ICT in Primary Education

Teachers considering the benefits of flipping the classroom and have an iPad available may want to try the following very reliable iPad Apps to assist with this endeavor. While it may seem a daunting task to put all of those into action with one's students, they are easy and actually fun to use and do not require a lot of technical skills and experience.

An exuberant crowd of ed tech investors, entrepreneurs and their publicity staffs are converging at the ASU/GSV summit in Arizona this week, with claims that tech tools can transform education and solve the achievement gap. Venture capitalists will be out in force at the innovation summit also known as "Davos in the Desert," and they'll ...

Great website with loads of resources to stimulate young minds

This website has a host of links to different resources. It will be very useful in the future I'm sure. Thank you for sharing.

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Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Hi Anne Marie, thanks for the link. So many resources and helpful info.

A resource of educational iPad and Android apps for teachers, educators, and students

Exploration of Planets, Solar System and Stars with online 3D Simulator

Thank you - this is a very useful resource. I have often found it difficult to find a similar resource which shows the planets, orbit etc. I will definitely use this in the future.

Material didáctico interactivo para aprender vocabulario de un modo lúdico para niños de 7 a 9 años que empiezan a estudiar español. Interactive teaching materials for vocabulary learning in a playful way for children 7-9 years beginning to study Spanish.

This link sends you directly to an easy and friendly software to develop visual novels (what we would call virtual novel game where you make decisions and by this changing the story). You can create tons of novels with this freeware and use it in classroom for any topic you introduce in the game.

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.

Eyes on the Solar System is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time.

Evernote is mainly a note-taking app. It is an amazing tool to write down your thoughts and ideas, organize them by using tags and sync them across various mobile devices. But thanks to a very friendly API, Evernote can do more. If you don't wanna mess with Tumblr, Blogger or WordPress, but you are a major Evernote fan,...

Discover libraries of high quality Languages teaching resources for French, Spanish and German, created by teachers for teachers - proven in the classroom, edited for quality and consistency.

It is an excellent website to assess students' working in a number of mathematical skills. It is for all grades and it gives instant feedback.

Interesting report (in Dutch) on the Flemish situation, including a focus on primary schools. Dutch title: MICTIVO 2012: Monitor voor ICT-integratie in het Vlaamse Onderwijs

A creative visual learning platform that allows the creation of posters in a collaborative way.

A very powerful tool!

I can confirm. I use it very often in my class. Pupils love it :)

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Yeah indeed it is among the great resources an educator can find.

"The proposed invisible learning concept is the result of several years of research and work to integrate diverse perspectives on a new paradigm of learning and human capital development that is especially relevant in the context of the 21st century. This view takes into account the impact of technological advances and changes in formal, non-formal, and informal education, in addition to the 'fuzzy' metaspaces in between. Within this approach, we explore a panorama of options for future development of education that is relevant today. Invisible Learning does not propose a theory, but rather establishes a metatheory capable of integrating different ideas and perspectives. This has been described as a protoparadigm, which is still in the 'beta' stage of construction." -Cristóbal Cobo & John Moravec

LittleBits is a great set of small electronic components that kids can use to create circuits with moderate complexity. The simple plug-and-play concept is very intuitive and give pupils a first experience in the world of electronics. They can built great intelligent and connected objects in a very short amount of time !

Tablets are Good, Content is Better, and Teachers are the Best Educational ICT Investment " Educational Technology Debate