Catherine Smyth

My background is in primary teaching but a recent shift to higher education has ignited a passion for research. I love thinking about how people learn and the role that technology might play in this. I'm very interested in historical thinking in K-6.

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Curated Topics

Connecting with technology-ICT for university educators.

Controversial issues in the classroom

Critical Reflection Resources

History + Creativity Teacher Professional Learning

Le Quy Don & VAS: Creative teaching and learning

Primary geography

Primary history

Primary history- Australia as a Nation

Primary history- British Colonisation

Primary history- First Contacts

Primary history- The Australian Colonies

Teaching history with ICT

TeachMeet History

WW1 teaching resources

Followed Topics

"What fool would expect a proud man to forget, The land he fought to defend"

'The Arrival of the First Fleet!'

(Stage 2) Primary History – First Contacts

101 Cool Things to Try

21st Century Literacy and Learning

A Diverse and Connected World - The World's cultural diversity

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Presence in La Perouse

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

An Article a Day

Ancient cultures and First Fleet convicts - HSIE Stage 2: First Contact

Archaeology Articles and Books

Archaeology News

Archaeology Tools

Arrival of the British to Australia: First Contacts Stage 2

Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

Assessment strategies for teaching and learning

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Atlantis Remixed

Australia as a Nation: Female Impact

Australia's first technologies

Australia's Global Connections: Migration

Australia: A Diverse Land - Stage 2 Geography Scoop

Australian Colonies (Stage 3): “‘Lives of different groups of people during the Gold Rush"

Australian Colonies - Looking into the connections between people in the 1800s

Australian Colonies: Migration- Stage 3

Australian Colonies: The Gold Rush

Australian Electoral Processes (SSS3.8)

Australian History

Australian human rights issues, past and present, including the impact of the stolen generations.

Black Saturday Bushfire Case Study - Geography Stage 3

Boys and Reading

Bushfire Hazard - Resources and Teaching ideas

Bushfire Hazards: location and extent, prevention and impacts on natural vegetation and communities.

Captain James Cook & The HMS Endeavour: First Contacts, Stage 2

Captain James Cook: Explorer, colonist or pirate?

Causes and Effects of Change in the Local Community

CCES1- Changes in their lives, both past and present

CCES1. Family Origins, including country of origin.

CCES1: People who have Met Their Needs in the Past. Who are the People in the Community who Help Us and How do They Help Us?

CCS2.1 Changes to People and Places in Sydney region as a result of British colonisation

CCS2.2 - Continuing and changing roles, traditions, practices and customs in the local community. Local History Approach: The Rocks, Sydney

CCS2.2 - The contribution of people and groups from other countries to Australian heritage

CCS2.2 Family, school, local, national and global events and issues

CCS3.1 - World achievements by Australians, past and present: Critically investigating and understanding the significance of particular people in developing Australian identity and heritage

CCS3.2 Key figures and events that have influenced the development of democracy worldwide

Celebrations (Stage 1 HSIE)

Changes to people and places in the Sydney region as a result of British colonisation

Chinese Museum Education

Citizens for Humanity: Creating advocates for human rights and the rights of the child (Stage 3)

Citizenship - Australian and Global

Climate Change: Sinking the Unsinkable World!??

Climate Changes

Colonial Australia

Colonies are Callin' ye!

Common Formative Assessment: An essential practice for student growth

Community & Place, the history of Redfern

Comparison of Australian and Canadian Climate

Complex Communities: Goods, Services & Facilities

Connected to place: What are my perceptions of it?

Creating Newspapers in the Classroom

Creative Arts Scrapbook

Creative Primary Teaching

Creative Publishing Tools and Resources for Education

Critical and Creative Thinking for active learning

Cultural influences and other factors affecting identity, eg peer pressure, popular culture

Culture Speak: Origins of Australian slang and place names

Cultures of Thinking

CUS3.3 Describes different cultural influences and their contribution to Australian identities

CUS3.3 national symbols, national culture and significant sites

CUS3.3 the influence of current events. Anzac Day.

