there is so much more we can discover both from this sample."

Tridico says the sample not only yielded information on the donor's ancestry, but also his own personal history.

"I was able to see features like ochre still attached to the hair shafts and weathering from the harsh outback conditions," Tridico says.

So far the only ancient human genomes have been obtained from hair preserved under frozen conditions.

The researchers have now shown that hair preserved in much less ideal conditions can be used for genome sequencing without risk of modern human contamination that is typical in ancient bones and teeth.

Tags: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, anthropology-and-sociology, genetics

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6 Questions Students Can Use To Guide Their Inquiry-Based Learning
by TeachThought Staff

Learning through inquiry is one of the most 'natural' and organic forms of learning.

In addition to learning through play, mentorship, and self-directed learning, inquiry-based learning happens whether we plan for it or not. When anyone is curious or confused and then uses that curiosity or confusion to drive their own learning, they're 'doing' inquiry-based learning.

Inquiry-based learning provides a framework for students to use one or more questions-often changing in evolving as knowledge levels change-to learn. It is an approach that works well with other teaching trends such as project-based learning, blended learning, challenge-based learning, place-based education and more.

The above graphic by Sylvia Duckworth illustrates questions that can help inspire inquiry-based learning ideas that act as a catalyst for curiosity in a way that makes an educational impact as students explore their problem-solving skills.

Add a personalized element when choosing inquiry-based learning projects with questions like:

What will I learn?

What will I create?

What will I solve?

What do I love?

What are my interests?

How can I make an impact?

According to our own Terry Heick in Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers, "there are several different inquiry-based learning models, but most have several general elements in common:

Learning is focused on a meaningful, ill-structured problem that demands consideration of diverse perspectives

Academic content-learning occurs as a natural part of the process as students work towards finding solutions

Learners, working collaboratively, assume an active role in the learning process

Teachers provide learners with learning supports and rich multiple media sources of information to assist students in successfully finding solutions

Learners share and defend solutions publicly in some manner."

The post above then goes on to break the inquiry-based process down into stages including interaction, clarification, questioning, and design, which are summarized below.
4 Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning Interaction
Due to the fact that inquiry is open-ended and curiosity-based, traditional research methods may not be the most effective or interesting way to investigate. Encourage students to interact with unique materials and sources such as peers, experts, or formal and informal media in a playful and exploratory fashion. Students should be engaged in finding a method of research that interests and is available to them.
Clarification
Clarification happens as students begin to dig into the material and gain a greater sense of understanding of their selected topic, their own thinking on the subject, and what steps may be necessary to tackle the project. Students should be focused on possibility, the credibility of sources, and have a full understanding of related facts and opinions and the potential influence of that on their own work.
Questioning
One of the more critical phases of inquiry-based learning is questioning. As students begin to form questions to drive self-directed inquiry, any weak spots in their thinking or understanding should become clear in a way that helps them realize the limitations of their scope of work, or begin to develop an understanding of what information is lacking, and move forward to resolve any gaps in knowledge.
Design
The final stage of an inquiry-based learning process concentrates on design, or the ability to create an informative and curiosity-driven product that satisfies the initial inquiry creatively. This end result is the answer or solution and should demonstrate the process - and although it is inevitably what students will focus on, the true learning happens along the way.
See Also 20 Questions To Guide Inquiry-Based Learning
One of the ultimate goals of education is to instill in students the ability to identify an issue and brainstorm and implement a solution. Inquiry-based learning offers the opportunity to wonder about the world, our place in it, and how we can improve it while providing an important framework for critical thinking and curiosity.
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6 Questions Students Can Use To Guide Their Inquiry-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff Learning through inquiry is one of the most 'natural' and organic forms of learning. In addition to learning through play , mentorship, and self-directed learning, inquiry-based learning happens whether we plan for it or not.

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In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world's largest evidence-based study into the factors that improve learning.

The book was based on 800 meta-analyses (a statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple studies) of 50,000 smaller studies. It found that, among six groups of factors influencing successful learning in schools - the student, home, school, teacher, curricula and teaching - teachers seemed to have the strongest in-school effect.

Since 2008, our partners have implemented the "visible learning" approach in more than 10,000 schools, with the aim of making student learning as visible as possible.

This means enabling students to see how their efforts and learning strategies are contributing to their learning, and teachers to see the impact of their teaching through the eyes of their students. It turns the focus from teaching to learning, and from talking about teaching methods to the impact of these methods.

This is crucial to making classrooms and schools safe, fair and inviting places to fail, learn, collaborate, grow and flourish.

My new study

It's been 15 years since the book was published, and much has changed. There have been more than 1,300 new meta-analyses, COVID has disrupted schools, and we have learned a lot from the more than 100,000 teachers who have been using visible learning.

Visible Learning: The Sequel is published this month. It is informed by more than 2,100 meta-analyses about achievement drawn from more than 130,000 studies and conducted with the participation of more than 400 million students aged three to 25, mainly from developed countries.

It confirms the finding that high-impact is still the most important factor when it comes to student learning. This describes teachers who focus on the impacts of their teaching and who work together with other educators to critique their ideas about impact - about what was taught well, who was taught well, and the size of the improvement.

But many other findings also came out of the analysis.

New findings

My analysis shows a student's achievement levels are affected negatively by many new factors. These include boredom, teacher-student dependency (where a student is over-reliant on their teacher) and corporal punishment.

I also identified a range of factors that improve students' performance, including:

computer tutoring that provides immediate feedback, particularly when using artificial intelligence

" flipped learning ", whereby students are given the content to learn before coming to class

teachers outlining and summarising learning materials

students being taught how to rehearse and memorise content

"phonological awareness" - teaching students to recognise and manipulate parts of sentences and words when learning to read

" cognitive task analysis," which is about teaching students how to think about how to problem solve

the " Jigsaw method ", which involves both individual and group learning to solve a problem.

How teachers matter

The most important thing for teachers to do is to have high expectations for all students. This means not labelling students (as "bright", "strugglers", "ADHD" or "autistic"), as this can lead to lower expectations in both teachers and students but seeing all students as learners who can make leaps of growth in their learning.

Teachers need to be very clear with their students about the content and goals of their learning.

It is important teachers work with other teachers to see different sides of their impact on students and different ways for them to succeed in their teaching. What matters is the power of multiple interpretations about what is happening in classrooms, the results of assessments and examples of student work.

Why we need to be 'greedy'

So many debates about curriculum and learning outcomes are phrased as either more "knowledge-rich" (teaching content) or more "problem-based discovery learning" (teaching how to discover ideas).

But it is not a question of either/or. We need to be greedy and want both. We need to harness the power of two: two success criteria (one about content, and one about deeper learning), two assessments, two activities - so it is clear we want both the knowledge and the relationships between ideas.

So, I advocate for a model of "intentional alignment". That is, teachers need to consciously align their teaching methods, activities, assessments, feedback, with either the acquisition of knowledge or discovering of ideas.

The importance of parents

Parents are not "first teachers" but "first learners" - as the parents learn, so do their children. Parental expectation about learning is among the most powerful home influences, and the home needs to promote a "language and love of learning".

This means parents talk to their children about their learning at school and home. This also means they enjoy the struggle, failures and successes when learning together, and set fair boundaries to take on increased challenges and learning safely.

This might mean being clear about what success looks like for a child cleaning their room. It might mean allowing multiple opportunities to succeed, and talking about errors and failure as opportunities to learn.

Read more: How to avoid annoying your kids and getting 'stressed by proxy' during exam season

What about technology?

We have been told for 50 years the answer to our education problems is technology, but my analysis shows the overall effects remain low.

