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The purpose of the blog is to help support primary teachers within Falkirk primary schools in their use of ICT across teaching and learning. This blog has lots of valuable links to support science inquiry in primary schools.

This blog has lots of valuable links to support science inquiry in primary schools.

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.

Quality education means starting with foundation skills such as literacy and numeracy, being taught by high-quality teachers, and supporting disadvantaged students. These three areas are being addressed through the three Smarter Schools National Partnerships.

9 Surprising Ways Schools Are Using iPads Around The World

"To make education relevant to students' lives and truly prepare kids for the future, we need to bring these after-school attractions into our schools. Four important practices can help. "

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!

On this website you can find interesting WEB2.0 applications. They are ordered in different categories that you can find in the menu on the left. These application are suitable in your classroom, in your school or at home. Some are handy, some are interesting, some just 4 fun. This collection is not and will never be complete. Every day new Web2.0 applications are developed.

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.

Johnny Rabbit orders lunch from the school canteen and we follow how much change he gets

This is an numeracy based educational video on money. To appeal to an early primary years' age group we set the video in the school canteen using a toy bunny (Johnny Rabbit) in place of a child, which allows children to relate better to the character while exploring the concepts of money and numeracy (The Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority) . (ACMNA017, ACMNA034, ACMNA059). This video could be used as an initial exploration into money, with the ability of delving into more in-depth questions as the students become proficient with the concepts.

You think of technology as a tool," one high school student told me. "We think of it as a foundation; it underlies everything we do." As this comment shows, like it or not, technology has become foundational to both education and life. Educators should think of technology in the same way they've long viewed reading-as a key to thinking about and knowing about the world.

Prensky argues for a change in the way educators think about technology - as an extension to our brains.

Learning to Change Changing to Learn Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership, Consortium for School Networking(COSN) Video

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has been charged with responsibility for developing and implementing a nationally consistent and credible voluntary system for the certification of highly accomplished teachers in Australia. This article focuses on the challenge of achieving such as system. What might be involved and how might such a system be achieved?

The Meaning of Numeracy The complex world of the twenty-first century places demands on its citizens that require them to engage competently with an ever-increasing range of activities that have their basis in the world of mathematics. As a result, there is a rapidly growing emphasis on the importance of creating numerate school leavers. The connection between numeracy and mathematics and the tendency to use the words interchangeably can lead to confusion as they are not synonyms of each other. However, to be numerate requires mathematical skills. The term 'mathematical literacy' is becoming more widely used both in Australia and overseas and is defined by the OECD (2004) as:

"Numeracy is the capacity, confidence and disposition to use mathematics to meet the demands of learning, school, home, work, community and civic life. This perspective on numeracy emphasises the key role of applications and utility in learning the discipline of mathematics, and illustrates the way that mathematics contributes to the study of other disciplines" (ACARA, formerly the National Curriculum Board, 2009, p.5). This review asserts an understanding of numeracy as mathematics applied to real world situations as illustrated in "Banking on Numeracy: Episode 2".

21st Century Pedagogy

A great 'teacher' version of YouTube that is not as likely to be blocked in primary schools.

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.

This is an interesting, while still emerging, web 2.0 tool that appears to be aimed at taking advantage of the notion of distributed cognition. There are obviously many pedagogical issues with this notion and tools that have not been subjected to the rigors of efficiency testing and time and motion studies (not to mention access and support in primary schools). Nonetheless, one worth watching I believe. Pete

It is important to teach digital citizenship in clear and easy to implement terms. Why? Is it because it demystifies it? Is it because it makes technology a positive force in our children's lives? Digital Citizenship education brings benefit to all. It is supportive of students, teachers, school administrators and parents. Besides that, a world where respect and kindness are brought into our digital lives benefits us all!