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If you enjoyed Class Dojo, you might also like this. Augments classroom management but it will never replace the teacher - you still need to develop your own effective classroom management techniques.

South Australian primary school class blog.

People from across the world share photos of what's in their fridge. I wonder what a resource/project like this could be used for in a class setting? How might it be modified? e.g. the article has a link to projects like "What the world eats in a day" and "What kids eat for breakfast"

Well this made me smile how people let the world into their refrigerators! However when I think about the class setting you could use it to investigate where products originate and the process they go through before they arrive in our refrigerators.

A couple of Year 7 students write a blog post (on their class blog) outlining why they think blogging is a good idea. The class blog is also a good example of some of the factors you might like to consider when blogging with a class (e.g. having a charter, clear roles and responsibilities etc).

Posted by Kathleen Morris (McGeady) January 29th 2010. Before you set up your class blog, it's really important to think about what rules and guidelines you will put into place and make sure the students and parents are clear about these.

Good article outlining how technology may be used to increase engagement. While turning worksheets into games may not be as ambitious as I would like this could be a good starting point.

Miss Jordan shares her teaching experiences, classroom activities and students learning experiences. Miss Jordan is based in Victoria and is in a primary setting. A 3/4 class. I think Miss Jordan is interesting as she has regular posts and shares information that is relevant to other teachers. Miss Jordan also uses technology in different ways to help her students learn.

A description of the 1st one-to-one laptop program in the world (at a Melbourne-based private school). The important aspect of this is the purpose behind this program and how that differs from what has happened since. Arguably, how computers and computing devices are being used in schools has radically decreased even though the capability of the technology has radically increased.

I found this article really interesting after an experience in two year seven classes a few weeks ago. I was asked to help two grade 7 classes for the first 2 periods for three weeks. In that time, I wandered around quietly paying particular attention to what the students were actually doing on their laptops. I noticed on many occasions, several of the children were actually entertaining themselves by just "pottering" around on their laptop, even while the teacher was explicitly teaching. I was really curious to know how much the majority of students were actually learning. The class environment was relatively quiet compared to schooling in my day (in the '70's and '80's) but I had the thought, if laptop programs are NOT successful, we have a big problem that may not be confirmed for a decade or so. The other thing I found interesting is that the majority of the year 7's had done extremely poorly on their ICT exams.... interesting...

Tecnology doing great things in autism!!

Isn't it incredible what technology is doing for people with autism! Imagine what it would have been like for them 50years ago? 20 years ago? Even ten years ago!!! This knowledge is so crucial as a special needs teacher, there could be nonverbal students in the class who have deeper communication desires and intellectual abilities than we realise! This opens so many doors and opportunities for them, allowing them to participate in class, make learning their own, to engage in conversations and learn in a whole new way!! What a really useful tool that could be so easily incporporated in a classroom. Ipads now have apps that make this kind of technology really really accessible! http://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-apps

I found this clip inspiring as it highlights simple uses of ICTs within the classroom. Prompting further thought of how they could be meaningfully intergrated within the curriculum.

I agree with you Rosemary I found this clip very interesting, it has some great ideas. I have used the web quest in two classes on prac. They had some very surprising results about the knowledge that year eleven student have of the world outside the class room, some had no idea were to go to catch a plane or how to get there.

Technology helping children with autism!

Take a look at this excellent class blog. The teacher posts about a story, and the students respond to the blog following an activity where they have to do some independent research. Lots of key learning area integration going on here!

From another Diigo site. Reading to Learn is one of the world's most powerful literacy programs. It is designed to enable all learners at all levels of education to read and write successfully, at levels appropriate to their age, grade and area of study. The Reading to Learn strategies have been independently evaluated to consistently accelerate the learning of all students at twice to more than four times expected rates, across all schools and classes, and among students from all backgrounds and ability ranges.

Here's a post about a brilliant blog I found. Very innovative and creative teacher using ICTs in her classroom. I've blogged here about her use of Flipboard to create magazines for her class.

How a primary teacher approached student blogs as part of their digital portfolio, but after they had learnt to blog as a whole class. Very interesting. From another Diigo site.

this website uses smart boards but could also be used in composite classes.

Wordpress.com - my favourite blog platform - now providing explicit support for class blogs

An article reporting on the use of Twitter in a Year 2 class - their Twitter account https://twitter.com/ClassroomTweets Found this in response to a question from @kellyfrintzilas

A slideshare introducing interesting ways to integrate Twitter into the classroom http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/twenty-five-interesting-ways-to-use-tw Added this on my twitter account @kellyfrintzilas

A blog posting on using Twitter in a classroom. This has some great tips on how and why to use twitter in the classroom. http://www.essentialschools.org/resources/451 Added this on my twitter account @kellyfrintzilas