We have used technology as a substitute: video instead of paper mache, word processing programs instead of using pens, online activities instead of work sheets. So often the powers of technology are rarely exploited.

There are major messages from the huge body of studies about technology. My book highlights some of them, including: the importance of students learning from each other via technology and the value of technology in providing multiple opportunities to learn.

Social media is also an important way for teachers to hear students are thinking. Many students will talk about how they are thinking, where they are struggling, and ask questions about their work using social media that they will not do verbally even when their teacher or peers are standing beside them.

What teachers think is important

One of the key things I have learned in the process of writing this second book is what teachers think is more important than what they they do.

It is not about using a particular teaching method but their skills in evaluating the impact on their students, modifying and adapting, and making the school or class an inviting place to come, learn, master, and enjoy learning.

Every child is a learner, is teachable, can grow, and can be taught to love learning. Students have expectations, and the educator's role is to help students exceed what they think is their potential. Students need to be taught to take on challenges, with safety nets when they fail.

I remain amazed at the excellence in our schools and fascinated we are not as skilled and focused on scaling up success but instead love to focus on school failures.

Read more: Our study found new teachers perform just as well in the classroom as their more experienced colleagues

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Education expert John Hattie's new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn

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The past four decades have seen an endless stream of reviews into teacher education. Australia has clocked up more than 100 since 1979. This comes amid constant concerns teachers are not adequately prepared for the classroom.

Our latest research, published in the Australian Education Researcher, provides a powerful counternarrative to concerns about teacher education and early-career teachers.

We analysed data from two major studies over the past decade and found it did not matter if teachers had less than one year of teaching experience or had spent 25 years in the classroom - they delivered the same quality of teaching.

These results indicate teaching degrees are preparing new teachers to deliver quality teaching and have a positive impact in their classrooms right away.

Recent reviews into teacher education

The most recent review into teacher education was finalised in February 2022. Led by former federal education department secretary Lisa Paul, the review found an "ambitious reform agenda" was needed to attract "high quality" students and make sure teacher education was "evidence-based and practical".

Sydney University vice-chancellor Mark Scott (who also chairs The Conversation's board) is now leading another expert panel, partly in response to Paul's review and partly due to concerns about teacher shortages. It is looking at how to "strengthen" teacher education. It is also looking at developing a "quality measure" for teaching degrees and whether funding for universities should be tied to quality.

In among this, we have already seen an emphasis on attracting the " best and brightest" into teaching degrees and increasing requirements to graduate. To enter a classroom, teachers now need to have passed extra literacy and numeracy tests on top of their degrees.

The underlying assumption in all this government messaging and accompanying media commentary is that failings in education are those of teachers and teacher educators (the academics who teach teachers).

Read more: No wonder no one wants to be a teacher: world-first study looks at 65,000 news articles about Australian teachers

Our research

Our research used direct observation of 990 entire lessons to investigate the relationship between years of teaching experience and the quality of teaching.

We analysed the teaching of 512 Year 3 and 4 teachers from 260 New South Wales public schools in separate studies conducted over 2014-15 and 2019-21.

The schools involved in the study were representative of schools across Australia, and the lessons observed included a range of subjects, with the majority in English and mathematics. Most of the teachers observed had between one and 15 years of experience, although almost a quarter of the observations were of lessons taught by teachers with 16 years' experience or more.

How we assess quality teaching

We used the Quality Teaching Model as the basis for the observations. The model was developed by education academic James Ladwig and me for the NSW Department of Education in 2003. It has been the department's framework for high-quality teaching since.

It is based on research into the types of teaching practice that make a difference to student learning and centres on three dimensions:

1. "intellectual quality" - developing deep understanding of important knowledge

2. "a quality learning environment" - ensuring positive classrooms that boost student learning, and

3. "significance" - connecting learning to students' lives and the wider world.

Under these three dimensions are 18 elements of teaching practice that enable detailed analysis of lesson quality. Researchers coded the lessons they observed, with more than one researcher coding many of the lessons to ensure a high level of reliability.

Read more: 'It hurt my heart and my wallet': the unnecessary test stressing teachers before they even make it to the classroom

Our findings

We found no statistically significant differences in average teaching quality across the years of experience categories.

Even when we broke down the experience categories in different ways to test for accuracy, we continued to find that years of experience did not equate to differences in the quality of teaching delivered.

On the graph below, each dot represents the average Quality Teaching score of an observed lesson. These have been grouped in a line based on how experienced a teacher is.

The average lesson quality in each experience category is represented by the large black dot and the horizontal lines represent the margin of error. The average Quality Teaching score across all the experience categories falls within the same margin of error range illustrating no statistically significant difference.

Why does experience appear to make no difference?

Teaching quality is consistently described as the most important in-school factor affecting student outcomes.

Our finding that newly graduated teachers deliver teaching of a similar quality to that of their more experienced peers is surprising and somewhat counterintuitive. There are at least two possible explanations for this result.

First, the result suggests graduate teachers are entering the profession "classroom ready" because initial teacher education programs are performing far better than is typically assumed in policy and the media.

That is not to say improvements in teaching degrees aren't possible or warranted, or that graduate teachers don't face difficulties. We know attrition among teachers in their first five years is high and is a major contributor to teacher shortages.

Second, on-the-job experience is insufficient on its own to raise teaching quality. While experienced teachers make many valuable contributions through leadership and mentoring, it could be that much of the professional development they do over the course of their careers makes little difference to the quality of their teaching practice.

Teachers need professional development that builds knowledge, motivates them, develops their teaching techniques and helps them make ongoing changes in their classroom practice. It should be backed by rigorous evidence of a positive impact on teaching quality and student outcomes.

Teachers and teaching

Part of the problem in debates about schools and education is the relentless use of " teacher quality" as a proxy for understanding " teaching quality". This focuses on the person rather than the practice.

This discourse sees teachers blamed for student performance on NAPLAN and PISA tests, rather than taking into account the systems and conditions in which they work.

While teaching quality might be the greatest in school factor affecting student outcomes, it's hardly the greatest factor overall. As Education Minister Jason Clare said last month:

I don't want us to be a country where your chances in life depend on who your parents are or where you live or the colour of your skin.

We know disadvantage plays a significant role in educational outcomes. University education departments are an easy target for both governments and media.

Blaming them means governments do not have to try and rectify the larger societal and systemic problems at play.

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Looking to create a stunning presentation that keeps your audience engaged? You need a high-quality presentation software to take your slides to the next level. Some of the best presentation software include Visme, Haiku Deck, Prezi, Microsoft Powerpoint, Canva and Google Slides.

In this comparison guide, we'll analyze each of these tools and many more to understand what the difference is between them so you can choose the best presentation maker for your business.

So, if you want to stand out from run-of-the-mill PowerPoint presentations and have a reliable presentation software that will help you collaborate with team members and design stunning slide decks in a fraction of the time, you'll need this guide.

Let's get started.

Table of Contents

What is Presentation Tools

Presentation tools are software applications that enable users to visually present ideas or share knowledge. These presentations are delivered in a slide-show format using a combination of text, images and other graphic elements.

Presentation software is frequently used to pitch an idea to investors, present proposals to clients, introduce new products or services to customers, train staff on new policies or ideas, or teach your students new or complex concepts.

Best Presentation Software: A Visual Comparison

When choosing the right presentation software for your projects, there are some things to consider:

Does the price point fit your budget?

Is it easy to use?

Who is the program geared at: businesses, educators, bloggers or social media managers?

Does it have lots of templates to choose from? Are they good quality and helpful?

Is the built-in graphic asset library extensive and varied?

Can you embed content, add videos or GIFs?

Can you add audio to your presentations?

Can elements be animated?

Is it desktop or cloud-based?

Can you use it to create presentations on any of your devices?

