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In my last professional experience, laptops (and direct internet access) were used as subsitutes for textbooks. This was a highly effective as students remain engaged throughout the entire lesson and it was a great experience to be able to integrate technology into every lesson.

This is one of the best blogs I have found from a drama/theatre teacher. The teacher has so many useful links to other online resources and her blog is really well developed and set out... Definitely check this one out if you are a creative arts/drama/theatre teacher looking for an inspirational blogger to learn off.

This teacher writes books and gives lectures to schools on how to integrate technology into the music classroom.

App for making abstract 15 second film of still images.

Some great apps to help incorporate ICT's into Health and Physical Education

An Art teacher reflects on the experience of integrating 1-to-1 iPads into her art class. Does this using the SAMR model.

An Australian maths teacher, sharing thoughts, resources and links to other blogs related to mathematics.

An Australian secondary science teacher who shares lots of interesting science links and has been blogging for quite a few years.

March 4, 2016 Another great Joy of Tech comic .... February 28, 2016 Check out yet another great talk by Al Gore. There is hope on climate change ... February 27, 2016 The process takes merely tenths of a second. But within that tiny amount of time, there's a lot going on.

This site has a wealth of resources to support all areas of the curriculum including technologies. The site is currently running a competition for creating a game from scratch.

3000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

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.