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I want to eliminate completely the Bloom's taxonomy. Flipping it could be interesting, however it drives teachers and policy makers to continue CLINGING to a very old paradigm and old categorization. Moreover, hierarchies belong to LINEAR THINKING, it is still a traditional way of thinking.

Great article. Thank you!

Thank you for the article. Completely agree with the author (about the flipping thing). Crativity-avaluation-analysis etc leads to learning - that's for sure.

I stopped to read the provided key points about screen time for kids together with its corresponding article because, it has been always a topic in my mind when friends share their disapproval about TV watching. I always back up my thoughts by considering that the problem is not the amount of screen they have but, the purpse for its use. Unfortunately, I believe many parents use TV or simile, as baby sitters, this I consider negative. While reading these articlaes, my ideas became clearer and on paper! Technology, many times neglected by old-fashioned teaching teachers, is often considered in the same way and, I truly believe that it must be also considered something positive, enhancing and motivating if used wisely.

Besides all the online applications, programs, tools and games .. screen time is equally important for kids. The article also rejects the myths that parents and teachers have in minds regarding screen time. This perspective can be changed in to positivity by by proper monitoring of kids during screen time.

Teachers can use this tool to organize an activity in groups getting your goals in teaching-learning with the digital board, teamwork and creativity. Here you are a website in order to make it without cost and you have my link of my own webquest The chocolate world with the characters of the Charlie's factory film . This webquest was for students with 6 years old. You can use characters, links, videos, instructions .... Enjoy it!! http://www.phpwebquest.org/catala/webquest/soporte_tablon_w.php?id_actividad=7094&id_pagina=5

Hi I liked the idea... I tried peneing it it's in spanish. There is an option to translate the page but it's not translated. Please help

Wonderful idea! I have bookmarked the page!

A few years old now, but still a great resource. Lots of videos from primary (and secondary) pupils carrying out innovative, interesting and fun science experiments. A great source of ideas and inspiration for your next science lesson.

A collection of web links and PDFs about e-readiness in various countries across the world. Most seem to be at least 5 years old, but have some background interest.

In this video, Patrick Halpin, Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School, shows how he uses Photostory with 4th class. Working in groups, the pupils create a photostory presentation on how to create origami flowers. They will use this presentation to teach origami to junior classes.

I like working on Photostory and it's really a great software that can help in encouraging children in their story writings.

Hi Florian, we have been using Photostory with Year 3 and Year 4's (7 - 9 years olds) for a couple of years. It's such a fantastic publishing tool and so easy to use with lovely animations and music. Thanks for sharing.

An oldie, but a goodie! Scratch is a free tool designed to support the development of coding skills. Available in 40+ languages and aimed at students aged 8 and up. Students can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations - and share their creations with others in the online community.

Actually there is also a new curriculum for Scratch with worksheets: http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/guide/download.html It has also been translated into several languages. This is a very helpful tool if you want to start introducing programming to a class. I have been using it now twice, and I am happy with the outcome. In particular the worksheets are so helpful and give you more time to support the individual child.

I have use code.org as an introduction before using scratch. It allows the children participate it in games involving angry birds, plants vs zombies, flappy birds and the disney frozen characters.

The Study of the impact of technology in primary schools (STEPS) provides ta detailed picture of national ICT strategies and their impact in primary schools in the 27 countries of the European Union, as well as in Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway. It was carried out by European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission.

yup...it's forbiden for me too...

Sorry, maybe only accessible via the internal Schoolnet VPN. Try these direct links instead: Executive Summary: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/studies/documents/study_impact_technology_primary_school/01_executive_summary_steps_en.pdf Full synthesis report: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/studies/documents/study_impact_technology_primary_school/02_synthesis_report_steps_en.pdf

LearnEnglish Kids has lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun and learn English too.

As a teacher of 5-6 year old ESL learners in a bilingual school, I find this website really useful for activities, songs, games etc for teaching English in a fun way. It is very interractive and child friendsly. Children can explore activities alone or it can be used as part of a teaching session. They can also leave their own comments about activities they liked. I think someone has already mentioned it below but I love it so much I had to post again so everyone can see. Highly recommended for any teachers of young learners, whether these kids are second language learners or not.

good site

After using Scratch, a great tool to learn programming, I discovered there is a version for 5-7 years old, ScratchJr, as an app for tablets

Learn the basics of the JavaScript programming language. Create an interactive animation of your own name. A did this activity with a few Year 4 students (8/9 years old). Codecademy has lots of interactive learn to code examples, older students or students needing extension activities could use the Python tutorial.

If you're new to Cash App, you may be wondering if you can use the app without linking a bank account. The answer is yes! You can set up and use CashApp without a bank account. However, there are some limitations to consider. For example, you can't use features like Cash Out or Direct Deposit without linking a bank account. Here's what you need to know about using CashApp without a bank account.

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.

A great and safe tool to use with students, in my case due to the Quarantine situation, we had to move on to E-learning so quick with 7 - 8 years old students, the platform is ideally for older students but Edmodo helped a lot to keep a direct communication with students/parents in a safe online environment.

It is a great tool to bring the learner, teacher and parent all three community and make the learning happen in a wholesome way. Learners being able to work on feedforwards from the teachers and peer feedback can be implied here.

As a fan and enthusiastic user of IT in classes, I have just started a course: ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum. It is a free course at www.coursera.org I will start recording some tools available online. Take a look at them and free your imagination to use them in your lessons.

Hello! I am glad to be here. I just have known this free course so I immediately enrolled. I am happy that I will be learning a lot especially in dealing with the 21st century learners. I need to enhance my skills in learning when and how to use and integrate ICT in the teaching-learning process!

Oh this is great!