Can finished presentations be viewed offline?

Can you have team accounts or business accounts for easy collaboration inside your company?

Does it include a Brand Kit? Is it easy to use?

Can the finished presentation be shared online straight from the presentation software?

Can your presentations be uploaded to the cloud privately with password protection?

Does the presentation software include analytics to see how your projects perform on social media?

Can you use the finished presentation as a lead generator straight from the software?

We'll take a look at all these aspects in the following list of best presentation software so you can make your own well-informed decision.
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Visme is one of the most complete presentation software available online.

Making professional presentations is easy and straightforward. Pretty much everything can be customized or moved around. That's not all that Visme can do, though.

You can also use Visme to create other visual content, such as infographics, reports and interactive charts. There are tons of customizable templates that come built-in with the software.

Price Tag

Visme can be used for free to test it out for as long as you want. With a free account, you can create up to three projects.

To access all of Visme's capabilities, you can upgrade to one of the paid plans.

Personal: $12.25/month paid annually

Business: $24.75/month paid annually

Enterprise: Custom - learn more here

If you're a nonprofit organization, you may qualify for a discount. Visme also offers separate Education plans for students and teachers.

Ease of Use

Visme is quite easy to use. Switching from slide to slide is a breeze, and you can even save a slide in the slide library to reuse later.

The editor comes with a handy sidebar that lets you browse graphics and data tools and drag and drop relevant ones onto your slides. You can also use the search bar to quickly find what you need. The dynamic fields feature ensures you don't miss out on any critical information. With single click, you can easily update content throughout your presentation.

Who Is It For

Visme is perfect for small and large businesses, marketers, project managers, educators, content creators and so much more.

Template Options

The template options in Visme are extensive and varied in style. From minimalistic to photographic, there are many presentation styles to pick from.

You can choose from dozens of fully designed presentations tailor-made for specific industries and topics, or mix-and-match hundreds of slide layouts by choosing a presentation theme.

You can also start with a blank canvas, add new blank slides to existing presentation templates, and save custom slides to use later as your own templates.

Graphic Assets Library

When selecting the best tools for presentations, the visual capabilities and creative design elements should be a top consideration. Visme's graphic library includes thousands of free icons, illustrations, stock photos, videos, 3D graphics, audio clips, charts and graphs to include in your presentations.

The best part is that every graphic asset that comes built-in with the Visme editor is fully customizable. Resize, rotate or change colors to fit your brand, content and theme.

Videos and GIFs

It's easy to insert or embed videos and GIFs inside a Visme presentation. Browse a selection of animated illustrations and characters to make your presentations engaging.

Audio

Adding audio to a presentation is easy on Visme. Either along with a video or as the audio on its own. You can also record a voice over.

Another great option is accessing our Presenter Studio to record a video of yourself presenting your content. You can turn on your camera or record audio only before sending a link to your audience. This is a great way to present asynchronously or save your presentation for people to view again and again.

Embed Third-Party Content

There is more content that can be embedded into Visme presentations, like polls, quizzes, forms and any content that can be turned into code to insert in an iframe.

You can also take advantage of several integrations to embed even more engaging and interactive content into your slides.

Animations and Transitions

With Visme, you can animate your content and create interactive experiences such as:

Hover effects or clickable pop-ups, link your slides or content blocks to objects

Pre-animated assets like characters, illustrations and gestures

Custom animation and motion effects

Features inside Visme presentations can be animated, and we also have a number of seamless slide transitions that make your content pop, like "Enter from Side" or "Staggered Fade."

If you want to make your content even more dynamic, you can access our Custom Animation feature. This is perfect for creating video presentations or making your elements look like they're floating on your slide.

Desktop or Cloud

Visme is an online cloud-based app that can be easily used on your computer. We also provide a desktop app that you can download and use outside of your regular browser for seamless content creation.

And if you need to create content on-the-go? You can easily edit existing projects right from your mobile device or tablet!

Data Widgets

Visme offers a wide selection of data widgets that allow you to creatively visualize statistics and figures in the form of gauges, clocks, pictographs and icon arrays.

Offline Viewing

Finished presentations can be viewed offline in four different formats.

The best option is to download it as an HTML5 file. That way it will maintain all the animations when opened on Google Chrome, even without internet.
Downloading as an HTML 5 file is a premium feature. Presentations can also be downloaded as a collection of JPG or PNG images, as a PDF or as an editable PowerPoint file.

Sign up. It's free.

Collaboration Possibilities

Visme has a premium teams plan that lets all team members customize and complete projects together. Leave comments with edits and feedback, edit projects simultaneously and easily share with other people on your team to move the project along.

Branding Capabilities

Visme's brand design tool makes it easy to keep all of your content on-brand regardless of who's creating it. It works in three easy steps:

1. Upload all of your branding assets (colors, fonts, logo) to Visme with the Brand Wizard. Input your website URL and watch as our Brand Wizard automatically pulls in all of your branding.

2. Access a bundle of 30+ automatically branded templates that have your logo, fonts and colors already ready to go.

3. Easily access thousands of other templates and input your brand fonts and colors with just a click in Visme's editor.

Then boom! All of your content will always have the same branding, helping increase brand strength and recognition.

Share to Social Media

Once a presentation is finished, it can be shared to social media seamlessly right from the editor. It can also be downloaded.

Privacy and Password Protection

Presentations on Visme can be published privately with password protection so that only the people you want can access it. It is advisable to only use strong passwords for this purpose. There are a few free password managers that could help you do that and keep your account secure.

Analytics

Visme's analytics is what makes it stand out as the best tool for presentation. When a presentation is shared via a live link, it can be analyzed for views and sharing.

Access in-depth analytics that show you how much of your presentation is typically viewed, for how long and which slides seem to be the most popular.

Lead Generation

You can add a signup form to your presentations to collect leads that could potentially become clients. Simply head over to our Advanced Settings tab before sharing your project and turn on Requires Registration to collect emails from each person who views your content.

Sign up. It's free.
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Prezi offers a great alternative to the traditional presentation format that goes slide by slide. The creative idea behind Prezi is you can create an animated, non-sequential flow with topics and subtopics that are hidden until you zoom in.

While Prezi's interface can be slightly complicated to use, it's a good option for people who need to add a creative touch to their presentations.

Price Tag

Prezi is free for basic capabilities and limited templates.

For the paid plans, there are three tiers.

There are separate plans available for students and teachers.

Ease of Use

Prezi has a slight learning curve, but once you create a couple of presentations, you get the hang of it. However, it doesn't offer too much customizability inside the templates.

Who Is It For

Businesses and educators who are in need of a different style of presentation. Prezi offers a "conversational style" of zooming and moving around between information. So, who Prezi is for really depends on who needs this sort of presentation style.

Template Options

There are plenty of templates to choose from, and you can also start from scratch. The templates are different in color and style, but the idea of zooming into topics and subtopics is the same.

Graphic Assets Library

The assets library has some icons and shapes available, the usual ones like arrows and buttons. Premium plans get access to over 80,000 icons and 500,000 images.

Videos and GIFs

Videos can be uploaded or embedded from YouTube. Embedded videos are not viewable in offline mode. GIFs aren't supported.

Audio

Voice over can be added in premium plans.

Embed Third-Party Content

No other content can be embedded into Prezi presentations.

Animations

Prezi is all about animations between topics and subtopics. The presentations themselves are viewed as animations.

Desktop or Cloud

Prezi is a cloud app but can be accessed to view offline with premium plans.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Prezi presentations can only be created on a computer but can be viewed on all devices.

Collaboration Possibilities

Prezi for teams is available upon demand and has a Slack integration.

