Protext

With its fun, bright and colourful covers; the Protext range of school products are sure to be a hit with children, parents and teachers alike.

Best of all; the durable and long lasting PP (polypropylene) cover means that there is no book cover required.

The range includes Exercise Books, Binder Books, Scrap Books, Writing Books, Note Books, Subject Books and Sketch Books.

Available in at least 5 bright colours with added features like a 4 year calendar, Activity Page and 4 colour World Map centre spread to all 96pg and 128 pg versions.

Suitable for Pre Schoolers, Primary, Secondary, University Students and the Office.

Visit the website: www.notestationery.com.au or contact: info@notestationery.com.au

Vote of Thanks from Gilt Edge Publishing

 Thank you to all those who visited our stand at QUEDREX 2012. It was wonderful to meet and talk to so many dedicated teachers. There was alot of interest particularly in our Search for Sound and Prowel for Vowel poster packs for which we can offer you a 10% discount.

For further information, please contact us via our email address: info@giltedgepublishing.co.nz



ITTY BITTY BINS

Looking for a bright and fun way to keep the classroom neat and tidy? Then make sure you have a look at the latest range of Itty Bitty Bins. Available in 4 fabulous colours pink, purple, blue and red; and in 5 convenient sizes. From the 6ltr 'Maxxy' all the way down to the 'Weensy' 0.25ltr size.

They are ideal for the classroom, art room, office or anywhere that you need to keep tidy.

They can also act as an organiser for the student's tables to hold pencils, scissors glue sticks etc

Visit the website: www.notestationery.com.au or contact: info@notestationery.com.au

QUEDREX 2013 dates announced!

This is a friendly note for you to add and share the details (as listed below) for the 6th annual Queensland Education Resources Expo (QUEDREX) in your schools calendar and personal diaries.


Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 August, 2013
10am – 3pm
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank
Free Admission!


QUEDREX is the largest education trade show for education professionals in Queensland. The expo will bring together education professionals and decision makers from early childcare, primary, middle and high schooling and higher education, to discover, try and test the latest resources, equipment and services available to the education sector.


Visitors have a chance to get new ideas for their workplace, careers and students. To obtain your free tickets, please register online here by going to the visitor registration webpage to enter your details and receive your free tickets early next year.


The event will offer visitors, who are fully registered teachers, the opportunity to address a number of the ten Professional Standards required for registration renewal under the Queensland College of Teachers Continuing Professional Development Framework.

QUEDREX offers visitors –
* A diverse and expansive group of suppliers showcasing the latest educational resources
* A range of seminars and workshops focusing on key issues for educators
* Special offers, competitions and prizes including the chance to win an Apple iPad!
* A Certificate of Attendance, upon request, as a record of Professional Development
* Innovative ideas to adapt into your workplace
* A free expo guide

  For more information visit www.quedrex.com.au or see the latest updates on www.facebook.com/QUEDREX

TeamBoard Australia prize winner

Congratulations to B. Gerber from Livingstone Christian College for winning an Interactive Tablet from TeamBoard Australia at the 2012 QUEDREX.

THANKS!

Thanks to everyone that attended the 5th annual Queensland Education Resources Expo over the weekend. The event is now closed for 2012.

It was once again a wonderful success. Thus far, feedback has been very positive. We hope you all were able to gather lots of information & ask questions to help with your career and workplace.


We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
Dates for 2013 will be released in the coming months so keep an eye out for the details on www.quedrex.com.au

Let’s talk about Flipping the Classroom

Ron Kordyban, BA, BEd, Med, is an Educational Developer and Teaching Fellow at Bond University. His specialization is in facilitating professional development for academics using interactive and Web 2.0 tools and resources.

He has over 20 years experience in teaching different subjects at various levels primary through tertiary, including training teachers and running PD workshops. His research interests include mobile learning, computer adaptive assessment and technologically friendly pedagogy.


