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Australian primary teacher who has lots of recent blogs, including one blog about integrating technology into the classroom.

A TRUE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT IS LIKE BEING A TEACHER THROUGH THE EYES OF A TEACHER

Thanks so much for sharing!

"How to" article for blogging with primary school students. From a teacher at a primary school where all the teachers maintain their own classroom blog

Tweet feed for the "Teach Primary" magazine - designed for primary teachers.

Ashley Azzopardi is a year 5 primary school teacher who is a year 5 teacher from Sydney. Her writing its not only inspiration but also is relevant to my teaching context. She talks about how she loves students sense of humor and this making her teaching experience enjoyable.

Ashley is a Year 5 primary teacher. Ashley shares her philosophy and purpose on her blog as well as a link to the Year 5 class Blog where the students post what they have been doing in class and you are able to comment for them to read!

Thanks sharing this blog. Gives some insight in to a Year 5 class and how this platform can be used by the student's also to share.

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.

One for the HPE folk.  A Victorian PE teacher who labels himself "The PE Geek".

He does discuss other reasons why ICTs should be used in classes, but unfortunately doesn't give enough practical examples. The gamification he talks about most specifically is a dance game on the wii. Now of course the students are taking part in a game, but their bodies are moving just like they would be if they were dancing without the use of the game, so it is definitely physical. Using these types of games in your teaching shouldn't outweigh the the students taking part in physical activity or sports and training, but it should supplement it. I think using ICTs in HPE will help to improve motivation and interest in students who are uninterested in sport, which is a big focus that teachers face, particularly with junior high school girls. Using these games to get them interested is better than forcing them to take part in an activity where they aren't going to put in much effort anyway. ICTs are also immensely beneficial to students studying PE in senior, as a lot more of the focus is on technique and improvement, so using videos to view performance and receive feedback is great for these students. Especially the apps and programs you can get nowadays that let you pause and rewind video, play in slow motion, and draw on the screen (to check if your body is creating the right angles in the movement etc). In primary they wouldn't be so concerned with technique improvement like this, but ICTs can be used to expose students to sports that they wouldn't normally see or experience. Primary students could research and create their own games and sports using the internet and computers. (It is harder for me to think about the primary context, because I haven't had much to do with it). I am sure there are many ways ICTs can be incorporated in the Primary HPE setting, you just need to think outside the box.

Oops, I think I got PE Geek confused with a PE blog I was reading recently. After looking at the actual link, this PE geek offers so much more! It is actually great, the apps he talks about are great for primary and secondary.

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.

Comparing Computer based learning needs of Primary and Early Years.

Joanne Dwyer (2004) writes that some schools seem to give its students in the upper primary years priority over students in the early school years resulting in a reduced potential for learning with computer based technologies in the school environment. She expresses the concern that for equitability all students regardless of age or learning needs should be given maximum support and access to computer-based learning environments. This is obviously an issue that needs to be addressed as we intergrate ICT in to the curriculum. Nice read Kate. Thanks.

Unfortunately early years education often takes a back burner to higher levels of primary education across a range of areas and especially with regard to ICT. I am not sure whether it is a lack of understanding of the importance of early childhood education or just battling to get resources. Even with all of the research about the advantages of good quality early childhood education many still see these years as not containing any 'real' learning, just play. If young learners are viewed as 'just playing' then why would people use ICT budgets on them? As early years teachers one of our biggest battles will be to fight for recognition of early childhood education and the resources to support it.

Kathleen Morris discusses the benefits of using blogs in classrooms. She has been an active 'blogger' for over 6 years now, and explains that she feels blogging assists students to make connections with their learning, particularly in primary school settings, with home, school, and global influences.

A primary school teacher's advice for using blogging in the classroom with students for learning.

Martin Burrett has collated a fantastic range if ICT websites useful for classroom use

Excellent resources and classroom ICT ideas for Primary aged children

Excellent resources and classroom ICT ideas for Primary aged children

Tami is a primary music educatorand has some great ways of incorporating ICT's into the music classroom and music into the standard primary classroom.

"Primary Tweeters to follow in 2014"

A year 5/6 teacher and assessment coordinator from England. This weblog provides many valuable ideas and resources for ICT's within a primary school context.

A blog post describing how Twitter is used in a primary classroom with 6 and 7 year old learners.

Corinne is a NSW-based primary school teacher who is active in social media, including being involved with the TER podcast (that I recommend). More information available on her blog.

A list of blogs being used by primary teachers/classrooms

Announcement of a new book written by a primary teacher about why/how students in K-3 should be connecting to others around the world.  Includes a link to the book and to the author's blog.

More web-based Science resources that are worth sharing - for Primary school teachers.