Brand Kit

Brand Kits are only available with Prezi's team plans, but each presentation can be customized to fit your brand with color customizations and some available fonts.

Share to Social Media

Prezi presentations can be shared to social media via a special share button at the top-right of the Prezi page. They can be shared to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Offline Viewing

Prezi presentations can only be downloaded from the Prezi app. There are two options, as an EXE file for PC and a ZIP file for Mac. Presentations can then be viewed without internet connection or the need to connect to the Prezi app.

Privacy and Password Protection

Presentations are public unless you have a paid account.

Analytics

Analytics are available with premium accounts but it only applies to Prezi presentations you share via a link to someone.

Lead Generation

There are no lead generation capabilities with Prezi.

3 Google Slides
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Google Slides is the presentation software available via your Google account. Just like you can create documents and spreadsheets with Google Docs and Sheets, you can create presentations with Google Slides.

The setup is very similar to PowerPoint and is free to use for anyone with a google account. There is a business version called G Suite, which includes the same things with more storage and management capabilities.

Price Tag

Google Slides is free to use for anyone with a Google account. All features are available to everyone.

There are plans for business accounts so that teams can be created and information can be managed in a more organized way. Plans start at $6/user/month and go up to $18/user/month.

Ease of Use

Compared to other examples of presentation software, Google Slides is very easy to use. The controls are very similar to Google Docs and Sheets.

Who Is It For

Business professionals, educators and students who need fast and easy access to a presentation software that can get things done.

Template Options

There is a general collection of templates, but there are not very many. Presentations can also be started from scratch.

Graphic Assets Library

The graphic assets are average and simple. The shapes are classic and generic. Photographs can be uploaded from your desktop, your Google Drive, a URL or searched online.

Videos and GIFs

Videos can uploaded with a YouTube link or from Google Drive. GIFs can be added just like images.

Audio and Embed Third-Party Content

Anything from your Google Drive can be added in. Also there are some available "add-ons" that can be integrated for icons, stock photography and audio.

Animations

Elements inside each slide can be animated and so can the transition between the slides.

Desktop or Cloud

Google Slides is a cloud-based program.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Google Slides can be used fully on any device with their respective apps for Android and iPhone. Presentations can be edited and viewed on all devices.

Collaboration Possibilities

Collaborating with other people is easy with Google Slides

Brand Kit

There is no brand kit feature.

Share to Social Media

Presentations can be shared via email or link.

Offline Viewing

Google Slides can be viewed offline with a Chrome Extension and the use of Backup and Sync.

Privacy and Password Protection

Presentations can be shared privately, but there are no password capabilities, only invitations.

Analytics and Lead Generation

These features are not available.
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Keynote is the native Apple presentation software - one of the original PowerPoint Alternatives. Anyone with an Apple ID can use the Keynote editor. It is the most similar to PowerPoint and also Google Slides.

Price Tag

Keynote is free for downloading and also accessing via the cloud with an apple ID.

Ease of Use

If you know how to use PowerPoint or Google Slides, Keynote is a breeze. This feature makes it stand out as one of the best tools for presentation.

Who Is It For

Keynote is good for businesses, educators and anyone who needs a practical presentation software.

Template Options

The templates are limited but come in standard or wide sizes. Templates can also be found outside of Keynote and uploaded into the program.

Graphic Assets Library

There are plenty of classic symbols and icons available which are also customizable in terms of color and gradient. Images can only be added from your computer.

Videos and GIFs

Videos are not embeddable in Keynote slides but that is sorted with a plug-in like LiveSlides. GIFs can be added as .gif images.

Audio

You can upload existing audio files in Keynote to play on specific slides. There's also an option to record your own voiceover to create a narrated presentation.

Embed Third-Party Content

Including these is not available

Animations

Slides and objects can be animated in a number of ways, including path creation, scaling, bounce or jiggle effects, and more.

Desktop or Cloud

Keynote is available on both desktop and cloud.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

You can create keynote presentations on any apple device and PC.

Offline Viewing

Keynote presentations can be downloaded as .pdf or as .pptx to view offline.

Collaboration Possibilities

Keynote presentations can be collaborated on via a link or email with permission settings set to "can make changes".

Brand Kit, Share to Social Media, Analytics and Lead Generation

None of these are available on Keynote.

Privacy and Password Protection

Presentations are private until shared and there is no password protection capabilities.

5 Microsoft PowerPoint
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
This list wouldn't have been complete without the most popular presentation software in the world. Even though there are tons of more advanced presentation tools out there now, PowerPoint is still a favorite of many because of its familiarity, ease of use and availability.

Price Tag

The desktop-based PowerPoint program is part of Microsoft 365, which has different plans for businesses that start from $6/month and go up to $22/month.

You can download PowerPoint online for free on any device, including on mobile.

Ease of Use

Most, if not every, computer user knows how to work a PowerPoint. The traditional sidebar interface is easy to use simply because it's familiar. But for people who are using PowerPoint for the first time, there might be a slight learning curve.

Who Is It For

Businesses, individuals, students, teachers and anyone who uses a Windows PC or device. PowerPoint is also a good fit for people who want to create simple, conventional presentations, and aren't looking for fancy new features or capabilities.

Template Options

There are dozens of themes that come built-in with PowerPoint, and there are all customizable so you can play around with the styles.

Graphic Assets Library

You can browse stock images, icons, stickers and more by searching for relevant keywords in PowerPoint's graphic library.

Videos and GIFs

Videos and GIFs can be uploaded from your computer. You can also embed videos from YouTube and other online sources. However, this feature is only available to Windows users.

Audio

You can upload audio files from your computer. You can also record audio directly inside PowerPoint, and edit the settings for playback.

Embed Third-Party Content

You can embed files created in other Microsoft Office applications, such as charts created in Excel, or any other programs that support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE.)

Animations

There are tons of animation and transition options available in PowerPoint, which can actually get confusing at times. However, if you know your way around these options, it gets easier to create a professional-looking slideshow.

Desktop or Cloud

There are both desktop and cloud versions of PowerPoint available.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

You can download the PowerPoint mobile apps on both Android and iOS devices.

Collaboration Possibilities

It's possible to share your presentation with specific people.

Brand Kit

Brand kits are not available, but you can save custom themes.

Share to Social Media

Presentations cannot be shared to social media.

Offline Viewing

You can download your PowerPoint presentations in various formats, including PPTX and PDF. This makes it easy to access them on any device offline.

Privacy and Password Protection

You can mark your presentations as read-only to prevent users from editing the file.

Analytics

This feature is not available in PowerPoint.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available in PowerPoint.
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Ludus is one of the best-looking presentation tools available online. The main attractions with Ludus are the clean black screen to edit on and the amount of integrations that give importing capabilities for all sorts of content. From photography, to .svg to code builds.

Price Tag

Ludus starts at $14.99/month for teams of 1-15 people. Team that need more licenses are encouraged to contact for more pricing information. Ludus does offer a 30-day free trial.

Ease of Use

Ludus is quite easy to use and includes lots of keyboard shortcuts. It is easy to learn how to use and pretty straightforward. It seems to be easier for designers than for non-designers to use.

Who Is It For

This presentation software is geared more towards designers or business owners who have some design knowledge to totally be able to use the broad capabilities.

Template Options

There are no templates to choose from. You have to start from scratch or use smart blocks that you can create to use over and over easily. Smart blocks are kept in their own library.

Graphic Assets Library

Ludus has minimal in-house graphic assets like simple shapes, but the integrations are epic. You can import .svg icons and edit them inside Ludus quite easily. Photos can also be imported via Unsplash, Instagram, Facebook or uploaded.

Videos and GIFs

Videos and GIFs are easily imported via the integrations like YouTube, Vimeo, Giphy and more.

