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Pru Mitchell

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Early Years Transitions: Supporting Children And Families At Risk Of Experiencing Vulnerability: Rapid Literature Review, Jacynta Krakouer, Pru Mitchell, Jenny Trevitt, Anita Kochanoff Apr 2017

Early Years Transitions: Supporting Children And Families At Risk Of Experiencing Vulnerability: Rapid Literature Review, Jacynta Krakouer, Pru Mitchell, Jenny Trevitt, Anita Kochanoff

Pru Mitchell

This rapid literature review on support for children and families at risk of experiencing vulnerability in early years transitions was commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. It sought to understand how Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services, professionals and teachers could better support children at risk of vulnerability, and their families, during transitions. The transitions included are from home, out-of-home care (OOHC) and other programs/services to ECEC services and to school. In particular, this review focuses on the support needs of children who have experienced trauma, children living in out-of-home care, refugee children, and children who …

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Sustaining Social Networks In Education, Pru Mitchell May 2009

Sustaining Social Networks In Education, Pru Mitchell

Pru Mitchell

This paper draws on experience in innovation projects at Education.au in the past two years considering how social networking might enhance professional learning for educators. The resulting service (me.edu.au) aims to put the individual rather than the institution at the centre of learning, and to provide individual educators with support as they step into Web 2.0. While professional learning and collaborative knowledge construction are desirable goals of professional social networking, this case study outlines challenges faced through the Innovate – Collaborate – Sustain phases of such projects. It provides an evaluation of Education.au’s online professional networking project using the 5-stage …

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Edna's World: Searching, Streaming & Sharing Digital Curriculum, Pru Mitchell Nov 2005

Edna's World: Searching, Streaming & Sharing Digital Curriculum, Pru Mitchell

Pru Mitchell

A hands-on workshop demonstrating curriculum applications integrating three key functions of Education Network Australia (EdNA) Online. Teachers used EdNA Search to locate selected, safe digital resources for use in online curriculum modules or learning quests. EdNA RSS feeds delivered news and new resources to the desktop, intranet, learning management system or website. Teachers shared ideas and resources, and worked with others to develop collaborative curriculum support materials using EdNA Groups.   

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