Scootle (formerly The learning Federation)
Only available via secure login. Murdoch education students can create an account using their Murdoch email.
some great authentic projects that technology could be integrated into as cognitive tools. For example: video or PowerPoint presentations documenting the building process and reporting on concepts learnt or blogging for reflecting and articulating the processes and concepts used to create the end products.
Maths activity about numbers for 6-7 year olds. Potential authentic project - have older students create resources and/or learning center activities for younger children
Another feature I love is the ability to auto-post to my blog. If you look at the post previous to this one you will see 10 of my favorite saves from last week. I set that up through my preferences.
And the groups are great too.
Maybe you have an Interactive Whiteboard or you are interested in Pre-K education. Or perhaps you are in a 1:1 school.
I suggest making games would be more authentic if you get students to make the quizzes and games to present their learning about your topic (rather the teacher creating them)
Instead, I focused on student-creation apps. Moving beyond replacing paper math games with flashy math apps, students are now creating their own math videos, writing math blogs, and conducting challenge-based-learning math projects.
Embrace failure. Last year gave me an invaluable lesson in celebrating failure. When the iPad integration didn’t go as I’d initially hoped, I had the rich experience of reflecting and restarting. I teach my students to evaluate their own incorrect math strategies to better appreciate the beauty of one that works. Similarly, I had to fail—and take a good long look at that failure—to truly understand why what I'm doing now works. To be honest, I know that I still have a lot of room for improvement. I'm sure I have more failure in my near future and I can’t wait.
So if you begin to implement a new app in your classroom and it falls flat, react by asking yourself what you’ve learned. Welcome your students into this culture of learning from adversity. By creating a safe, open environment and by being clear that this endeavor is as foreign to you as it is to them, you encourage risk taking—and greater achievements.
Excellent article about redefining existing teaching practices that we can learn from. ipad app that it mentions might also be a useful student creation tool for assign 3a - e.g., moving away from traditional PowerPoint !