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Not sure if this is a form of PD but something I think the middle years students would surely enjoy- think I feel a blog post coming on

This week I attended a school and observed the children using digital technologies 'maths and science online games' to enhance their learning. It was obvious that their were some children who new how to log in and other that needed assistance.

The students in pre primary loved this game last week. It really consolidated their learning about the need to water their plants.

This is from a blog I follow that has some great resources and material.

Great site for visual supports

SLIC - holistic lesson to increase motivation and engagement, helping to teach multiple levels of learners and different learning styles, fostering collaboration and helping students focus on specific tasks

This blog includes teacher stories, teaching strategies, using games for learning, as well as the big ideas and concepts in education to encourage a Growth Mindset.

Teacher stories related to Tech

A variety of classroom activities for teaching number patterns

A large collection of - apparently - lesson "plans" organised against the Australian Curriuclum. The site is implemented using a blog (Wordpress I think) and generates an RSS feed.

US-based site with wide array of resources

By Shelley Kinash and Jeffrey Brand. As new technologies grow in popularity, the associated cognitive and moral worries, concerns and questions intensify. The current devices of choice are smartphones, tablets and laptops. People primarily use them for texting, social media and massive multi-player online games.

A free online course starting October 3rd looking at research about how Videogrames can help learning (and much more)

6 minute video arguing that Minecraft is the ultimate educational tool

A site that reviews free educational software and websites.

Years 7 and 8 roughly. It's fun, students can observe and interact with each other.

Contains 5 activity areas with literacy games and print-offs for 5 to 6 year olds. This is a great site for online lesson plans using interactive whiteboards for prep/1 classrooms

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