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Below are some QR Code Scavenger Hunts that I have designed to be fully printable and ready to use. As long as you have a wi-fi enabled smart device that can scan, you can use these 'hunts' to support student literacy skills.

QR codes - ideas for the classroom.

Some of the other resources I have come across since my last post that you might find useful are: Apptivities - A great website with reviews and activity ideas for the use of apps by educators organized by grade level. Math Apps - Top 10 Apps to use in Math class on the iPod Touch. Apps for Educators - Top 200 iPad Apps in the United States for Educators Digital Storytelling with the iPad 38 Interesting ways to use the iPad in the Classroom 28 Interesting ways to use the iPod Touch in the Classroom iPods, iPhones and iPads in Education Teach with your iPad The Best iPhone apps for Kids, 2010 50 Must Have Educational Apps iPod and iPad Usergroup Wiki

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.

Furbles started life as an idea for teaching statistics in an interesting way with children from KS1 to KS3. The original version was published in 2003 online, and its popularity spread. It has been downloaded and used over 20,000 times in the last five years.

"What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education"

This site is excellent if you are looking at purchasing numeracy resources. Although they are only for purchase you could still take away ideas and make them yourself.

A video that could be used to get students thinking about the number of ways in which we use mathematics in everyday situations. It has been designed so that teachers can pause the video at certain intervals for students to discuss some open-ended questions and to work through some of the mathematics problems in their own way. The idea behind this is for the audience to recognise that we all have different perspectives when it comes to mathematics and different ways of working through mathematics problems or tasks... there is more than one way of thinking about numeracy and solving mathematics problems! 

Last year the middle school felt a need to create an iPad Oath that addressed specific classroom behaviors and legislated appropriate use beyond the existing R.U.G. (Responsible Use Guidelines). After reviewing multiple middle school AUP's and iPad forms online and our own existing elementary iPad Oath, I decided to concoct one of my own using similar ingredients. (The back of the form includes a space for both parent and student signature.)

This is a great idea!

More QR codes ideas

I've always liked Inspiration and Kidspiration for quick, easy to use ways of brainstorming. But with a $900 price tag for a 20 computer license, there just didn't seem to be any reason to pay that money when there are several robust, free alternatives. In the past couple of years, these alternatives have come close to matching, and in many aspects, surpassing what Inspiration and Kidspiration can do to help students organize their thoughts. Here are my three favs, with a few honorable mentions thrown in to boot.

A useful website that reflects on the Australian curriculum, ICT use in the classroom and TPACK.

Thanks Ayako. Very interesting indeed.

Thanks for sharing Ayako! I've only had a quick look at this resource, but it looks like it could be very helpful - particularly some of the lesson ideas which work in with the TPACK model and clearly highlight how the outcomes of the Australian Curriculum are being met.

A Project completed by American students using blogs

This is a really cool idea. It's so great to read about everyone's different perspectives on Alice in Wonderland. I really like the point that one of the students in the video makes - the teacher wasn't the one with the answers - they didn't insinuate to the students the type of things they should be analysing or the conclusions they should draw etc it was up to the students to analyse the story in their own way and to draw their own conclusions. Thanks for sharing :)

This numeracy stimulus video explores the answers to every child's problem, and indeed their parent's, of the amount of time it takes to arrive at a destination when driving. Considering the variables of speed and distance, what is the amount of time for our travellers to arrive at their destination?

This video is a great resource for an upper primary classroom and provides opportunities for critical thinking and offers ideas for extension activities.

A video created for educational purposes that focuses on numeracy. It is based around the idea of being water wise for easy integration into other curriculum areas.

An educational numeracy video linked with ACARA learning outcomes.

A video created for educational purposes that focuses on numeracy.

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!