[Design and Technology] Fwd: NAPLAN: message from ACARA CEO | ACARA's new Director, Curriculum

[Lorraine Tran]

Greetings design and technology and systems teachers

The paper mentioned in the ACARA Update issued today (29 February) written
by Julie King, ACARA's Curriculum lead for Technologies may be of interest
to Years 7 - 10 teachers. The paper is titled *Australian Curriculum:
Technologies with a focus on critical and creative thinking. *

The paper is available starting on page 20 in the December ACSA News at the
following link
http://www.acsa.edu.au/pages/images/ACSA_news_2015_December.pdf

Hope the school year has started smoothly for you and your students
Regards, Lorraine Tran.





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Date: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:03 PM
Subject: NAPLAN: message from ACARA CEO | ACARA's new Director, Curriculum
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29 February 2016
ACARA CEO: NAPLAN is a vital tool to see our children's progress

Simply put, NAPLAN is a vital tool for parents, educators and the public to
see if Australia's children are meeting essential literacy and numeracy
standards.

Taking NAPLAN requires less than four hours over three days, four times
during a student's time at school. It is a point-in-time snapshot
assessment of a student's achievements in the important areas of literacy
and numeracy. And from that small investment comes a wealth of student,
school and national information.  Literacy and numeracy tests have been
undertaken in schools throughout the country for decades. NAPLAN
complements these tests and adds a valuable national dimension.

*+ Read more
<http://acara.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b3d0c901e40c7b6fcc23dcfed&id=4102a428bb&e=77eac345f0>*
New Director, Curriculum, joins ACARA
This month, ACARA has welcomed Dr Fiona Mueller as Director,
Curriculum. Fiona replaces Dr Phil Lambert PSM, who formally completed his
tenure at ACARA as General Manager, Curriculum, on 31 January 2016.

*+ Read more*
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Australian Curriculum: Technologies paper with a focus on critical and
creative thinking
  A paper by Julie King, ACARA's Curriculum Lead for digital technologies,
has been published in the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA)
December 2015 newsletter.

 *+ Read the paper on the ACSA website*
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