At QUEDREX this year, Ron will be running a presentation, Let’s talk about Flipping the Classroom- a growing teaching philosophy which aims to turn education upside down.

Flipping the classroom involves moving much of the content delivery portion of teaching out of the classroom. It incorporates existing free web based resources to take advantage of existing online content, as well as the ability to create your own content resources which students can view on their own. That frees in class time to focus on problem solving, debates, discussions and other application based activities.

It also helps accommodate the learner diversity typical of most classrooms. In a world where content overload is available at the click of a button, it seems to make sense to adopt an blended learning approach which turns the role of the teacher away from being a ‘sage on the stage’ to a ‘guide on the side’.

Learn more about flipping the classroom and what it can do for you and your students at QUEDREX. For more information and session time check out the website www.quedrex.com.au

Five Compelling Reasons You Should Attend QUEDREX

Peter Price, the Classroom Professor has written the following post to help answer some lingering questions you may have about attending the event next month.

QUEDREX, the Queensland Education Resources Expo, is in its fifth year, and the 2012 expo looks like being the biggest and best so far. Why should a teacher give up time on a weekend to attend?


1. Save money on essential classroom resources.

Vendors from around Australia will have some of their best prices on offer at QUEDREX. There simply isn’t a better opportunity to try out new resources for your classroom and buy them at unbeatable prices.

2. Receive professional development credit and pick up great teaching ideas at the same time.

Over the two days of QUEDREX, there will be a large variety of workshops and seminars, conducted by experts in Australian education on a wide variety of topics. There really is something for every teacher, and each one can be counted towards Professional Development hours, part of teachers’ responsibilities for retaining their QCT registration. Make sure you go to the QUEDREX Information Booth before leaving, to sign up for your certificate of attendance.

3. Recharge your professional batteries in the company of like-minded educators.

Outside school, QUEDREX would have to be one of the easiest ways to mix with hundreds of people who care as much as you do about education. Many vendors with products on display were themselves classroom teachers at some stage, having developed products after seeing needs in classrooms. In fact, quite a few vendors are still teachers, and so can talk to you expertly about what works in real classrooms with real students.

4. Refresh your knowledge of what is current in education resourcing.

No teacher wants to become stale or jaded about their profession. At QUEDREX, you can easily get a feel for the way classroom resources are going, the latest technology, the newest ideas for teaching your subject. Vendors will be displaying their very latest products to keep your classroom and your resources “cutting edge”.

5. Take advantage of an expo not available anywhere else.

Other cities have other conferences and expos that cost hundreds of dollars to attend, but only Brisbane has a free Resources Expo designed just for educators. Rather than a conference with a lot of sessions you don’t want to attend, QUEDREX has one main purpose: to show you the best of what is available to help you in your own classroom.

Four Steps to Decimals Without Tears

Why do students find decimal fractions so difficult?
In classrooms all over Queensland there are students who just don’t “get” decimals, who struggle to complete any question in which there is a decimal point.

Here are 4 simple yet vital steps to reversing this situation, which will work in any classroom:


1. Connect Decimals to Common Fractions.

Don’t start teaching about decimals until students really understand what a fraction is, and can confidently use fraction language and written notation for a variety of fraction sizes (denominators).

2. Use Proportional Models for Decimals to Show How Small They Are.

The best model we have found is the “cut up one block”, based on the 1cm cube. Find a way to show slices, chips and mini-cubes (1 mm), and students will immediately see how small decimals really are.

3. Carefully Sequence Instruction From Tenths to Thousandths.

Start slowly by showing how a one block can be made into 10 pieces, called “tenths”. Gradually build understanding of regrouping, skip counting and the rest, then add hundredths, then thousandths.

4. Rinse and Repeat.

Well, not exactly. But students need to keep moving on to using decimals in measurement, probability, geometry and so on, putting their knowledge of these vital fractions to good use in later maths classes.        

