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I came across a fantastic app for students called 'Popplet' which is a tool for students to make graphic organizers to visually represent their ideas and thoughts on a particular topic. This app can be used for sharing and collaborating and is an effective pedagogical tool to use in all learning areas.

I used Popplet the first time last week during class and I must say, it is a fantastic app. The students enjoyed brainstorming ideas through the use of this digital tool and were probably the most quiet they'd been all week. I will definitely be exploring this app in greater depth and using it in the classroom whenever the opportunity arises. Thankyou for sharing.

thought this might be useful, but probably not as useful as the list we have compiled on studydesk thanks heaps

I found this when I googled digital photography in Early Childhood and this website has some useful ideas.

Another good online resource.  This one is free and while it is British Based it covers most year levels; Early Years, Key Stage 1 (yr1-2), Key Stage 2 (yr3-6).  I have used a few of the early years resources and found the very useful.

Hi I accidently stumbled across Educreators (similiar to Edublogs on a goggle search late at night). It is amazing I even watched a lesson about fractions. It is resources like these which makes me determine to provide my students with fun and engaging lessons - just which this type of teaching was around when I was in primary school. http://www.educreations.com/browse/ Bec.

Great ideas for using digital cameras in education

I like the idea for the math concepts. This would also make a good homework activity - ask students to photograph 3D shapes or angles etc.

I love this website. Great ideas and very useful also. I hope you dont mind if I share this. Thanks. Great idea for young children to get introduced to ways you can use a digital camera. Simple things like croping, editing etc.

An example of a different approach for the assignment 1 artefact that came through my feeds today.  It's a Wordpress blog that has been used to create a "presentation through hypertext of an alternative vision for a school". Not only is this a good example of trying something different in a webs ite.  It is about re-thinking education influenced, in part, by some of the factors we're talking about in this course. FYI, the clickable image on the front page is implemented using what is called an "imagemap".  Google that term and you'll find some resources/tools that can help

A game that could be applied in tutes. Wondering how to do it online?  May or may not be used in week 3.  May be used later in the semester.

Shared by Jeff Dunn, from his Edudemic blog that used Symbaloo which was created by user Icobbs detailing 50 great classroom tools that are easy to implement into just about any classroom. Including Stixy (wait, what?) - check it out.

Here's a post about a brilliant blog I found. Very innovative and creative teacher using ICTs in her classroom. I've blogged here about her use of Flipboard to create magazines for her class.

A video podcast produced by some US math teachers about using Smartboards.

this website uses smart boards but could also be used in composite classes.

Huge list of apps for kindergarten use.

A bit more information about Innovation #96 from the Decoding Learning innovation list. Using a Wii controller to help primary school kids develop an understand of proportion. Found a video that shows it in action.

Post from an assistive technology consultant about a Chrome browser plugin to help struggling readers when using Google docs.

A blog post that describes the process for creating a music video parody reflecting on how digital technology has changed us. Cool tools used, a description of the process and a great end result.

A project that gathered audio of people speaking one of two texts. The audio has been combined with a Google map to show the location of the voice. You can traverse the map, select a voice and listen to it. Shows how ICTs can be used to gather and store information. And then be used to manipulate it (to present a map interface) to allow distribution.

A very high level overview.  It's not that engaging or interesting and remains focused on safety without extending into how to contribute to society, but has some useful resource links.  Including similar suggestions for kindegarten and year 2 (US context)

Description of how to use http://kidblog.org a new blogging service designed specifically for use by a classroom teacher

A US-based Kindergarten teacher talks about how he aims for his students to be digital citizens, rather than teach digital citizenship. Includes mention of some strategies that he uses with his learners.

1000s of free resources that most of the teachers at my work use. It is great as based in UK so has similar spelling to us. Some interactive but mostly printed resources. Invaluable.

I have used this site for years within my daycare class. I love it to bits, awesome resources. I have also seen my son's current teacher use resources from this site too. Great free printable resources. Every teachers dream.