Audio

Audio can be embedded as an audio file from SoundCloud, Dropbox and other integrations.

Embed Third-Party Content

You can pretty much embed anything into Ludus. The integrations are impressive and there are also iframe and HTML options.

Animations

Internal elements can't be animated but there are so many integrations that animations can be done in different ways.

Desktop or Cloud

Ludus is a cloud-based app. No need to download anything.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Presentations can only be edited on computers. Finished presentations can be viewed on all handheld devices that have access to the internet via a URL link.

Collaboration Possibilities

Collaborations are possible with the team plans. This includes live collaboration, workspaces and more.

Brand Kit

With collaborations, smart blocks and the Brandfetch integration, a brand kit can be organized quite easily. But it's not an internal feature.

Share to Social Media

Finished presentations can be easily shared to social media straight from Ludus.

Offline Viewing

Ludus presentations can be downloaded as .pdf or .html to be viewed offline.

Privacy and Password Protection

Pro Plans have password protection.

Analytics and Lead Generation

There are no analytics or lead generation capabilities available in Ludus.
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Slides is the only presentation software which promotes itself as being "pixel perfect" as the editor includes a built-in grid to help with composition. Slides has a lower cost at the highest price tag which is good for smaller businesses.

Price Tag

Slides is free to use, but finished presentations will be public and available to see and copy in the Browse / Explore tab.

The paid plans start at $5/month and go up to $20/month for features like unlimited collaborators, privacy, shared media library and Google Analytics.

Ease of Use

Slides is very easy to use, the editing board is minimal but all tools are at easy reach. No need to get confused with Slides. There are no templates so presentations are built from scratch.

Who Is It For

Small business owners or startups. Individuals that know what they want and don't need templates to help them along. Also for developers because it has HTML and CSS building capabilities.

Template Options

Slides has a very limited template library with just a handful of different options to choose from.

Graphic Assets Library

The available shapes and icons are common and minimal. Photos have to be uploaded or imported from a URL.

Videos and GIFs

Videos and GIFs are easy to add. Videos can be uploaded or linked and GIFs can be uploaded as .gif or .mp4 as video.

Audio

Including audio is not possible with Slides.

Embed Third-Party Content

Anything with code can be added in an iframe.

Animations

All elements and features can be animated to fade in, fade out etc. Length of duration can be customized.

Desktop or Cloud

Slides is a cloud-based presentation software that can only be used online.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Slides can be used on the computer and handheld devices. To edit and to view.

Collaboration Possibilities

Paid plans have very capable collaboration possibilities. Users can leave comments with feedback for the creator to review and make edits.

Brand Kit

There is no set section for a brand kit but branded decks can be created and then cloned to use as a template.

Share to Social Media

Yes, quite easily.

Offline Viewing

A Slides presentations can be downloaded as a ZIP file with an .html file inside that can be viewed offline on any browser.

Privacy and Analytics

Possible with paid plans.

Lead Generation

This is not possible on Slides.

8 Slidebean
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Slidebean is an easy-to-use presentation software with interesting templates and customizable content blocks.

The highlight of this presentation software is that it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help you put together the best possible slide layouts and configurations. They also have a team of experts that can both write and design your pitch deck for you if you don't want to take the DIY route.

Price Tag

The free plan has limited capabilities but it's enough to see how Slidebean works. To export your presentation, you'll need to upgrade.

There are three price levels from $8/month to $19/month to $149/month. The last one is the Founder's Edition plan, which includes help from the experts on your presentations.

If you choose to get their help on your presentation design, it starts at $29 per slide or $1,999 for the full project.

Sign up. It's free.

Ease of Use

Slidebean is quite easy to use. You can choose between templates or start from scratch. Adding content is simple and to the point from a popup.

Editing can be done in outline or design mode. The editing is limited to how the content blocks are set up, but there are lots of choices. There's no free size changing or moving around.

Who Is It For

Startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Template Options

There are plenty of template options. They are organized in sections and niche. The template collection has presentations by known brands like Snapchat and Buzzfeed.

Graphic Assets Library

There are plenty of icons and images to choose from. However, there are no shapes, but icons can be used as shapes.

Videos and GIFs

GIFs can be added via the Giphy integration in a content block. Video can be added in the paid plans.

Audio

There are no audio capabilities.

Embed Third-Party Content

The code snippet content block has lots of options so a lot of different kinds of third-party content can be added in.

Animations

Content blocks and their elements can be animated with a couple features.

Desktop or Cloud

Slidebean is an online program on the cloud.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

It can be used to edit or view on any device.

Collaboration Possibilities

Collaboration is possible in the paid plans.

Brand Kit

This feature is available in the paid plans.

Sharing to Social Media

This feature is available in the paid plans.

Offline Viewing

Slidebean presentations can be exported to download as both .pdf and .html files to view offline.

Privacy and Password Protection

This feature is not available.

Analytics

Analytics are available in the paid plans.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available.
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Zoho Show is a presentation software that mimics Microsoft PowerPoint in the way it is set up, with a menu up top for all the actions. However, Zoho's version is much nicer and polished.

Zoho is a complete CRM for businesses and the company offers different types of apps for teams and office use - Zoho Show is only one of their programs.

Price Tag

Creating a presentation with Zoho Show is free for up to 5 users. For more professional features and storage, paid plans start from $3/user/month, paid annually.

Ease of Use

Zoho Show is pretty easy to use. The content blocks can be chosen as themes but they can also be moved around freely and resized. The presentation can be viewed in three ways, with a handy grid view to see all slides next to each other.

Who Is It For

Businesses, entrepreneurs, educators and students. Anyone who needs to make a presentation.

Template Options

There aren't exactly templates, but there are themes. These do not come with images or lorem ipsum but are more like visual canvases that can be customized in terms of color, layout and more.

Graphic Assets Library

The shapes are pretty good, there are quite a bit to choose from. An added bonus is the possibility to draw shapes or scribble anything yourself with the trackpad.

Videos and GIFs

Videos can be added via the YouTube integration and GIFs can be added as an image.

Audio

Audio can be added via Soundcloud with an embed code.

Embed Third-Party Content

There are a number of sites that are supported via Embed codes but not that many. Zoho Show says that you can ask your needs to be added in the permitted list.

Animations

All elements and transitions can be animated.

Desktop or Cloud

Zoho Show is a cloud bases program and can be broadcast from anywhere and on any device. The live broadcast includes a chat window and the audience can download the presentation if they want to.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

You can only create presentations on a computer.

Collaboration Possibilities

Teams can easily use Zoho Show, even in the free version.

Brand Kit

Custom branding is only available in the highest paid plan.

Share to Social Media

Sharing to social media is not possible unless downloaded as a PDF file and then uploaded to something like SlideShare.

Offline Viewing

Presentations can be downloaded as .pptx or .pdf files for offline viewing.

Privacy and Password Protection

Yes, this is possible on all plans.

Analytics

Analytics are possible on the paid plans.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available.

10 Beautiful.ai
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
Beautiful.ai is a presentation software that helps you create great-looking slides with the help of Artificial Intelligence. This means that your presentation will look professional every single time, regardless of who designs it.

Price Tag

Beautiful.ai currently offers a Pro plan at $12/month and a Team plan at $40/month, both billed annually. They offer a 14-day free trial to test out their tool.

Ease of Use

This is probably the best thing about Beautiful.ai - it's incredibly simple to use. All you need to do is add smart slides, plug in your content, and choose from different preset layouts.

Of course, that also means that you have limited customization options. But if you're looking for a simple solution and you don't trust your design skills, this may be a good option for you.

Who Is It For

Beautiful.ai is a great tool for absolute beginners and non-designers who are looking for a no-nonsense presentation software.

