Links
International Asia-focused organisations | General Asia-focused education sites | ICT and interactive projects
This page contains links to a range of websites with Asia-focused information available. If you would like to suggest a site to be added, please email us.
International Asia-focused organisations
Asialink
Asialink promotes public understanding of the countries of Asia and of Australia's role in the region through information, training and professional networks in the areas of business, the community, the Arts and education.
Asia House England
Asia House England promotes appreciation and understanding of Asian countries, their arts, religions and economies through fostering closer communication between the peoples of Asia and Europe.
Asia New Zealand Foundation
Asia:NZ facilitates understanding of the countries of Asia through programs and support in the areas of business, culture, community, the media and education.
Asia Society
The US-based Asia Society facilitates understanding of the countries of Asia through education programs, art exhibitions, performances, films, lectures, seminars and conferences, publications and materials.
Casa Asia
Casa Asia develops closer links and understandings between Spain and the countries of Asia through resources for a range of curriculums and purposes.
General Asia-focused education sites
Asia Education Teachers Association
The Asia Education Teachers Association provides a rich range of teaching materials and professional learning opportunities.
Global Education
The Global Education website, funded by AusAid provides a significant range of Asia literate teaching materials, country profiles and support for teaching global issues.
ICT and Interactive projects
scootle
The National Digital Learning Resources Network provides online curriculum content to support teachers and encourage student learning and is managed by Education Services Australia.
iEARN
iEARN enables teachers and young people to use the internet and other new technologies to collaborate on interactive projects with students from the Asian region.
Australian Screen online
Find more than 150 film clips about Asia, with teachers’ notes at Australian Screen Online.
My Place interactive website
My Place for Teachers website provides rich primary and lower secondary educational materials including 13 stories about children and a decade timeline and more than 300 teaching activities.
Screen Asia
Screen Asia supports the development of Asia literacy in the middle years. Teaching activities in the resource apply to English, History, Geography and The Arts through video and related teaching activities.
Professor Yong Zhao, Michigan State
‘Schools now have the job of equipping students with the kinds of 21st-century skills and understandings needed in a changed world.’

