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A presentation of a mathematics assignment/problem designed to engage students.

EDC3100 members. Clink on the google.docs link in this document. Feel free to add your graffiti to this document.

Good ideas for Formative assessment tasks

Found this guy's channel while trying to learn more about google docs. He has  a number of videos explaining how to use various technology in the classroom. Might be useful for those of use trying to get our head around what we can use, when and how.

The first page provides synopsis of this paper, using computers for children to do interesting things and programming as a vehicle for teaching thinking.  Skimming through titles, you can circumnavigate to view approaches and descriptions of computer use and coding.

I found this site when googled what it means to be computer literate.

Great list. Can you add to it?

I thought I'd post this short movie. It's an example of ICT activities being done in a class I had my last practicum in. It is a simple activity that the teacher did, using ICTs that were readily availble.. The teacher takes a traditional printed text being used in guided reading (PM readers) and helps the students produce a digital text based on the language used in the original text. Students select images from google images and then use a digital camera to take photos or video, and manipulate the images using IWB software, to place themselves in the digital text. The images are uploaeded into Movie Maker where additonal text, ddialogue and sound are added. The finished artefact is then uploaded toYouTube so that it can be placed on the school website for sharing. The students and their families can view the new digital text at home. The movie is also presented at the school assembly. The teacher does ICT activities like this on a regular basis in English. If you google Tyalgum Public School and click on More News you can view other ICT activities the Kindergarten, Year , Year 2 class did. I think this type of ICT activity gives the students a sense of ownership of their learning.

This is a great activity. Just emphasises how important it is that we know how to use all of these ICTs in the classroom because if we don't know them this activity could take a long time or ICTs wouldn't be used in such a great way. Out of interest how long did it take?

Virtual clouds are a fantastic source of ICT. It has allowed people to share, save and backup all their information, all over the world. The internet is amazing. What will people come up with next?!

Reference for using Google docs to amplify and transform learning.

Mathematics add-on for google forms

Research article comparing two experienced Geography teachers use of PCK. The article argues Geography teachers need extensive content knowledge, understand how knowledge is constructed and in particular that teachers need to address students preconceptions and incorporate them into teaching and learning.

A really good phonics based program to teach reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds

here is an article on iPads in early childhood, study carried out in an Early Childhood Education service catering for children from 3 months to 5 years.

Thanks for sharing! My professional experience will be in a Preschool setting so it is wonderful to see how other Preschool educators have been integrating ICTs and a rationale behind their use. I've read a few articles now regarding ICT in Preschool settings an it is interesting to note that most have been from NZ! The importance their country places on ECE is amazing and obvious from these articles! Very high quality practice and passionate educators it seems. Emma

Google's curriculum on understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship

an article on ICT in Early Childhood