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We have condensed the project design process into six steps. After outlining the steps briefly below, we offer examples that show how one might use these steps to develop a germ of an idea into a project plan that emphasizes inquiry. Read the steps and examples all the way through before digging in to your own plan.

This is about inquiry through project based learning. The steps to start designing your projects are an excellent place for you to think about your inquiry learning outline for Assignment 2.

The amazing students at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha Nebraska have lots to share about what they learn. Each Willowcast is packed with entertaining segments! An example of podcasting at its best in the Primary Years.

Preparing and developing e-learning materials is a costly and time consuming enterprise. This paper highlights the elements of effective design that we consider assist in the development of high quality materials in a cost efficient way. We introduce six elements of design and discuss each in some detail. These elements focus on paying attention to the provision of a rich learning activity, situating this activity within an interesting story line, providing meaningful opportunities for student reflection and third party criticism, considering appropriate technologies for delivery, ensuring that the design is suitable for the context in which it will be used, and bearing in mind the personal, social, and environmental impact of the designed activities. Along the way, we describe how these design elements can be effectively utilized by contextualizing them with examples from an e-learning initiative.

This page provides a breakdown of videos within the Technology Integration Matrix by grade level. Although you may be primarily interested in a particular level, we encourage you to view the ways in which technology is used in other grade levels. For example, you will find videos of high school classrooms in which the technology tools could be used in the same way with middle school or elementary level students. Some videos involve students from both middle and high school grades and some involve students from both middle and elementary grades. These videos appear in both lists below.

I found the TIM framework a really useful way to think about how to integrate technology into my daily instructional practices. Having an understanding of where I sit in relation to the ACOT levels of Technology model helped to to recognise how far i've come in relation to my own understandings of how to use technologies effectively, but also how much opportunity there is far me to expand my knowledge.

This video explores the numeracy skills used in everyday life when posting a parcel (namely Length, Weight, Distance and Money). It can be used to either introduce new concepts or consolidate them. It also allows the teacher to pause and discuss each topic with the class through the discussion questions provided. It is aimed at Primary School students (years 2-5).

Excellent example of a primary numeracy video. About numeracy related to sending a parcel via the post office.

This numeracy video was created for educational purposes and designed for students teachers and parents to use as a resource when teaching fractions in a junior primary setting. Our video aims to communicate the importance of numeracy as a life skill as it shows how numeracy can be used beyond the classroom. For example, real life situations such as baking a chocolate cake :)

This video could be used as part of numeracy learning experiences, either as a base to a numeracy lesson, lesson introduction, or lesson idea. It could also encorporate cross curricula links to subjects such as ICT and Home Economics!

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=34078 You could also check out the link on the 'WatchKnowLearn' website - a website where you can view hundreds of free educational videos!

An interactive and fun way to explore 2D and 3D shapes in our everyday life!

A great example of the high quality numeracy video resources being created by students at Flinders University EDUC3625.

A great resource about how iMovie can be incorporated and used with students in the classroom. Examples of iMovies are provided.

Excellent video example of a Director's Cut

"Ten maths sequences filmed during a cricket match. Cricket is a game based on numbers and maths, offering questions about how fast a ball travels, how high, what the score is, and why cricket pitches are often oval."

An example of numeracy related to the game of cricket.

Isaac Anoom looks at the maths involved in travelling. Maths expert Isaac Anoom covers speed, time, petrol consumption and traffic flow, when he looks at using different kinds of transport to get from London to Plymouth.

Example of numeracy related to travel.

Mathcast Spaces: Thinking, Doing, and Sharing Mathematics Out Loud

Example of how Voicethread and screen recording can be used to capture students' learning in Mathematics.

This video was made by Education students studying ICT and Numeracy (EDUC3625). The video is intended as a teaching aid for a primay school numeracy topic (Reading a Timetable, Year 3). Here is a link to the Director's Commentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNU_QcEdauk

This video is an example of how ICT and numeracy can work together to positively engage and teach students about mathematical concepts.