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This is a website i found that has lots and lots of video resources, some might find it useful. Cheers, Glenn

free widgets for embedding quizzes, surveys etc into websites and blogs

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

Interesting read about my school website.

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

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!

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 is a blog/website with some great topics of discussion. There are a lot of resources (guides, books for teachers, ipad apps, posters and a lot more) I encourage everyone to check it out.

An amazing site with information for students with Autism. There are a range of resources, strategies, apps and other ideas to assist with educating students with Autism

A great website, full of interesting articles. Practical strategies are also included.

A lot of information that is directly related to EDC3100 course content. Also has many interesting website URLs.

I found this website and after watching some demonstrations of how skwirk works, it does get me excited to go into the classroom. I still feel quite out of my depth but I can clearly see how something like Skwirk can enhance lessons. Skwirk also has a facebook page I have 'liked' to ensure I get all the updates.

You need to sign up to the website but it is free. Has lots of on line resources to use across a range of subjects.

Signed my kids up to reading eggs about two weeks ago and am already seeing an improvement with my 5 year old's reading and phonic understanding. Great website. I had to pay to join but worth the money.

Hi Reading eggs is a great resource which I have on my "Wish list'" for work. I have signed my youngest up and his interest in learning has grown as well as his improvement with reading and phonic understanding. Bec

Hi, Reading Eggs is fantastic. I have seen it used whilst I was on practicum and the students were in the computer lab and working at their own pace. It was engaging and levelled at their ability, which I found to be the best feature of the program. As they learn they progress to the next level. Great literacy program. Thanks, Gianna

I thought I'd post this short movie. It's an example of ICT activities being done in a class I had my last practicum in. It is a simple activity that the teacher did, using ICTs that were readily availble.. The teacher takes a traditional printed text being used in guided reading (PM readers) and helps the students produce a digital text based on the language used in the original text. Students select images from google images and then use a digital camera to take photos or video, and manipulate the images using IWB software, to place themselves in the digital text. The images are uploaeded into Movie Maker where additonal text, ddialogue and sound are added. The finished artefact is then uploaded toYouTube so that it can be placed on the school website for sharing. The students and their families can view the new digital text at home. The movie is also presented at the school assembly. The teacher does ICT activities like this on a regular basis in English. If you google Tyalgum Public School and click on More News you can view other ICT activities the Kindergarten, Year , Year 2 class did. I think this type of ICT activity gives the students a sense of ownership of their learning.

This is a great activity. Just emphasises how important it is that we know how to use all of these ICTs in the classroom because if we don't know them this activity could take a long time or ICTs wouldn't be used in such a great way. Out of interest how long did it take?

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.

This is a research article regarding pre-service educator training in integrating ICTs in Early Childhood Education.

'It is also disconcerting that some children still do not have access to computers at home and therefore do not have the opportunity of developing the skills my grandson and other 'digitals in diapers' like him take for granted - skills such as using a mouse, finding letters and numerals on a keyboard or screen, typing letters, navigating websites, retrieving files, using pull-down menus, loading CDs and DVDs, uploading photos from a digital camera, using toolbars, saving files, printing documents and files, using drawing software and typing words (Zevenbergen & Logan, 2008, p. 42). Although some of these skills are used for playing games, this is still an impressive array of digital literacy skills, even more so when they have been acquired more through independent learning and experimentation than through an adult providing instruction.' On the above I would like to add that children should learn or use skills in order to play. Children learn through play and this is a concepts that underpins learning in the early years