At QUEDREX, Classroom Professor is re-releasing the award-winning program Hi-Flyer Decimals, revised and extended for use with an interactive whiteboard.
Visit our stand at the Queensland Education Resources Expo on the 8th and 9th of September for 25% off normal online prices.

No-Bull Approach to Number Facts

Since handheld calculators first appeared on students’ desks in the 1970s, there has been a push to relegate memorisation of times tables to the history books.

Would you say this is producing better maths results? No, I thought not.

Frankly, replacing number fact recall with mindless button pushing on calculators has been a disaster wherever this experiment has been tried. Kids in many classrooms today simply don’t have a clue what a fact like “3 times 6” equals, and this fundamental lack of basic mathematical knowledge is holding them back from making further progress in maths.

I’m certain you know that maths fluency (and NAPLAN numeracy scores) rest on a solid foundation of knowing all the basic +/- facts to 20, and x/÷ to 100. And to achieve that for all your students, you are going to have to use a system.

Four-step process for generating fool-proof memorisation of number facts:

1.  Teach strategies for visualising and thinking smartly about sets of facts that go together (doubles, rainbow facts, etc.)

2.  Use carefully sequenced sets of practice exercises, done at least 4 days a week, to target one strategy at a time, building up to knowing all the facts

3.  Extend strategies to larger examples like 60+70

4.  Set expectations high, refuse to allow calculators to replace memorisation

At QUEDREX, Classroom Professor is launching 20 eBooks for teaching all basic facts in Years 2-6.

Visit our stand at the Queensland Education Resources Expo on the 8th and 9th of September for 25% off normal online prices. For further event details and venue information please visit the QUEDREX website.

QUEDREX: June Update

At the Queensland Education Resources Expo (QUEDREX) you will find the latest resources, services and ideas for your career, classroom and students all under the one roof.

This expo also provides the opportunity to address some of the Professional Standards required for registration renewal under the Queensland College of Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development Framework.

In addition, visitors to the event will have access to leading suppliers of school, classroom and curriculum resources and seminars covering key issues within the education sector.

8 & 9 September 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
10am – 3pm
Admission is free
http://www.quedrex.com.au/

All staff from early childcare, primary to secondary schooling and higher education will benefit from attending this event. Please assist your colleagues by passing this information on.

We also encourage Education facilities to organise a group of staff members to attend QUEDREX and collect relevant information for classrooms, career development and facilities as a whole. If you have any interested colleagues or staff members who have not registered yet, please remind them to visit http://www.quedrex.com.au/ to register for their free tickets online prior the expo.

Join our Facebook page www.facebook.com/quedrex or visit our website http://www.quedrex.com.au/ regularly for updates on the exhibitor list, presentation sessions, exhibitor special offers and competitions which will be updated next month. We encourage you to check these regularly as we post updates online frequently and these documents will help you plan your attendance.

Visitor Registration is now open for QUEDREX 2012

At the Queensland Education Resources Expo (QUEDREX) visitors can discover, test and purchase resources for their educational institutions and can build on professional development.



Please forward this information to your association, friends and family involved in early childhood, primary, secondary or higher education, as QUEDREX will showcase innovative ideas, products and services to enhance career and workplace.

Click on the link: www.quedrex.com.au/visitorsreg.php to register for your free ticket.

Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 September, 2012
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
10am – 3pm
Admission is free

Visitors will have access to:


1. A large variety of suppliers showcasing the latest educational resources;


2. Seminars focusing on key issues for educators in 2012;


3. Interactive displays and hands-on Workshops;


4. A free expo guide;


5. Special offers and competitions;


6. A certificate of attendance, upon request, as a record of professional development.


Please record the event details on your calendar and forward this information on to interested colleagues and friends.


For regular updates keep an eye on the following links:


• Website


• Facebook


• Twitter


• QUEDREX blog

QUEDREX offers visitors who are fully registered teachers, the opportunity to address some of the ten Professional Standards required for registration renewal under the Queensland College of Teachers Continuing Professional Development Framework.


See you in September!

Last year's QUEDREX event