For example, startups and entrepreneurs can use this software to create a nice-looking pitch deck or proposal quickly without any design help.

Template Options

There are a handful of slide themes available, but they're mostly basic in terms of design. You can play around with the layouts inside each theme to put together a unique presentation.

Graphic Assets Library

The graphic assets library comes with a bunch of free stock photos and icons to choose from, but the options are pretty limited.

Videos and GIFs

Videos and GIFs can be uploaded from your computer. You can also import videos from YouTube and Vimeo to embed in your slides.

Audio

Audio can be uploaded from your computer.

Embed Third-Party Content

It's not possible to embed third-party content into Beautiful.ai presentations. However, you can add interactive links to your slides.

Animations

Each slide comes with a preset animation style that you're unable to customize. However, you can change the speed, timing and triggers for the animations.

Desktop or Cloud

Beautiful.ai is a cloud-based application.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

The software only works on your desktop computer.

Collaboration Possibilities

You can invite people to collaborate on your presentation by either giving them "view" or "edit" access. Collaborators must have a Beautiful.ai account to view or edit the presentation.

Brand Kit

While there's no brand kit feature available, you can customize a theme (colors and fonts) and save it to your library to use in future presentations.

Share to Social Media

There are several options to share your presentations. Send an email invite, share a public or private link, generate an embed code or share directly to social media.

Offline Viewing

You can export your presentations to PDF or PowerPoint to view offline.

Privacy and Password Protection

There is no password protection, but you can use the Secure Viewing option to only share your presentation with other Beautiful.ai users via an email invite.

Analytics

This feature is only available in the paid plans. You can access a number of viewing and usage statistics for your presentations.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available in Beautiful.ai.

11 Genially
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
The main idea behind the Genially presentation software is interactivity.

This program is good not only for presentations and video presentations, but also for other visual graphics. It's great for adding a modern, interactive feel to your presentations.

Price Tag

There is a free plan in Genially, which gives you unlimited creations but limited resources.

There are two types of paid plans; education and business. The education plans start at $1.25/month and go up to $20.82/month, billed annually. The professional plans start at $7.49/month and go up to $79.15/month, billed annually. You can also ask for custom plans by reaching out.

Ease of Use

Genially is easy to use if you are accustomed to programs with lots of choices. There is a lot that can be done with the features in Genially.

Any change can be applied to all slides with a single click of the button in the menu. When editing, there is a "design view" and a "layers view."

Who Is It For

Professionals and educators of any field who can benefit from interactive presentations.

Template Options

There are plenty of template options. Some are free and some are only available via the premium plans. Presentation templates are also available as "video presentations."

Graphic Assets Library

The graphic assets in Genially are quite varied; there is plenty to choose from. Images can be uploaded or found on the Pixabay integration.

Videos and GIFs

Videos can be added via a YouTube link and GIFs can be imported with the Giphy integration.

Audio

Audio can be uploaded from your computer, added via SoundCloud and a couple of other integrations, or recorded directly in Genially.

Embed Third-Party Content

Third-party content can be added to your presentations with Genially integrations. For example, you can add an interactive map via Google Maps.

Animations

All elements can be animated, as can the transitions between slides. Animation effects are quite extensive. There is a similar tab called "interactivity," which are pop-ups and hyperlinks supplied with lots of button choices.

Desktop or Cloud

Genially is a cloud-based presentation program.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

This program is only available to edit on computers but can be viewed on any device.

Collaboration Possibilities

It seems that a professional plan allows 5 team members, but the pricing plan shows that all plans have collaborative capabilities. Collaborators can be added in the dashboard where all creations are stored.

Brand Kit

Brand kits are available in the premium plans. It is an internal feature with easy access.

Share to Social Media

Finished presentations can be shared to social media.

Offline Viewing

Finished presentations can be downloaded as a set of .jpg images, as a .pdf or as an .html5 file which will keep all animations.

Privacy and Analytics

Premium plans have these features.

Lead Generation

This is not available in Genially.
Last updated on February 4, 2022.
Canva is not only a presentation software but also a full editing program for all visual needs. Presentation creation is only one of the possibilities with Canva. It has become a favorite with bloggers and home-based businesses.

Price Tag

The free version of Canva is pretty extensive.

The only restrictions are the use of premium resources that can be either bought separately or through the Canva Pro plan. Canva Pro is charged at $12.99/month or $119.99/year.

Ease of Use

Canva is easy to use as all elements are easy to find and are mostly customizable. Presentations are viewed scrolling; there is no master view and you can't change something on all slides at once.

Who Is It For

Bloggers, small home-based businesses and startups

Template Options

There are lots of customizable template options, and each slide inside the templates can be used individually.

Graphic Assets Library

There are plenty of options in the graphic assets library, including shapes, icons, photos, frames and stickers. Some are free, while others are paid.

Videos and GIFs

Videos and GIFs can be uploaded to Canva.

Audio

You can add music to your presentations using the available options inside Canva.

Embed Third-Party Content

Canva offers dozens of integrations and media embed options, including YouTube, Google Maps, Vimeo, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter and more.

Animations

There are several animation options that apply to entire slides inside Canva. You can also add animated stickers to your slides.

Desktop or Cloud

Canva is a cloud-based app. Presentations can be seen on any device.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Canva is available as an iPhone app and an android app for editing capabilities.

Collaboration Possibilities

Presentations can be shared for editing with team members.

Brand Kit

Canva Pro has a brand kit feature.

Share to Social Media

Presentations can be shared on Twitter and Facebook.

Offline Viewing

Presentations can be downloaded as a group of .png or .jpg images or as a .pdf. You can also download it as an MP4 video for offline viewing.

Privacy and Password Protection

All designs on Canva are private unless they are made public or shared via a link. There is no password protected sharing though.

Analytics and Lead Generation

These features are not available in Canva.

13 FlowVella
Last updated on October 27, 2022.
FlowVella is a downloadable presentation software that can be used offline. The main attraction of FlowVella is the Kiosk Mode, in which you can create interactive presentations like the ones used in museums or information counters at malls or hotels.

Price Tag

FlowVella is free to try out. You can use it free forever but the options are limited and the finished presentations has a watermark.

Ease of Use

FlowVella is pretty easy to use, and the controls are straightforward and uncomplicated.

Who Is It For

This presentation software is for professionals and educators that need to be able to create presentations offline. Also for those who can take advantage of the Kiosk Mode.

Template Options

The template options are quite varied and well designed.

Graphic Assets Library

The graphic assets library is very limited. Photographs and images need to be uploaded from your computer.

Videos and GIFs

Videos can be uploaded or found via YouTube, iCloud and Dropbox integrations when online. GIFs can be added as images.

Audio

Audio can be uploaded from your computer, or added via iCloud or Dropbox.

Embed Third-Party Content

You can add PDF files.

Animations

Only the transitions are animated minimally.

Desktop or Cloud

This is a desktop-based application. It must be downloaded.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

There are iPad and device apps available for editing on those devices as well.

Collaboration Possibilities

Paid premium plans can work with teams.

Brand Kit

Brand kits are not available.

Share to Social Media

Presentations can be shared on Facebook and Twitter.

Offline Viewing

Since this is a desktop application, offline viewing is not a complication.

Privacy and Analytics

These features are available in the paid plans. Analytics can be viewed once the presentation has been published online.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available on FlowVella.

14 Haiku Deck
Last updated on October 8, 2020.
Haiku Deck is a presentation software that is straightforward with a simple interface that makes quick and practical presentations. Presentations can be created on the computer and on mobile devices.

Price Tag

Haiku Deck can be tried for free with one available presentation. The Public plan is USD 7.99 a month, Pro plans are USD 9.99 a month billed annually and USD 19.99 billed monthly, and Premium plans are USD 29.99 a month.