CUS3.3- Australia Day

Designing Instruction for Significant Learning

Different Environments in the World

Digital Curation for Teachers

Digital Curation in Education

Digital Delights for Learners

Digital Learning, Technology, Education

Digital Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, Hybrid Pedagogy, #digped

Digital Presentations in Education

Digital Storytelling

Discovery of Gold and Australia’s Identity

Drama in the Primary School

EDMT5534 Humanities

EDP4130 Curator Project: Using the Evolution of the Telephone to Teach Student Knowledge and Understanding of Design and Technologies

Education 2.0 & 3.0

Education Matters - (tech and non-tech)

Educational Theory In a Digital World

Educators & PLNs

EDUP3002 - ENS2.6 "Describes people's interactions with environments and identifies responsible ways of interacting with environments"

EDUP3002 - HSIE

EDUP3002: Stage 3 Geography (Factors that Shape Places)

Empathy Movement Magazine

ENS 2.5 Natural, Heritage and Built Features of Australia

ENS2.5: Learning about significant built features in the local area, NSW and Australia

ENS2.6 Groups associated with places and features

ENS3.5 Effects of human and natural changes on environments

Environments Shape Places: Teaching Geography Stage 3

Establishment Of A British Colony (Stage 2, CCS2.1)

Establishment of the British Colony

Exploring Australia's deserts: NSW Geography Stage 2 - The Australian Continent

Exploring Australian Colonies

Exploring the 1967 Referendum - Stage 3 History

Exploring the Cultural Diversity of Indigenous Peoples

Factors That Change Environments ACGHK027: Urban Sprawl and the Sydney Food Basin

Factors That Shape Places - Stage 3 Geography

FIRST CONTACT - STORIES OF THE FIRST FLEET (Stage 2 History)

First contact Australia

First Contacts (NESA History Stage 2)- First Encounters and the First Fleet

First Contacts (Stage 2)

First Contacts - identifying different perspectives on the arrival of the British to Australia

First Contacts - The diversity of Australia's first peoples

First Contacts between British and Aboriginal People

First Contacts Stage 2

First Contacts: How Australia Became a Colony

First Contacts: Stage 2

FIRST FLEET EXPERIENCES - Stage 2

Food Miles - Stage 2 Geography 'Places are Similar and Different'

GE3.2 - Australia's Global Connections: Migration

Geo in the classroom

Geographical Terminology in the Stage 2 Classroom

Geographical Terminology Stage 2 (Cardinal Directions)

Geography - The Three R's

Geography classroom

Geography Education

GEOGRAPHY K–10: STAGE 3- "Environments shape places". How does climate shape our environment?

Geography S2 Places are Similar and Different: Australia - My Special Place

Geography SKILLS and ICT

Geography Stage 2 - The perception and protection of places: An investigation

Geography Stage 2. ACHGK014 Mountains.

Geography Stage 2: The Australian Continent

Geography Stage 2: The Australian Continent - The Great Barrier Reef

Geography Stage 3: A Diverse and Connected World - How do people’s connections to places affect their perception of them? CASE STUDY: ULURU

Geomiscellaneous

GEP Primary resources for learning and teaching

Gloria - Children of the future learning about their friends from the past

Gold to the Rescue: The Influence of The Gold Rush on Australia

GTAV Technology and cartography in Geography

GTAV Why study Geography

Histoire et Archéologie

Historical Inquiry - First Fleet Sources

History - Stage 2 - First Contacts

History and Geography Sites for ES1 & S1 teachers - NSW Curriculum

History and Geography teaching resources - elementary school

History Education

History in Australian Schools

History of Human Rights in Australia for Primary Stage 3

History Stage 2 - First Contacts

History Teaching

How does the Environment support the lives of living things? Stage 2 Geography

How the Gold Rush shaped Australia Today

HSIE - Cultural Diversity (Stage 2)

HSIE CCS2.1 Aboriginal resistance to the establishment of a British colony

HSIE CCS3.1: Origins of Dedicated Days - Australia Day

HSIE Contemplation: Finance and Technology

HSIE CUS2.3: Easily recognisable symbols used by the local community

HSIE CUS2.4 Stories About Significant People and Entities of Major World Religions

HSIE Early Stage 1 - Exploring Cultural Diversity through special events

HSIE First Contacts

HSIE K-6 : SSS1.8 Roles and Responsibilities of People Who Work in Services in the Community, Both Paid and Unpaid Work

HSIE K-6 resource: World achievements by Australians (past and present)

HSIE K-6 Social Systems and Structures: services and contributions made by community organisations and groups

HSIE K-6. Social Systems and Structures: Contributions of paid and unpaid workers and voluntary organisations in the community

HSIE K-6: Events That Developed Democracy Worldwide

HSIE K-6: Stage 2 Environment

HSIE SSES1 - Learning about Roles in Schools

HSIE SSS3.8: Community, school and class decision-making and democratic processes

HSIE SSS3.8: Electoral Processes

HSIE Stage 2 - ENS2.5 Significant natural features in the local area and other parts of Australia

HSIE Stage 2 CCS2.2 The contribution of people and groups from other countries to Australian heritage

HSIE Stage 2 Cultures (CUS2.3; CUS2.4): Languages spoken within communities, including the original Aboriginal languages spoken in the local (Gadigal) community area

