Throughout our years of teaching we have used (and continue to use) movie clips in our classrooms to enhance content and engage our students. This listing is a sample of the types of movies we find useful. The accompanying worksheets are our mathematical interpretations and applications of information presented in these clips.
For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web - interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process.
Understanding what GIS is and what it can be used for. With a GIS application you can open digital maps on your computer, create new spatial information to add to a map, create printed maps customised to your needs and perform spatial analysis. In this worksheet we explore the basic concepts behind Geographical Information Systems.
This is a wonderfully simple maths quiz site with a good collection of activities for the 4 operations. Choose your category and get 10 randomly generated questions to answer.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A fabulous maths blog with a huge catalogue of Primary maths resources, many of these available to download as PDFs.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A superb site for creating a range of English game and activity sheets to use in your class, including word and paragraph scrambles, matching pairs and much more.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Excellent math resource for primary school age. Can set up resources for class to use, whiteboard resources, games, schedule the lessons you want students to take.
Upload all major file formats and convert them into online publications.
Can be used to:
-Create digital books, e-zines, etc.
-Students can become "published" authors
-Alternative strategy for reports and presentations
-Develop and share tutorials, study guides, etc.
-Embed projects into a class site, blog or wiki
-Connect with others that share your interests