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A fantastic resource for Prep-Grade 1 students that covers a range of ICT and Literacy based skills. ICT skills include keyboard recognition and typing. Literacy skills include alphabet games, word recognition and beginning writing skills.

A great resource from Mozilla in regards to developing 'web literacy' and going beyond 'coding' from Doug Belshaw.

A good introduction to the different social media formats, including Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram. Induces discussion of what each provides.

Edmodo recently released a new look for their website. Many times when a website changes there's a ton of confusion about old features, new feature, and where everything is now located. Not with Edmodo! The simple and clear design makes it easy to navigate between all of the tools. So there shouldn't be too much confusion for existing users, and teachers who want to learn how to use Edmodo for the first time are met with a sleek and simple interface. Here are a few videos on how to navigate the new Edmodo site, and how to use the basic features for anyone interested in learning to use Edmodo in the classroom.

A great outline of where to start in regards to texts and resources associated with digital literacies.

A great outline of where to start in regards to texts and resources associated with digital literacies.

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 -  the results of the 7th Annual Learning Tools Survey. Not only is it an interesting list, but a great place to start to look for new ideas and programs.

Cool website where you can upload your writing and see which words you use the most as each time the word occurs, it becomes more prominent.

It's like Wordle - it is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and colour schemes. This one gives you more options for different layouts.

A great site to take photos from laptops and edit them.

What is a great presentation application for iPad is now available on the web. A different approach to visual presentations.

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

A look at Creative Commons and Fair Use in media and blogging. An often ignored element when it comes to online publishing. Also includes some good links to sites containing free-to-use images.

Wylio is an image search engine designed to help bloggers and others quickly find, cite, and use Creative Commons licensed images. Wylio results only return images that are listed with a Creative Commons license. Wylio makes it easy to give proper attribution to the creator of the image by providing you with html code that includes attribution. All you have to do is copy the code and paste it into your blog post or webpage - Richard Byrne

A great online eBook that explores all of the different elements of browsers and the web. Important for staff and students.

Dan Donahoo on technology in early childhood. Interesting reflections.

An investigation into iPads and Book Creator in Prep

Some ideas and solutions how to connect an iPad to the projector.