Website+Resources

Welcome- The VET-in-WSR Wiki is version controlled by the VET team. We do our best to ensure that the weblink is current but if you are having trouble opening a webpage please let us know and we will try and fix it. These web resources have been found by us through conferences, internet searches or from you. The aim is to give you new tools, programs, resources which will engage your students and provide a scaffold into laptop classroom activites. Please let us know what you think of this page and if you have websites you would like to share please email hanna.kemp@det.nsw.edu.au

Websites from the UK that have some fabulous resources, both video and templates. [] []

[|www.wordle.net]Below is an example of what you can create on wordle.net. This may be an excellent way to introduce terms to students or as a starting point for a range of literacy activities related to all aspects of vocational learning. It is really easy to use- if I can use it so can you!!!



These websites provide excellent resources for teachers and students regarding workplace safety. [] Inworkingorder is an online resource providing activities for teachers and students on safety in the workplace across a range of industries.

[] Youthsafe is a not for profit organisation and peak body for **//‘preventing serious injury in young people’//** aged 15 to 25 years in NSW.

[] Safe-t1.net is a Victorian Government inline resource targeting students and young people and staying safe.

[] This is an excellent on line series of games for studentsfrom all industry areas.

[] Young workers is a site set up by Workcover NSW to educate young poeple through online gaming in workplace safety. This website also allows for you to receive regular emails entitled "Young Worker Safety News." All you need to do is send an email to Michaela Zappia [michaelaz@youthsafe.org] and have your name added to the database. (Easy - do it now so you dont forget) You can also obtain fact sheets for FREE from this website.

[|www.talkingsafety.org] is a nonprofit organisation promoting safety for young people.

Interactive website with scenarios for Construction, Retail and Hospitality Teachers with current statistics. []

UTUBE clips that might be useful
.media type="youtube" key="qiP79vYsfbo" height="177" width="227" A thought provoking video from Charles Leadbeater on the value of social networking. (By double clicking on the utube box you will open utube on the internet if you want to download the clip to your own computer.)

= Are you looking for a way to review students understanding of content or do you want to play with ways of reinforcing literacy terms unique to your Framework? Try CLI's LAW's or Learning Activity Wizards. You can design word memory games, jigsaw puzzles of framework equipment, cloze passages, matching activities of terms and their definitions just to name a few. If you do create some resources with these wizards please share them via the wiki with your colleagues. You will need to log into the portal to access this site.=