Queensland state school students can access engaging online games and resources from home to reinforce and extend classroom lessons by logging onto the Learning Place, the Department of Education, Training and Employment's secure eLearning environment.
Parents can work with their children to consolidate knowledge, extend their children's understanding of concepts or simply spend time completing fun, interactive activities with their children.
From home, students simply go to the Learning Place website or alternatively type "The Learning Place" as a search.
Once on the site, students click on the link 'Student's Space' located in the box on the right hand side of the page. Students will then need to enter their departmental network logon and password. This is the same logon and password that students use to log onto the computers in their classrooms. Their logon is usually the first letter of the first name, followed by the first four letters of their surname, followed by a number. If a student does not know their logon and password, their classroom teacher will be able to provide them with this information.
Once logged on, students are taken to the spaces relevant for their year level eg. Prep to Year 3 students will be taken to the 'Early Phase' space. Students can view a wide range of learning resources sourced by the department, as well as those specifically chosen by their classroom teacher. Teachers can provide students with Learning Pathways to support their learning needs.
Students and parents can search for learning resources which can be sorted by age/grade, subject or resource type (learning object, interactive resource, virtual book, assessment, image, website, moving image, video/animation, Webquest, sound/audio, text, article etc.).