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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.

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

Graded according to year level. Mainly for Literacy and Numeracy but all subjects covered. Tutorials, videos, interactive activities, assessments, worksheets.

Used by over 70,000 teachers & 1 million students at home and school. Studyladder is an online english literacy & mathematics learning tool. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans for Primary and Junior High School students in Australia.

A great resource in regards to all things associated with the WWW. It breaks the whole process down into three key areas: exploring, building and connecting.

Great laptop activities in Literacy and Numeracy

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.

Tim Shanahan explores the connection between the act of repetition and learning new words. he provides analysis of a range of strategies, as well as exploring the research at the same time. It is true that high frequency words do not have typical spelling patterns, but it is rare that all of their elements are odd (e.g., the vowel pronunciation in "the" is a bit funky, but the /th/ is a more consistent element). Analyzing such words, rather than just repeating them again and again, is a better avenue to long-term learning than copying it over and over again

Worksheets for Literacy and Numeracy

A great overview of the front pages of the different newspapers associated with the 2013 Australian Election. Amazing to look back at them all in one big collection.

A great overview of the front pages of the different newspapers associated with the 2013 Australian Election. Amazing to look back at them all in one big collection.

Children's website for reading and literacy - Kids online stories, videos, educational activities, games, worksheets, printables, coloring pages, arts & crafts and more. Got a Fairy Tale theme in mind Foundation teachers? Here is the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow!!!

A great collection of videos from a range of picture book artists as a part of the Look! exhibition. "

A simple website that allows you to create a newspaper article in the form of an image.

A great discussion of films and storytelling from one of the key figures behind Pixar.

An interesting take on cyber awareness and digital literacy. Interactive with some great videos.

"Quentin Blake's handwriting typeface  MAR 09 2016 "

A fantastic collection on documentaries available online. They have been sorted into various categories, from History to Science to Sport.

A great website that kids can access if they want, or you can so that you can come up with some great writing ideas!

An excellent P-2 website which covers all areas of the curriculum

A great website for Spelling generalisations!