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Fantastic interactive site for early childhood and special ed. Try it out!

I used resources on this website for my WebQuest. They have audio instructions which is great for early childhood and special ed. Very educational, interactive and engaging.

Hi Michelle Thanks I will have to check it out. Last semester I used GoAnimate for the webquest, but found you were limited unless you paid. Bec.

A great site that lets you capture screen images much more efficiently by isolating the specific section on the screen. I got this from Gizmo's freeware site too.

Another digital photo editor.

This technological tool seems to have various applications in the field of education. I have brainstormed a few, any other ways to integrate this ICT tool into learning and teaching?

The following are two youtube clips I used during my Professional Experience for a Prep class to taech then their daysof the Week. Found it very effective. Kids enjoyed it loved joinging in not just singing but dancing as well. Hope they are useful for you to! Days of The Week Song For Kids- DreamEnglishKids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36n93jvjkDs Days of the Week Rap Back- Jack Hartmann song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BATdBYIXF1Q

ACARA's implementation of the Australian Curriculum will enable students an equal and enriching education throughout the nation. As a future educator and studying for the past 4 years education, it is enlightening to know that in the near future, Australia as a nation will have one type of education for all states. The Australian Curriculum will enable teachers to travel throughout Australia, be able to provide students with a consistent learning experience, and will endeavor to advance and push students in a positive direction. I am all for the Australian Curriculum and am excited to know that this is the way that education is heading. The equality of the Australian Curriculum not only for educators as well as students, but for parents, knowing that their children will benefit from equal learning opportunities. The Learning Areas for the Australian Curriculum currently include: English, Mathematics, Science and History. General capabilities, a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum, are addressed explicitly in the content of the learning areas. They play a significant role in realising the goals set out in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA 2008) - that all young people in Australia should be supported to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens. The Australian Curriculum includes seven general capabilities: Literacy Numeracy Information and communication technology (ICT) capability Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability Ethical understanding Intercultural understanding. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/File/C26D8605-FAA2-4B40-BE10-A15500EE1EB6. Accordingly, the Australian Curriculum must be both relevant to the lives of students and address the contempor

How interactive games and learning conversations may transfer knowledge from one context to another.

ICT integration and teachers' confidence in using ICT for teaching and learning in Queensland State Schools.

And a good read this is too if I do say so myself :-)

Links to apps, websites, technologies that can be used in Middle School. 

This Pinterest page was contributed by a fellow tweeter, Matt, and has his pinboard of resources for students with special needs. It's UK based, but has some info re how to make literacy accessible to students with dyslexia/reading difficulties. You will need to sign up for TES Connect but it's free.

The attached link is to the Raising Children Network. While it is mainly focused at parents I believe it would be a very useful resource for teachers to utilise as well.

Great video as to why we should use technology within schools

My favourite line from the journal article: The metacognitive approach to ICT learning, which was developed initially as an approach to pre-service teacher education (Phelps & Ellis, 2002a, 2002b, 2002c), is founded on the premise that adoption and integration of ICT by teachers is influenced by their attitudes, beliefs, motivation, confidence and learning strategies (Higgins & Mosley, 2001; Rudd, 2001).

Applications of using Blooms Taxonomy