ICT in Primary Education

This is a great resource to learn a new language and it´s free

Hello everyone! I want to share this URL, which has been a really useful tool for my classes when I want to practice Math concepts with my students and have fun at a time. You will also find brain games and activities for other topics, so I invite you to visit the webpage.

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This site is from a group of architects - Fielding Nair International - that have worked redesigning schools and learning spaces in different parts of the world. Many times we dream about a new type of education ... but the school physical space is not designed for those changes. I recommend to have a look at the many cases they publish in their site (it has been very inspiring for me).

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.

This is a very informative resource

Thanks for sharing! It is a great resource!

Thanks for sharing. It is very interesting and informative too.

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

The blurb says: "Toondoo lets you create comic strips and cartoons easily with just a few clicks, drags and drops". I started using it in newsletters for parents as a way of grabbing their attention for key piece of information. It struck me how useful this would be as a way for children to summarise concepts, learning etc in one frame. Quite sure this is a site everyone is very familiar with already, but just in case...

You can also try Pixton for comics and domo animate for animations :)

This website allows you to create create their own comic strips andcomic books using the templates provided also using your own pictures..

This binder contains lots of interactive art games for kids!

This is just one of the multitude of highly interactive phone applications available for use by teachers and students. It also looks fun and colourful!

Written by an assistant principal at our sister campus, short and sweet but gives a good validation to tablets.

A French language report on the current situation and future outlook for digital technologies in schools in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium.

I find this pdf extremely useful, especially to those of you who, like me, would like to share available resources with your school staff.

I really like some of the pages that you share in that website, thank you so much. I'm Johana from Ecuador

This seems to be a very useful list of resources.....thanks for sharing.

This is a case study on ICT in Primary schools which focuses on English and Mathematics.

Bring comics to the classroom with educational software that helps students create, share and collaborate on comics - without drawing a line. Use Bitstrips for Schools to teach reading comprehension, writing and digital literacy.

I have read good reviews about bitstrips earlier too, seems a good tool for primary students, a nice way to introduce them to writing stories. Will try it!!!!!

super heros and super powers as well as evil characters are a good way to teach values to chilren and develop storytelling, focuss ideas, etc. I find visual thinking very good for early learning and being able to make comics is great. Thanks for sharing.

Rubrics are essential in teaching practices.Take a look at this guide!

Follow Cristóbal Cobo. He is an experto over badges and rubrics.

It gets some time to get used to using them, but then it makes work easier and helps students clarify what they need to improve. They are really useful!

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory , an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker. For more than forty years, they've built creative, thought-provoking exhibits, tools, programs, and experiences that ignite curiosity, encourage exploration, and lead to profound learning. Dive in and discover what they're all about. Their site includes access to websites, activities, videos and apps.

Amazing! Thanks for sharing

Fantastic Case Study of using an interesting tool to deliver design thinking and the bases for game design for kids.

Thanks Rodrigo. I am passionate about Design Thinking & Visual Thinking.

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Great stuff! Thanks

Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the 21st century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionals - architects, engineers, town planners, programmers - teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving what they do. But teaching is not treated as a design profession. Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology to help their learners. But their discoveries remain local. By representing and communicating their best ideas as structured pedagogical patterns, teachers could develop this vital professional knowledge collectively. Teacher professional development has not embedded in the teacher's everyday role the idea that they could discover something worth communicating to other teachers, or build on each others' ideas. Could the culture change? From this unique perspective on the nature of teaching, Diana Laurillard argues that a 21st century education system needs teachers who work collaboratively to design effective and innovative teaching.

In my opinion the most important thing is -given teaching will be treated as a collective design science- learning about how to apply new ways of teaching on our individual children. The newest would probably not always be the best and what worked in other schools elsewhere might not work in your own school. So let´s also stress how to individualize collective knowledge again and break it down to everyday usable teaching aid that we can evaluate.

I totally agree with your opinion about education, specially when you talk about collaborative work among teachers to help our students build knowledge .THank you