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Fantastic site for ECE and Special Ed that encourages critical thinking. Has a vast range of activities from music to maths to more, that are very play-based and mostly educational. Take a look Special Ed and Early Childhood people!

Kids are crazy for technology! And it's important to provide early learners with time to simply play, create and use their imaginations. However, teachers must also ensure that students learn to use current technology in this constantly-evolving world.

Kids are crazy for technology! And it's important to provide early learners with time to simply play, create and use their imaginations. However, teachers must also ensure that students learn to use current technology in this constantly-evolving world.

This is what is expected of early childhood teachers to learn about the benefits of integrating technology and how it reinforces key technical skills to thrive in coming ages where technology is becoming a necessity.

Assignment 2 - peruse for ideas

This is a great blog from a prep classroom that shows how play-based pedagogy can work with the Australian Curriculum. Also some example of using ICT in the play-based ECE context.

A fun way to learn about procedures, you get to make a sock puppet by following the instructions (or procedure)

From another Diigo site. Inspirational and so true. Don't give up!

Great resource for use within the classroom. Great online activity for students to engage within. Found from scootle.com find link attached :)

Series of 18 short videos providing insights into the land management practices and social, spiritual and cultural knowledge of the Ngemba, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Aboriginal language groups in north-western NSW. The videos are presented by the Aboriginal Elders and knowledge-holders and cover a range of topics including the cultural use of billabongs and gilgai, the use of native foods and medicines and traditional stories from the region. Some of the videos explore the European water management practices on the ecology of the catchment and the importance of sustainable land and water management.

Search results for "digital citizenship" within Scootle (you may need a Scootle account to see) giving an idea of some of the relevant resources within Scootle.

Found this.. great resource for prac. Found some great ICT activities and games for children of all ages

We'll spend some time in Week 3 looking at Scootle.

Yr 4 English content descriptor and scootle resource for A2

excellent video on interactive white boards within a school environment

Great list of web tools to create multimodal texts.

The abstract for this sounds interesting Can popular culture and information communication technologies (ICT) broaden early years' multiliteracies experiences? This paper presents a case study that begins with boys role-playing Star Wars action scenes at the commencement of the school year, and concludes with an end-of-year school community celebration of a new DVD Star Wars movie sequel, designed and performed by the boys. The Children's Star Wars Project was developed in a small Western Australian independent community school committed to the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy. The case study provides an exemplar of the integral relationship between early childhood pedagogy, multiliteracies metalanguage, and multimodal designs of meaning. Implications for educational research are that popular culture and ICT can be readily integrated with early childhood education (ECE) to broaden multiliteracies experiences. As shown in this case study, these experiences facilitate the achievement of The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia outcomes.