HSIE Stage 2 CUS2.3 The diversity of groups within and between communities

HSIE Stage 2 CUS2.4: Bringing Celebrations from Around the World into an Australian Classroom

HSIE Stage 2 Language Diversity within Australian Communities

HSIE Stage 2 The Fire Brigade: Looking at Changes in Technology in Community Organisations

HSIE Stage 2: Aboriginal resistance to British colonisation

HSIE Stage 2: Teaching the First Voyage of Captain Cook

HSIE Stage 3 Environments. Online resources to support ENS3.5, with a particular focus on water

HSIE Stage 3 SSS3.7 – Australia’s Global Connections: Foreign Aid

HSIE Stage 3- The interconnectedness between Australia and global environments

hsie-user&producer_rights&responsibilities

HSIE: CUS 3.3 - Colloquial words associated with cultural references

hsiestage3culture

HT2-4: Different perspectives on British arrival in Australia

Human Rights and Social Justice

Humanities 1: History and Society

Hybrid Pedagogy Reading List

I Shared Today with Friends and Family [CUES1]

ICT for Australian Curriculum

ICT in Professional development

iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)

Information Technology "Learn IT - Teach IT"

InformationCommunication (ICT)

International Indigenous Issues

iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

iPads, School Networks and their Uses.

IPads- how can we use them in the classroom?

IT in education

It’s easy being green - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

KB...Konnected's Kaleidoscope of Wonderful Websites!

KB...Konnected's Kaleidoscope of Wonderful Websites! (Vol. 2)

Key figures, events and issues in the development of Australian democracy, including Sir Henry Parkes, the 1967 referendum and the republican movement.

Learning about sustainability (waste management)

Learning Technology Design

Learning to Educate

Let's settle this: How and why are places similar & different?

Leveling the playing field with apps

Life in 18th Century Britain - First Fleet

Local and Other Australian Communities

Mercy 5 Justice Resources

Migration to Australia & Contributions to Australian Society

Migration To Australia In The Twentieth Century

Mobilization of Learning

More Green, Bigger Grin! - Stage 2 Geography: Protection of Environment

My Home, Your Home, Our Home: Interconnectedness of the Australian continent (Stage 2 Geography).

National Australian symbols that have contributed to Australian Identities (CUS3.3)

Networked Learning - MOOCs and more

NSW Stage 3 Geography - A Diverse and Connected World: Intercultural Understanding

NSW Stage 3: Viewing Bushfires Through Geography Lenses

OBANZ Open Badges Australia & New Zealand

Original stories of other students, their families, their communities and other communities

Origins of dedicated days in Australia

Our diverse continent, Australia - Stage 2 Geography

People Shape Places: learning about sustainability initiatives in Stage 3

Peoples, Environment + Place - Stage 2 learning

Perception and Protection of Places - Geography

Perception and Protection of Places are Pertinent- The significance of places and how people's perception can influence the protection of places

Personal Histories

Personalize Learning (#plearnchat)

Places that We Love

Play based learning

Pollution causes climate change- NSW K-6 Geography lessons

Primary Education

Primary Geography

Primary Geography "Landfill" Teaching and Learning Resources

Primary Geography: Bushfire Hazards, Management and Issues

Primary History for Australian Classrooms

Primary History – First Contacts

Primary History- First Contacts

Primary History: First Contacts

Primary history: The Australian Colonies

Primary HSIE Stage 1: SSS1.7 Explains how people and technologies in systems link to provide goods and services to satisfy needs and wants - Personal needs and wants

Primary Teaching Resources K-6

Professional Learning for Busy Educators

Protection of Environments

Raspberry Pi and Arduino Resources

Reading and literacy

Recycling (Primary Geography Stage 3)

Recycling is good!

Refugees, Foreign Aid, Global connections, and Australia's First People

Research Education

Resources for primary education

Resourcing the Curriculum K-6

S2 Geog. Countries-Places of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples: REDFERN, N.S.W.

