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Reasons to use ICTs in our pedagogy. EDC3100 members please feel free to add to, edit, annotate and just generally scribble on.

Some great apps to help incorporate ICT's into Health and Physical Education

Another of Jeff Dunn's posts on his Edudemic blog. Worth reading! From OZ/NZ educators on diigo. Includes integrating iPads.

Algebra resource - online vid and smart board application

A fantastic Australian blog with many lower primary resources, and a list of other Aussie blogs to check out as well.

I came across this website, looks like it has a pretty good variety of ipad apps and good descriptions about each.

A year 1 teacher blog called Catherine Reed - fantastic blogs in regards to ICT being used in her classroom.

Sixth sense technology - just WOW!

I read a very interesting article written by Joke Voogt (the Netherlands), Chris Dede (USA).Ola Erstad (Norway), which discusses the importance of ICTs in 21t century learning. They reiterated on the topic that "rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) are continuously transforming the way in which we live, work and learn." They explored they skills that are required for living and working in the 21st century: collaboration, communication, digital literacy, citizenship, problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, productivity. I agree with Voogt and Dede when they say that "an important change has taken place in the way new digital tools and collaborative environments have enhanced learning, from an emphasis on reproducing information and content to content creation and sharing in virtual environments, which some describe as a remixing culture. There are 3 main literacies that we need to develop: Technological literacy (to be aware of the interplay between technology and society), ICT literacy (the skills needed to make effective and efficient use of ICT) and Information literacy (the capacity to access information efficiently and effectively) (Voogt and Dede, 2011). I think the biggest statement that they make is "using ICT to shift our educational structures from industrial era schools to new types of 21st century formal educational models is important" (Voogt & Dede, 2011). I believe schools are now on the edge of this shift, but some educators are reluctant. I mean to make that shift, to evaluate how I use ICTs in the classroom and how I use them to transform learning, not just to use them as 'add-ons'.

So David said I should share this with you guys. I found it funny! Enjoy!

Just to reinforce the point that at the moment, it appears that using Internet Explorer as your browser is likely to cause more problems than it's worth.