Vision

Planet Ozkids' Vision

Building on the success of the award-winning 'Animals, Myths & Legends' web site, Planet Ozkids was founded in 1998 by:

Mary Lancaster – author, instructional designer, content creator, teacher and storyteller.
Bob Smith – writer, multimedia producer, content creator and concept developer.

Planet Ozkids draws on the experience of its founders plus a trusted team of teachers, parents, instructional designers and specialists in the use of technology aided learning.

The Planet Ozkids' vision is to provide:

Unique learning products based on Integrated Themes and Active Learning principles.
Skills development information and interchange of ideas-and support for teachers.
The best sites offering complementary content and educational resources.

What this means

For kids - fun things to do, exciting, interactive areas to explore and interesting characters to meet. They could save a world, play with a platypus or meet a dragon.

For teachers, facing a new century of education, - support and ideas for ways to integrate the new technologies and media into the curriculum to provide a broader, richer learning experience.

For parents - a safe environment in which they can explore the Internet with their children.

Developing creativity

Planet Ozkids increases children's creativity by:

Providing hands-on experiences and whole class activities.
Providing offline activities and recommended reading to encourage exploration and learning away from the computer.
Providing a multi-sensory environment to increase cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills.
Providing resources and new ideas to supplement existing curriculum.
Using interesting characters, storylines and activities to achieve learning outcomes in literacy, problem solving, maths, puzzlework and logic.
Facilitating understanding about cultural differences between countries.
Encouraging kids to find out about environmental problems facing our world.
Stimulating kids to reach for the stars and explore the galaxy.

Integraged Themes and Active Learning transform Information into Knowledge


		Vision Planet Ozkids' Vision Building on the success of the award-winning 'Animals, Myths & Legends' web site, Planet Ozkids was founded in 1998 by: Mary Lancaster – author, instructional designer, content creator, teacher and storyteller. Bob Smith – writer, multimedia producer, content creator and concept developer. Planet Ozkids draws on the experience of its founders plus a trusted team of teachers, parents, instructional designers and specialists in the use of technology aided learning. The Planet Ozkids' vision is to provide: Unique learning products based on Integrated Themes and Active Learning principles. Skills development information and interchange of ideas-and support for teachers. The best sites offering complementary content and educational resources. What this means For kids - fun things to do, exciting, interactive areas to explore and interesting characters to meet. They could save a world, play with a platypus or meet a dragon. For teachers, facing a new century of education, - support and ideas for ways to integrate the new technologies and media into the curriculum to provide a broader, richer learning experience. For parents - a safe environment in which they can explore the Internet with their children. Developing creativity Planet Ozkids increases children's creativity by: Providing hands-on experiences and whole class activities. Providing offline activities and recommended reading to encourage exploration and learning away from the computer. Providing a multi-sensory environment to increase cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills. Providing resources and new ideas to supplement existing curriculum. Using interesting characters, storylines and activities to achieve learning outcomes in literacy, problem solving, maths, puzzlework and logic. Facilitating understanding about cultural differences between countries. Encouraging kids to find out about environmental problems facing our world. Stimulating kids to reach for the stars and explore the galaxy. Integraged Themes and Active Learning transform Information into Knowledge