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The Raspeberry Pi is a $35 computer. It may or may not be an important change around teaching kids how to get their hands dirty programming etc. Perhaps an interesting tool for the coming Technology area of the Australian Curriculum

One tool to test/encourage students to check their sources, to look critically at the information they come across on the web.

A comparison of 5 different free/cheap online video-conferencing tools. A possibility for online events or group collaboration.

An example of a tool that many students are using to get around school proxies.  

Another visual/graphical bookmarking type tool. Beloved by many, but some suspicions remain about teams of service and other practices

Yet another social bookmarking tool with a different metaphor.

A list of 5 different tools that can be used by students to publish information. Some I hadn't heard of before.   The blog itself is written by a 2nd year graduate teacher teaching grades 3/4 in Ballarat, well worth a look

Facing the Future is a nonprofit leader whose mission is to create tools for educators that equip and motivate students to develop critical thinking skills, build global awareness and engage in positive solutions for a sustainable future.

iPhone app to allow students to perform classroom physic experiments using their iPhone

Programming supports higher order thinking. You can teach it from Prep, with the right tools.

If you look at Hattie's research (I posted earlier today) you will see Formative assessment as one of the big influencers on student learning. I posed the question - 'how do ICT's feed into this?'. Here's one example ... (well, 8 examples ...)

What happened to the old television learning curve when the most complex factors had to do with rabbit ear positioning? Technology has inundated us with great tools and given us access to heaps of information. But it's also burying us under an avalanche of options. For certain products, I can take the easy way out. My friend Isaac is one of those rare people who loves doing the research. If I need a new camera, I just call him. But even then, it's a challenge to get a simple answer without being confronted with a list of possible features.

I have been following educator Martin Burrett@ICTMagic on Twitter for the past 2 weeks as part of my PLN. Recently he has posted this great link to a range of ICT resources for the classroom which I wanted to share with you all.

Great resource for Foundation/Year one to help consolidate number recognition.  It enables students to match objects with words and numbers.  This is a great visual tool for those visual learners within the class.  Each student has a turn at matching the number of children with the number on the bus and further along in the  lesson, the pictures change to trees and apples.  Very engaging for students.