Scootle for CRTs.

Learn, teach and collaborate using digital resources to support the Australian Curriculum 

Scootle is an online tool for teachers that offers resources, teaching and testing tools and a community to enable professional networking to build your PLN. 

Scootle User Guide for Teachers.

Scootle comes in 2 main parts:-  a bank of resources and tools and "scootle community" which is a little like Facebook but restricted to teachers.

The bank of resources is well organized by curriculum area or as an alphabetical list and there's a lot there.  They are also linked to the "Learning Paths" (lesson design tool) and "Improve" (a bank of pre-generated tests for students).  It's best to explore it than have it explained to you so I'll bow out at that point.

Scootle Community is a lot like Facebook and blogs all rolled into one but for professionals (more like LinkedIn if you are familiar with that).

Your account gives you:

• A basic profile to fill in.
• Notifications and messaging.
• The ability to join or create groups.
• the ability to create connections with other users (like "friends" on facebook).
• The ability to set events.
• A basic blog.

Overall it seems like it's going to be worth while for CRTs to join, especially if they work a lot of contracts or are looking at full-time work later on and want access to the lesson planning tools and other resources.  Scootle also promises to be a great tool for professional networking by creating connections and joining the groups that suit your professional learning needs.

Joining Scootle as a CRT!

Of course as CRTs we often don't have Edumail accounts which is the primary way to join up with scootle.  CRTs instead join by contacting their state relevant authority.

In Victoria  you should email digital.content@edumail.vic.gov.au and request an account.

If you are using this link to open your email program it will automatically fill in the Subject line for you.  If you are doing it manually you should use the subject line "Scootle query".   You should also make sure you include your VIT registration number in the email as this is used to verify that you are a registered Victorian teacher and eligible for an account.  Having it in there right up front will expedite the process.

After you have been verified you will be sent an email with a link to activate your Scootle account!

Other states will have a different jurisdictional authority and you should email help@scootle.edu.au and ask to be directed to the authority for your state.

I've jumped in and created a network for Casual Teachers and invite everyone to join me!

In the future VIT will also be creating a group specifically for Victorian CRTs and it sounds like there's some exciting plans afoot so we should all keep an eye out for that one too ;).

Regards,

Mel.