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A good example to use for Digital Citizenship, information literacy etc.

Love drop bears, great prank on overseas visitors.

A blog about children's literacy, language, learning and teaching in families and schools

Draft Australian Curriculum: Technologies - February 2013

A great site with digital Literacy resources, note though it is American and does require a subscription.

ABC podcast about Barramundi farming.  Could be used in conjunction with English literacy learning, eg. kids listen, draw pictures, identify technical vocabulary, order events, identify parts of speech etc.

Technology is inseparable with education including early childhood education. With the use of technology such as laptops, pre-literacy and pre-numeracy lessons are more fun, active, and engaging for the children as it creates different ambience and promotes active learning in the classroom as well as home setting.

Take a website or some English text and have it converted into a range of dialect including: Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Jive, Cockney etc.  Literacy and english applications?

digital natives and digital immigrants- An interesting read however dated the figures may be. When the reading of traditional text is only accounting for less then one quarter of the time students are actively engaged in literacy practices why does it remain the dominant discourse in so many classrooms?

"One of the major benefits of using technology in the classroom is the ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student in every lesson. Just as every student grows and develops at different rates, they learn in different ways and at different speeds. Technology makes it possible to pace lessons appropriately for each student's learning level and can be used to promote learning in the multiple intelligences. Below you will find website suggestions that address the different learning styles in your classroom with the help of technology: Verbal-Linguistic These learners enjoy learning through speaking, writing, reading, and listening. In the classroom setting these students shine when given tasks such as taking notes, researching, listening, reading for information, and writing. Websites to encourage learning for Verbal-Linguistic students: 1. http://wordle.net Allow students to express themselves creatively with words 2. http://ed.voicethread.com Capture student voices with audio, text, pictures , and video 3. http://zoho.com- A free online word processor, and presentation tool 4. http://gcast.com- Students can podcast (voice recording) online. 5. http://kerpoof.com - Students can create stories or mini- movies 6. http://www2.shidonni.com- Students create animated stories 7. http://tickatok.com Students can create stories and turn them into a book 8. http://pbskids.org/wordworld A world where words come alive 9. http://readwritethink.org 52 interactive activities related to reading, writing, and speaking 10. http://speakaboos.com Students can read stories online, record their own story and play literacy games Logical-Mathematical These learners love numbers, reasoning, and problem solving. These students enjoy measuring, calculating, and organizing data. In the classroom students will shine when given tasks such as collecting data, conducting experiments, solving proble

This is a literacy resource for prep children. I like the use of images as this is age appropriate. The main concern I would have is that it is quite limited in the number of examples of rhyming words given.

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

I found this site to be full of ideas and links to other sites for using technology in the classroom to promote Literacy and language there are also some ideas for teaching ESL learners with technology.

Talks about the origin of an idea of a "reading" club that uses Twitter, rather than physical proximity as the connection. i.e. get a group of people to read the same article at the same time and use twitter to share their insights. And the idea of including the author. Wonder how this might apply to reading/literacy in a school setting?

Info for blog on ICT and literacy

"Our lesson plan examples incorporate captions for learning and literacy benefits for all students. All our lesson plans have been developed by professional teachers. These lesson plans cover Foundation through to Secondary for each subject and include links to captioned videos"