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"Transforming learning with interactive whiteboards: Towards a developmental framework"

Gapminder World shows the World's most important trends Wealth & Health of Nations CO2 emissions since 1820 Africa is not a country! Is child mortality falling? Where is HIV decreasing?

The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in Education

Elaborations for Numeracy

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:

student-created digital video as a pedagogical approach to achieving a variety of educational objectives.

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.

Old Things in Old Ways When a new technology appears, our first instinct is always to continue doing things within the technology the way we've always done it. People still illuminated the first printed Gutenberg Bibles by hand. Television pioneers set up single cameras in "great" theater seats. The result was pretty much like what came before; some elements may have been lost, but the results were certainly cheaper, and far more efficient.

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.

Reflections on mind mapping and the tool Bubbl.Us

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.

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.

The WebQuest was launched in 1995 to scaffold advanced cognition by integrating the "ill-structured" nature of the World Wide Web with a process that guides novices through decisions and experiences that characterize experts' behaviors. Recently, the Web has morphed into Web 2.0 with its social networking sites, blogs, wikis and podcasts. Given this richness, revisiting WebQuests is in order. This paper reviews the critical attributes of true WebQuests and reviews recent research in thinking routines and intrinsic motivation to recommend new paths for WebQuests that could scaffold student use of Web 2.0 environments, enabling a shift toward authentic personal learning.