S2 Geography: Waste Sustainability at Home and School

S3 Geography: Factors That Shape Places - Bushfires

Science Teachers

Scientific Academic Writing

Shakespeare Comics

Social & Emotional Learning and Critical Perspectives on SEL Related Initiatives

Social Media 4 Education

Social media publishing and curation

Social system and Structures: Global interconnections and interdependence

Society & Culture

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue - A Primary Geography View of The Greater Blue Mountains

SSS2.7 Financial Literacy in the Classroom

SSS2.8 - Classroom Responsibilities: Decision Making and Conflict Resolution

Stage 1 Geography - Aboriginal Australian connections between people and places

Stage 2 - CCS2.1 - Aboriginal resistance to the establishment of a British colony

Stage 2 Geography - Australia's Neighbours - Australia's place within the Asia-Pacific region

Stage 2 Geography - Places are similar and different: Similarities and differences between places

Stage 2 Geography- Natural Desert Vegetation

Stage 2 Geography- Place (Perception and Protection)

Stage 2 Geography- The Island Down Under

Stage 2 Geography: Australia's Natural and Human Features

Stage 2 Geography: Australia's neighbouring countries

Stage 2 Geography: Endangered Native Animals in China and Australia

Stage 2 Geography: Sustainability of the Environment through Recycling and Reuse

Stage 2 Geography: The Australian Continent

Stage 2 Geography: The Australian Continent - Similarities and Differences Between States and Territories

Stage 2 History - Aboriginal First Contacts Perspective!

Stage 2 History - Contacting the shores of Australia

Stage 2 Sustainable Use of Environments

Stage 2: First Contacts

Stage 3 A Diverse and Connected World: Global Connections

Stage 3 Geography - State Governments: How People Influence Places (ACHGK029)

Stage 3 Geography - The world’s cultural diversity

Stage 3 Geography: Bushfires

Stage 3 Geography: Examination of how people can prevent and minimize the effects of a bushfire

Stage 3 Geography:Bush fire prevention and management approaches

Stage 3 History - The Australian Colonies

Stage 3 HSIE - Choose your character from 1800s

Stage 3 HSIE; Resources for teaching; A Diverse and connected world

Stage 3: Diverse and Connected World. Explains interactions and connections between Australia and China

Stage 3: Ecologically sustainable development of environments

Stage 3: The Australian Colonies - who were the significant people that shaped Australian colonies? Sources to support teaching and learning about Francis Greenway - Convict Architect

Stage One - Our Neighbourhood: How We Use Places in Our Local Area

Stories from around the world

Stories in the landscape: Sydney's Eora saltwater people

Studying and Teaching History

Sustainability & Education

Sustainability resources for the Australian Curriculum

Sustainability Responsibility

Sustainable environments - ideas for Stage 2

Sustainable Transport Choices - Optimising Sydneys Bicycle Lanes (Stage 3 Geography)

Symbols and cultural identity

Talking with children

Teacher Librarians of the 21st Century

Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms

Teaching History with Technology

Teaching Resource for HSIE Stage 2: SSS2.7 Resource Systems

Teaching Resources and Ideas

Teaching Stage 2 Students about the Original Inhabitants of Sydney Harbour

Teaching Stage 3, The Australian Colonies: people and their every day lives

Teaching sustainable waste management (Stage 2 Geography)

The 21st Century

The Australian Colonies - Experiences of people living in Australia during the 1800's

The Australian Colonies - Stage 3 - Gold Rushes!

The Australian Colonies - The Macarthur Family

The Australian Colonies and Chinese Migrants

The Australian Colonies: The Lives and Stories of Colonial People

The Australian Continent - Uluru

The Best Of Web 2.0

The contribution of people and groups from other countries to Australian heritage

The Cultural Diversity of Australia and Indigenous Australians (ACHGK033)

The faces of Barangaroo: 5 resources for teaching stage 3 geography - FACTORS THAT SHAPE PLACES

The Federation of Australia

The First Fleeters: Who were the people of the First Fleet?

The Great Barrier Reef: The Essential Need for Survival

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Waste Management and Sustainablity for Stage 2

The Mabo Decision

The Murray River - Interactive Resources for Year 3 and 4 teachers (based on the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum)

The Technology Turnover - [you, me, us]: for S2Lee

The Traditional Aboriginal Way of Life

The Wonders of Our World

The World's Cultural Diversity - an exploration of our diverse and connected world (Stage 3 Geography).

Transformational Teaching and Technology

UDL - Universal Design for Learning

Uluru in focus - Stage 2 Geography: The Earth's Environment

Uluru: Perception & protection of places Stage 2

Understanding Fracking - Stage 2

Visual & digital texts

visualizing social media

Voices in the Feminine - Digital Delights

Web based learning

What does Uluru mean to tourists and Aboriginal people?

What's New in Education?

What's The Scoop? Australian History: First Contacts

Where on Earth are we? (Online resources for Stage 1)

Who were the people of the First Fleet?

Why are environments valued differently? (Stage 2 Geography)

Why are national parks important?

Why Are Places Similar and Different? HSIE Stage 2 Geography

Year 4 History: First contacts - Macassans

Year 5 History: Chinese Migration and the Gold Rush

Young Activists