Ease of Use

Haiku Deck is quite easy to use and menus are easy to follow. There are word size limiters and specific text placement choices for each slide. Charts are simple to create and can be customized. The editor can be connected via cloud to all devices. The new addition, Zuru, is an Artificial Intelligence system that creates creative presentations from simple PowerPoint files or outlines.

Who Is It For

The Haiku Deck presentation software is geared mostly at educators and classrooms. Businesses and bloggers can also use it for practical purposes.

Template Options

Templates on Haiku Deck are more like an inspiring collection of photographs for a specific niche with some suggestions on where to place the text and what charts to include.

Graphic Assets Library

The available graphic assets library in Haiku Deck are millions of photographs, numerous font choices and charts and graphs.

Videos and GIFs

YouTube videos can be embedded easily in a Haiku Deck. GIFs cannot be added to Haiku Decks but a finished presentation can be turned into a video or into a GIF.

Audio

Narrations and voice overs are easily recorded on a presentation in Haiku Deck.

Embed Third-Party Content

Only videos can be embedded.

Animations

Features can't be animated in Haiku Deck

Desktop or Cloud / Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Haiku Deck is a cloud-based app that is available for editing and viewing on your laptop and also as an app on phones and tablets.

Offline Viewing

Haiku decks can be downloaded as .pptx files for offline viewing.

Share to Social Media

Presentations can be easily shared to social media from the editor.

Collaboration Possibilities

Haiku Deck offers team possibilities upon request.

Brand Kit

There is no brand kit, but you can add your logo to the finished product.

Privacy and Password Protection

Pro and Premium plans have private and password-protected capabilities

Analytics

Premium plans have analytics for who has viewed your presentations.

Lead Generation

Emails cannot be captured with Haiku Deck but slides and presentations can be sent with invitations to your existing email contacts.

15 Microsoft Sway
Last updated on October 8, 2020.
Microsoft has its own alternative to PowerPoint - Sway.

This online presentation software is completely different from PowerPoint and introduces a new concept of building "Sways" instead of "presentations."

Price Tag

Sway is free to use for anyone who has a Microsoft account.

Ease of Use

It's super easy to use Sway and kind of fun too. It has a non-traditional storyline editor, which lets you add "blocks" of content that the software configures into layouts.

Who Is It For

Sway is mostly for people who don't want to spend too much time designing a complex presentation. For example, students and nonprofit organizations.

Template Options

There are several templates for different purposes, such as photo slideshows, sales trainings and even personal portfolios.

Graphic Assets Library

You can upload your own media or search from various sources inside Sway, including Flickr and Bing Images. There are no shapes and icons included.

Videos and GIFs

You can upload videos from your device or embed from YouTube.

Audio

You can add audio to Sway by uploading or dragging and dropping the audio file onto your storyline from your computer.

Embed Third-Party Content

You can embed images, videos, maps and other content from tons of websites, including Google Maps, Soundcloud, Twitter, Facebook and more.

Animations

Sway automatically adds animations to your slides. You cannot change or customize them; you can only increase or decrease the level of animation added to your Sway.

Desktop or Cloud

Sway is an online, cloud-based software.

Available to Create on Multiple Devices

Sway works on any device with an internet browser.

Collaboration Possibilities

You can invite people to view or edit your Sway presentation.

Brand Kit

Brand kits are not available.

Share to Social Media

Sway presentations can be shared directly to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Offline Viewing

You can download your Sway as a Word or PDF file to view offline.

Privacy and Password Protection

There is no password protection available, but you can choose to share your Sway with specific people, anyone with a link or only people in your organization who have a link.

Analytics

You can view reader statistics for your Sway if you have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription.

Lead Generation

This feature is not available in Microsoft Sway.

Looking for a Presentation Software?

The best presentation software for you depends on your budget, needs and number of users. If you're looking for an easy-to-use presentation maker that also comes with unique features that you won't find in most other tools, Visme might be a great option.

You can look for the right pricing plan for your needs and even apply for a discount if you're a nonprofit organization. And if you just want to try out Visme to see if it's a good fit, sign up for a free account and use it for as long as you like - no strings attached.

Which of these best presentation software options fits your needs? If you have any questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you below.

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The importance of data loggers in school science has increased in the past few years. A continued growth on teaching and learning new STEM skills across the world is one of the main reasons why. What's more, governments across the world have highlighted a shortage of STEM skills across the workforce as a key economic problem. So, what are data loggers? How can they be used by schools? And what are the benefits to using data loggers in schools? Let us explain.

What is a data logger?

The simplest definition of a data logger is that it is a piece of equipment that captures data over a given period of time. Typically, data loggers contain built-in sensors such as temperature or sound sensors. The sensors can be programmed to capture different amounts of external information for varying amounts of time.

Used extensively in schools across the world, data loggers help students complete experiments. For example, how do levels of carbon dioxide alter during the different stages of a plant's photosynthesis cycle. At more advanced levels, data loggers can capture hundreds of thousands of pieces of information from multiple sources (sensors), allowing students to compare and analyse data.

How can schools use data loggers?

Data loggers are perfect for using in schools. With a wide variety of uses, they make science experiments simple, easily repeatable and in real time. Put simply, students can capture data as they see it happening. This gives them a chance to experience real life science, participate like real scientists and adapt and change their experiments based on the results they are gathering.

A simple experiment such as the temperature change of hot water is easy to set up with results available within minutes. With data loggers often utilising sensors such as distance, sound, light, pH, air pressure and temperature, there are hundreds of different experiments for students. Here are just a few of our favourites:

Boyle's Law

How gravity influences the free fall motion of a table tennis ball

How greenhouses affect temperature inside and outside

The effects of exercise on our heart rate

Measuring the pH of common drinks

What are the advantages to using data loggers in schools?

In today's modern and changing world, the ability of students to be adaptable is key. In other words, students need to be able to change their thinking based on their observations, emergence of new information or outcomes of experiments, whether successful or not.

For primary schools, data loggers are perfect for introducing computing and technology into the primary curriculum. Young minds are inquisitive! Using equipment in the classroom helps bring science lessons to life and builds confidence with using technology that is not normally present in class.

In secondary schools, colleges and universities, data loggers come into their own. With more complicated experiments taking place, data loggers can be programmed to capture hundreds of measurements each second, every second, without the need to take a break. If required, they can capture data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Data loggers also offer schools significant advantages over other data capture methods including:

Speed - data loggers can capture thousands of pieces of information in seconds as well as capturing data when students are not around

Accuracy - data loggers automatically capture the required information, reducing the risk of human error and removing the risk of a forgotten or missed reading

Storage - data loggers can store large amounts of data which is accessible for analysis by students at a later time

Why are data loggers more accurate?

The beauty of data loggers is that once the sensors have been selected, they can be left alone to capture data about their current surroundings. A major benefit of this is the fact that, once running, they require little or no human interaction, allowing large amounts of data to be collected.

As highlighted above, data loggers also help to reduce the risk of human error or the capturing of inaccurate information. Additionally, most data loggers allow users to specify how many samples to take and how often to take them. This gives them a major benefit over manual capturing systems as the risk of missing or forgetting to take a reading is vastly reduced.

Which data loggers should I use?

We would recommend SensorDisc TM from our range. It's a complete, all-in-one science data logger in the palm of your hand. With 12 built-in sensors, it offers unparalleled convenience, cost and portability for schools. It has a battery life of up to 150 hours, the capability to capture 100,000 samples per second and the ability to save one million samples.

