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early childhood ideas inside and outdoor activities

I follow this group on Facebook and love seeing all,of their post. They post ideas and believes that should just be second nature to all childhood teachers though sadly are not. Play really does hold such an important role in the learning of young children, whether it is using the natural environment or ICT resources, allow children to be children and enjoy their childhood and let them learn naturally not through over processed activities designed by teachers that just need to meet paper work requirements.

This blog is full of fantastic ideas, resources and creativity for early childhood teachers, and pre service teachers.

A brief introduction to Diigo and some examples of how teachers and stud ents can use it for learning.

Creative Commons Photo courtesy of Michael Surran Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License Diigo is a powerful information capturing, storing, recalling and sharing tool. Here are just a few of the possibilities with Diigo: Save important websites and access them on any computer. Categorize websites by titles, notes, keyword tags, lists and groups.

Useful information about using Diigo in the classroom.

Richard Byrne's blog again! "Create drawings and documents on your tablet. You can create using free-hand drawing tools, using typing tools, or a combination of the two tool sets. Your drawings and documents can be sent to and synced with other users so that they can comment and edit your drawings and documents." From another Diigo group.

Australian consultancy group that partners with schools to develop/empower them for learning for the future and to drive change. In this site they share relevant news and information about change, learning, ICTs, school culture and priorities and experiences.

An Australian (NSW) teacher

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A "whiteboard wiki", via Marsha

I can see this being used with small groups of students for collaboration, it's simplicity would lend itself well to primary school. However after playing around with it and creating 2 accounts and joining a private notebook I found the process slow. So for a whole class collaboration application I would suggest using WikiSpaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/

This is a website designed by a group of 3rd year teachers from a variety of schools in the Brisbane area. It provides a forum for classes to share what they are doing in the classroom. It is kind of a mix between a newsletter and a resource/idea sharing centre. It is great to get ideas and see what other classes in other schools are doing.

This post provides practical ideas on how to use ICTs with the younger age group. I love the line, "Don't be afraid to learn with your students."

This is a great science resource I have tagged to PCKScience for my EDC3100 ICTs & Pedagogy Diigo group.

Christina Curry explains in this article how primary schools are in need of specialist PE teachers rather than neglect recommendations from government education groups

Article describing how on US-based 5th grade teacher is using technology to create a "blended" approach to learning that apparently allows more catering to the different capabilities of her students. Some linked to the approach used in EDC3100 as explained in the first (and last) Toowoomba lecture.

Week 1 - Reading ReflectionThis article was found on Diigo, shared by a EDC3100 group member named Diane Thomas Upon reading this theory as week one is coming to a close it brought me back to the beginning of the week where I was first introduced into EDC3100.

Introduces the idea of conceptual change in the context of science. During week 1 of EDC3100 we will be looking at conceptual change as it applies to learning how to use an ICT.