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Online resource that contains, games, YouTube, and work sheets. Can search by grade or subject.

Kids will love this! Draw your own computer game!

Great teaching resource for children to draw and create their own game!

Article talking about the use of a 3D simulation (a game basically) in an attempt to help students develop empathy. The comments include a couple of interesting perspectives, especially in terms of do you really need ICT to teach this? Aren't there other ways? Does ICT offer anything in this context?

The success and popularity of Minecraft in and out of classrooms is no surprise. It's one of the best examples of the potential of learning with games because

Story about a game that aims to provide an idea of the experience of hypersensitivity in autistic children.  Appears to have some positive and negative comments. It's this possibility of providing an experience that you may not otherwise be able to have, that is one of the big potentials with ICTs.

A great site for Early Childhood interactive games over a wide range of curriculum domains.  Yes it does cost but have a go at the free trial and see what you think.

A game that could be applied in tutes. Wondering how to do it online?  May or may not be used in week 3.  May be used later in the semester.

technic lego,gear functions

Technic lego, gear functions

What can you learn from gaming? From Minecraft?

The table of cotents for the "learning guide" for Gamestar Mechanic. An online site designed to help Grade 4-9 learning game design. The learning guide comes with a range of resources, including lesson plans.

Resources to use when on prac. Designed for short periods of physical activities and outdoor games

Fun and free online multi-player educational math games and language arts games for students and teachers!

5 minute interview with Dr James Gee. One of the people explaining why game-based learning has some significant benefits.

An interesting website, but also incorporating active citizenship within our ICT saturated world. Very encouraging, and positive!

Newspaper article about how the new Apple Watch is opening up a range of new possibilities, in particular for a deaf and blind woman. Mentions the Apple Watch's haptic capability - the ability for the device to give feedback via touch. Likely to be the first widely used example of haptics.

Is social media all that bad when..... "A new report on "Teens, Technology and Friendships" from the Pew Foundation puts an unusually positive spotlight on the online lives of teenagers as they build friendships and connections in a digital world. Teenagers aged 13 to17 are finding ways to strengthen their relationships with real-world friends as well as making new friends through social media, video gaming, messaging apps and other virtual connectors."

Fun Algebra?

A program where you can 'create and share your own interactive stories, games, music, and art'.

The first week at uni we started to use a program called Scratch. This program can be used for teachers and students at any level. It is also has free membership. The first activity that we were required to do was to use the motion button to create simple commands to move the script (the cat). The next part of the activity was to make a sequence of commands. This included the moving the script 10 step and then having the script turn around in a clockwise direction at 15 degrees. The number of steps and the degrees can be changed to suit the way you want the script to move. The next activity was to use the simple commands and have them repeat the commands over and over until you stop the command. We also learnt how to have the script change colour while the command sequence was going. The next activity was to draw regular polygons. The first polygon that was drawn was a square. The next challenge was to create other polygons. This program is great to work with. I had some time just to play, adding backgrounds, pictures and sounds. The goal for using this scratch program at uni is to explore options for introducing digital technologies and related concepts in the primary school classroom, as the Technology curriculum is being introduced sometime this year (2013). This program would fall under the Digital Technologies strand in the Australian curriculum: Technologies. This is where students will engage in the components of digital systems: software, hardware and networks.

Great site for children to create stories, games and animations.

The link above is a site which has a number of games for English and mathematics. The games are fun and interactive for all students. (they are even great for students in primary upper who are at a low level for English and mathematics.