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I use this resource alot during my planning, most of the resources are free, however, some resources like books you have to pay for. The website has pre-test quizzes, worksheets, online activities and games and printable flashcards

I also found this website great last year when I was on Prac. I spent the whole two weeks taking the maths lessons and students responded well whenever I used it.

This might be a one stop shop for web 2.0 tools. Someone else has done all the work, providing brief annotations and links to the sights. Enjoy!

I blogged about this earlier tonight. I LOVE this resource. @ICTMagic has some fantastic tweets. Anyone not yet following I would strongly recommend him.

Fantastic site for ECE and Special Ed that encourages critical thinking. Has a vast range of activities from music to maths to more, that are very play-based and mostly educational. Take a look Special Ed and Early Childhood people!

A game where you have to guess using a Google map where in the world a particular photo is taken.

Interactive whiteboard games allow the whole class to engage in a learning activity at the same time. Cooperation and collaboration between the students and the teacher is used to explore problem sole, share ideas and achieve answers. In this blog I have attached a website that links to interactive whiteboard games for kindergarten to year nine.

ABC Splash is a new education website for Australia, packed with 100s of videos, audio clips and games. Totally free to watch and play at home and in school.

I wanted to know how I could use IWB as my experience with them is more along the line of "projector screens" as cited in the article

"tips for interactive group games and note-taking"

Crack the code to open the safe - game.

Some of these are so not for year 1, but there are a lot of good games here that can also be played on iPads

the site automates the study of word lists for spelling and vocabulary. You can enter any list and VocabSpellingCity.com provides the sentences and definitions for the 20 different learning activities, including a WordSeach, HangMouse (think hangman), WordUnScramble, SpellingTest, VocabularyTest, WhichWord, MatchIt, Alphabetize, SpeedySpeller, Word-O-Rama, digital and printable flashcards, and more. Many teachers also use the site as a way to generate printables, since all of the games can also be delivered as printable worksheets

This site is really handy for help with children's spelling homework. Each week when my children get different spelling words I simply type in each word to create a list and the kids can choose from a number of different games to help them learn their words. Phiona

This site was used during my last practical experience. The teacher would create the different spelling lists and during spelling groups the students would have a chance to work on there lists at different days of the week. A very handy resources.

Offers a description of a range of different sites and apps that may be used by learners.

Interactive game where students aged 8-14 learn about maps and globes. I am going to incorporate Lesson 1 into my yr2 unit plan.

NSW Science teacher explaining how she's redesigned a Unit of Work using gamification principles.

Very interesting. After watching the you tube clip on game layer I can see how much I am being manipulated. I can also see that it is inevitable. I just shopped at coles and got my 10% my items reward mnnnn oh well. Coles are very clever players in the marketing world of gaming. I can also see a strong link to extrinsic rewards and Skinners behaviourism.

The question of motivation - intrinsic versus extrinsic - is often brought up around gamification and its relative badges. There is some interesting work moving discussion of motivation beyond this dualism. It may be more complex.

A "2d physics puzzle/sandox game" where drawings can become real objects.

Interactive spelling game for primary. Worth checking out