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Great example of a student using Personal Learning Environments

For or against connectivism as a learning theory. Some interesting points here. 

This could be fun for the more advanced maths students looking to play with a bit of Algebra. 

As games, particularly virtual worlds, become increasingly popular and as they begin to approximate large scale social systems in size and nature, they have also become spaces where play and learning have merged in fundamental ways. More important is the idea that the kind of learning that happens in the spaces of these massively multiplayer online games is fundamentally different than what we have come to consider as standard pedagogical practice. The distinction the authors make is that traditional paradigms of instruction have addressed learning as "learning about," while these new forms of learning deal with knowledge through the dynamic of "learning to be." It is the authors' contention that the experiences offered within virtual worlds provide a fundamentally different way of thinking about

Nearly 1 in 5 gamers play social network games and 1 in 10 massively  multiplayer games. Growing social and online play is driving interest in online content. One in five gamers say they would either be "motivated" or "very motivated" to sign up to a faster broadband  service for game downloads and online play.

Pisa Sample Questions for those interested in some of the finer details of what makes up a PISA test. 

A site that gives some great ideas for lessons, other relevant maths sites, software and videos about all areas of the maths curriculum. 

Thanks Garth, you're an ICT star!

The Maths Arcade section of this website has some really fun games for students from P-6. They can choose their level and select a game to practice their maths skills independent. 

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This is our Italian blog at North Fitzroy Primary school in Victoria Australia. It has information about activities taught, important dates and ideas for incidental teaching in the classroom. Please leave a post! Arrivederci!

Doing shape and or tessellation in Maths??? This blog post could come in handy. Some interesting discussion on tessellation in real life. So the next question is why do we teach tessellation in maths? Shouldn't we just get rid of this aspect of maths and create a new subject called design??

Interesting blog re all things music and apple. (mainly apps and idevices) Worth a look

Some People Must spend hours on youtube. Glad this guy has because its a great collection we could use this for our listening stuff...

Transmedia is it the new way to teach storytelling/writing? This idea could fit nicely into our students multi platformed online lives and communities. Interesting. 

Some great ideas here for connecting Math to real world occurrences. It is heavily American but this site could be a source of great ideas for the student that needs extending

This looks like a great tool for creating storyboards. Need to login or register to save work.

Wow some amazing resources here for English. This worth a look when planning for the week or term ahead

good literature review for those interested in learning theories

Looking for that killer IWB introductory to your maths lesson. Check out Virtual Manipulatives. This blog post explains it all. (It has a great flash version of MAB)

Wow some of these dont  apply to primary but are still worth a look. Remember that all our students who have activated their email have access to Google docs. 

Great post for the new doc's user and some useful tips and tools for the experienced user. Bookmark on your tool bar if you are a regular google docs user.