The Teacher's Complete Printed Pack

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The Teacher's Complete Printed Pack

$65.00 ~~$83.00~~

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Unique and quirky Australian characters bring to life the common dilemmas faced by children growing up with technology in the 2020s.

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The Teacher's Complete Printed Pack includes all the essentials to introduce The Tweeting Galah series into your primary school classroom - making Digital Technologies, Health, English, Protective Behaviours and/or ICT Capability lessons that bit easier (and more entertaining!)

This pack includes the following products in The Tweeting Galah series:

Physical products

The Tweeting Galah (paperback)
The Surfing Penguin (paperback)
The Little Possum who Looked Up (paperback)
Augmented Reality Character Selfie Cards - scan to take animal selfies!

Digital Citizenship Lesson Activities Bundle - INSTANT ACCESS!

A downloadable PDF bundle which includes ready-to-use lesson plans and activity ideas for using The Tweeting Galah books in your classroom. Just print and go!

Sneak Peek: Read a free extract from The Tweeting Galah and The Surfing Penguin by clicking here.

About the books

THE TWEETING GALAH

Four short stories addressing different cyber safety issues, complete with reflection questions at the end of each story. Interactive augmented reality experiences are included in the book for children to engage with and deepen their understandings.

THE SURFING PENGUIN

Four more short stories about cyber safety issues, complete with reflection questions and interactive augmented reality experiences at the end of each story.

THE LITTLE POSSUM WHO LOOKED UP

Quirky rhymes and relatable characters address the important cyber safety issue of screen time balance … for the whole family! Beautifully illustrated and perfect for tying in with STEM activities.

THE ZOOMING OWL

A short story about transitioning to online learning, and learning to deal with the inevitable technology glitches!

About The Tweeting Galah series

The Tweeting Galah is a collection of short stories addressing cyber safety issues for children. Their goal is to educate young digital citizens through storytelling.

Join Gabbo, the cheeky galah from Western Australia, and his furry and feathery friends, as they learn how to navigate the world of social media, online gaming and digital devices.

The series is written by West Australian Digital Technologies Educator, Kim Maslin. Each book is vibrantly illustrated by West Australian artist, John Field.

These cyber safety stories will delight young readers, while serving as important conversation starters for parents and teachers.

Designed for the classroom

Planning Digital Technologies lessons doesn’t have to be complicated, or cost a fortune in fancy robotics equipment. The Tweeting Galah series is designed to work as its own standalone lessons... they are literally ready to just grab-n-go!

Created by an experienced educator, The Tweeting Galah is aligned with the Digital Technologies, Protective Behaviours, Health, English and Digital Literacy Capability curriculum. Suitable for primary school students, Years 1 - 6.

Each story addresses a contemporary cyber safety issue relevant to today’s children (Aesop's Fable-style). These issues include: posting online (digital footprint), online stranger danger, screen time balance, photo permissions, viewing inappropriate content, cyber bullying, gaming, trolling, online privacy and virtual learning. Each story concludes with reflection questions to guide classroom discussion - ensuring students have the chance to reflect on each topic.

Augmented reality experiences are available within the books, offering a simple and safe way of integrating some technology into your lessons - without you having the prepare anything!

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Engaging stories

Age-appropriate activities

Curriculum aligned

Created by an experienced educator, each book is aligned with the Digital Technologies, Protective Behaviours, Health, English and ICT General Capability curriculum.

Grab & Go

The Tweeting Galah Digital Citizenship Book Pack offers an effective way to teach digital citizenship, without the need for extensive lesson prep. Simply grab the book and go!

Reflection Questions

Each short story ends with reflection questions designed to guide classroom discussion, stimulate debate and deepen children's understanding of cyber safety issues.

Augmented Reality

Children can capture photos and videos of themselves with character face filters, as well as complete quizzes and play simple games - all from scanning free Zappar AR codes from the books.

New to teaching Digital Technologies?

Teaching Digital Technologies can be daunting, whether you are a graduate teacher or an experienced classroom teacher.

The Tweeting Galah series has been designed specifically to make teaching digital technologies (and ICT General Capability) easier! It provides the content knowledge around cyber safety issues, along with reflection questions to facilitate deeper understanding and hands-on activities that allow children to demonstrate their learning.