SensorDisc TM comes complete with detailed analysis software allowing teachers and students to easily visualise their experiments and practicals and interrogate their collected data. It also contains a number of guides introducing common experiments, the theory behind each one and how to perform and, most importantly, analyse the data collected.

To find out more about SensorDisc TM, visit www.findel-international.com/sensordisc

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All about our mind map template

When it comes to documenting, presenting, and processing information, it’s hard to beat a good visual. And when it comes to visuals, it’s hard to go wrong with a mind map.

What is a mind map?

Mind maps are a powerful tool that can be used for both generating new ideas and representing existing ones. So whether you’re brainstorming solutions to a problem or recalling information, consider using a mind map!

At the center of a mind map is a central concept, idea, or thought: What is the focus of your brainstorm? From that central idea, your mind map should branch out into related or subordinate concepts and ideas. And those branch out into even more related ideas. And so on. The resulting visual should look something like a web.

You’ll probably notice two things about the structure of mind maps. One, they are incredibly flexible. There is no limit to the number of branches, subconcepts, and relationships you can include—your mind map will be exactly as detailed as you need it to be. And two, the web-like appearance makes it incredibly easy to visualize and understand the relationships between each concept or idea.

How to use this mind map template

Originally, mind mapping was done the old-fashioned way: with a pencil and paper. But luckily, those days are behind us! Click “Use this template” to open a blank, beautifully styled mind map on your virtual whiteboard in Lucidspark.

By creating your mind map online, you can invite other team members to collaborate from anywhere, and the results of your brainstorm will be documented for future use. No more ideas lost to physical whiteboards.

Type your central concept or idea in the central box, fill out the branches, and you’re off to the races. If you need more text boxes, don’t worry—draw a line from an existing shape to add another connecting shape!

And the best part? You can share your mind map with colleagues, invite them to edit it, and access it from any computer! By using this online mind map template, you can ask team members, even those who work remotely, to participate from anywhere, and the results of your brainstorm will be documented for future use. No more ideas lost to physical whiteboards.

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This section is focused on literacy in Science.

The information and resources address the reading and viewing, writing, and speaking and listening modes across the Science curriculum.

Literacy in Science is not the same as scientific literacy, but the two are interconnected.

Literacy in Science:

refers to the literate practices and strategies that enable individuals to understand, synthesise and communicate Science content knowledge

relates to the reading, viewing, writing, speaking and listening practices that students use to access, understand and communicate scientific knowledge.

Scientific literacy refers to:

an individual's understanding of scientific concepts, phenomena and processes, and their ability to apply this knowledge to new and, at times, non-scientific situations (PISA, 2018).

For students to develop scientific literacy, they must first engage in literate practices to develop their understanding of scientific concepts. Put another way, improving students' literacy in Science will help them to better develop their scientific understanding and scientific inquiry skills, which increases their scientific literacy.

Language is fundamental to Science. Literacy strategies allow students to develop their understanding of science and to do and communicate science (Yore et al., 2003). Knowing how to read and write scientific texts and diagrams, for example, facilitates students' understanding of complex scientific knowledge and processes.

Integral to the scientific method is the ability to:

ask questions

listen to explanations

present a conclusion.

Scientific language can be incredibly dense for some students, and in many cases every day and scientific uses of words or terms differ. For example,

"weight" and "mass" are used interchangeably in everyday situations, whereas in science they have completely different meanings

in science, the word "culture" refers to the process of growing living material, not the set of shared attitudes, beliefs and values of a group of people.

By using targeted literacy teaching strategies, teachers are able to support:

students to understand and correctly use new scientific vocabulary and terms

students' ability to question, predict and explain.

These skills not only support students' ability to navigate the scientific method, but also help students to clarify, extend and communicate their developing knowledge of scientific content.

Communication and writing in Science is highly specialised. Students must be able to read and write texts that are often dense, technical and abstract (Fang, 2005).

Scientific texts are also complex as they are comprised of multiple genres. Explicitly teaching students about the textual features of the various genres they will encounter in Science should help to improve students' reading and writing. The common genres students will read and write in Science include:

procedural recounts

explanations

discussions.

Scientific texts are also typically multimodal, containing written language, diagrams and images. Teaching students how multimodal elements of a text work together to create meaning will help them to develop and communicate their scientific understanding.

In this video, Prof Jan van Driel and Dr Victoria Millar discuss the importance of teaching literacy in Science. They also outline the various genres students encounter in the Science classroom.

Teacher prompts

What are the range of texts students write in your classroom? How do you support your students to write these texts?

How do you support students to read in science? How do you ensure diverse learners are able to meet the complex demands of reading in science?

Literate practices are embedded in the aims of the Victorian Curriculum: Science. For example, the curriculum aims to make sure students develop an:

interest in science as a means of expanding their curiosity and willingness to explore, ask questions about and speculate on the changing world in which they live

ability to communicate scientific understanding and findings to a range of audiences, to justify ideas on the basis of evidence, and to evaluate and debate scientific arguments and claims (VCAA, n.d.).

The Science Inquiry Skills strand emphasises the subject-specific nature of language and literacy requirements as part of the scientific method. Within Science, students do reading and viewing, writing, and speaking and listening to:

identify and construct questions

propose predictions

plan experiments

record and analyse data

communicate information and ideas.

The literacy demands of Science go beyond the inquiry skills. Being able to read, view, write, speak about and listen to a variety of texts in Science allow students' to access new scientific content, and as a result,develop their scientific knowledge.

Fang, Z. (2005). Scientific literacy: A systemic functional linguistics perspective. Science education, 89(2), 335-347.

PISA. (2018). Scientific literacy

VCAA. (n.d). Victorian Curriculum: Science.

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This section is focused on literacy in Science. The information and resources address the reading and viewing, writing, and speaking and listening modes across the Science curriculum. Literacy in Science is not the same as scientific literacy, but the two are interconnected.

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Russell's Paradox - A Ripple in the Foundations of Mathematics

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This resource is great for finding relevant information on a range of topics. Filters provide a guide to the content that frames the students needs.

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In this activity, students further explore the short film Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn, by working through the mathematical concepts behind George Beadle's claim that teosinte is the wild ancestor of maize.

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Empowering Educators. Inspiring Students. Real science, real stories, and real data to engage students in exploring the living world.

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Science Lesson Videos - Free Phenomena Videos - OpenSciEd

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Check out our library of phenomena science lesson videos as part of our free instructional materials for high school!

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Learn about all the sciences, from physics, chemistry and biology, to cosmology and astronomy, across hundreds of videos, articles and practice questions.

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An interesting network of science teachers working towards a different delivery of science education

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Check out the guidance for the steps to designing a coherent NGSS aligned storyline. Explore unpacking, identifying phenomena, and sequencing investigations to help students build science ideas, step by step.

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Exploratorium - Science Teacher Core Elements

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Exploratorium - Science Teacher Core Elements

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Here at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute (TI), we've seen classroom video be a valuable tool for teachers to reflect on their practice. We think the same could be useful for teacher professional learning providers.

This website highlights core elements of our program design and uses video to provide the experience of taking four different TI workshops. We hope our philosophy of learning by doing, and our practice of providing long-term support for our community, will help you in your own work with teachers.

We thank all of our teacher participants for their contributions, and especially for sharing their views and insights.

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Supporting Science Teachers | Exploratorium

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Here at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute (TI), we've seen classroom video be a valuable tool for teachers to reflect on their practice. We think the same could be useful for teacher professional learning providers. This website highlights core elements of our program design and uses video to provide the experience of taking four different TI workshops.

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A plethora of resources to teach Science

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Resources For Lesson Plan For Science | PBS LearningMedia

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Discover free resources designed for your lesson plan for science. Explore natural phenomena and scientific practices with videos, games, and activities for all grades.