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Great site for visual supports

A research project that explored how having to create drawings representing concepts helped reveal misconceptions.

This could be used in a grade here class as revision, as the students in my class would have benefited from this greatly. I like the large pictures of the money and also of what they are buying. It helps to see all of the information easily. Problems may arise when the more vocal students get involved and the struggling students will fly under the radar.

Click and drag the money to represent the amount. Add your own image and amount to each page. 1. suitable for primary school age students 2. Simple to use 3. Works well overall

I chose this pictures as it represents how young children learn through play, both by themselves and with the help of an adult or teacher.

Through my practical experiences there is has been a major focus on children learning through play.

What would have happened if we had listened to these folk.  Will use a version of this in a lecture tomorrow.

Tallyn, my wife is currently studying for a big test, one that will take 5 or 6 hours. One of her biggest concerns is having to write with pen and paper for that long. Something she rarely does and knows will cause great pain in her hand. Let alone the pain caused to the marker by having to try and read my wife's handwriting. In 50 to 500 times there will be people laughing hard at us for thinking the ability to write with a pen was essential.

You can almost picture your grandchildren laughing at you for picking up a pen and paper to write your to do list can't you?? It is an exciting time we live in though:-)) Good luck to your wife.. she will need a hand massage after that sized written test..

This is a link to the blog written by Molly, who is a 4th grade teacher. The 'Lessons with Laughter' blog shares useful resources and links, classroom ideas, pictures, examples and personal reviews on lessons, websites and resources. There is also a separate part in her blog dedicated to 'Technology'. Check it out!

I like the idea of using these Ipad apps in particular *Educreations; this can be used in the classroom as a recordable whiteboard and the opportunity to put lessons on the web so students can watch them before and after class, parents can see them and can learn with child or they can reinforce the newly learnt concepts. * Toonastic; I can see this being used for reluctant writers with children with special needs where they can create animated moving pictures and record their voice to their story.

This is great, have just downloaded some onto the ipad!! I will keep a look out for more apps.

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.

An overview of teaching line symmetry, activities ideas and teaching strategies. 

In a world-first, physicist and cosmologist, Professor Stephen Hawking, appeared at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on April 25 and 26 via DVEtelepresence Holographic Live Stage technology.

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.

Great resource/video Rachael, what an astounding list of facts relating to ICT and it also provides a great picture of IT evolution and strongly emphasis if you do not get on this train you will certainly be left at the station. :-)

Social media video to encourage to be in the moment

"Predictions are that by 2049 a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species" - What does this mean for our future? That is seriously hard to comprehend. Is technology growth really that sustainable?

Using this post of mine to explain what the phrase "links to online resources" from the learning journal component of assignment 1 might include.  Look at the annotations on this page for more explanation

An "ancient" (1967) explanation of how a digital computer works - including some history.

Mr P's blog shares creative ideas to raise standards across the curriculum using technology. He also uses Instagram's social media platform to post pictures and short videos 'Time Saving Tech Tips'. These videos are quick and easy guides to help teachers save time and utilise technology to its potential in the classroom!