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The national biennial conference of the Australian Council for Computers in Education returns to Melbourne in April 2010. The ACEC2010: Digital Diversity conference explores interactive and creative approaches to ICT in education. Addressing diversity in styles of learning and thinking offers us new pathways for building the right knowledge and skills to adapt to constant change. Join us to participate in acec2010. The conference is being organised in 2010 by ICT in Education Victoria.

The national biennial conference of the Australian Council for Computers in Education returns to Melbourne in April 2010. The ACEC2010: Digital Diversity conference explores interactive and creative approaches to ICT in education. Addressing diversity in styles of learning and thinking offers us new pathways for building the right knowledge and skills to adapt to constant change. Join us to participate in acec2010. The conference is being organised in 2010 by ICT in Education Victoria.

Homepage of the Joint Information Systems Committee Innovation in the use of ICT for education and research

Homepage of the Joint Information Systems Committee Innovation in the use of ICT for education and research

There are heaps of great flash sites on the web but this is the one that's devoted to using Flash in P-12 classrooms. Our goal is to provide educators and students with the support, resouces and inspiration they need to exploit the full potential of Flash in the classroom.

There are heaps of great flash sites on the web but this is the one that's devoted to using Flash in P-12 classrooms. Our goal is to provide educators and students with the support, resouces and inspiration they need to exploit the full potential of Flash in the classroom.

Enquiring Minds is * a response to the challenges schools face in the task of preparing children for a future characterized by rapid social, technological and cultural change * a distinctive approach to teaching and learning that takes seriously the knowledge, ideas interests and skills that students bring into schools

Currently there are close to 30 different presentations exploring Interesting Ways to use a whole variety of different types of technology in the classroom.

Punya Mishra's TPACK newsletter. Mentions our project, Teaching Teachers for the Future http://www.altc.edu.au/ttf/

From the site: Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps!

Wow! Map of the world with placemarks for every newspaper. Provides options to translate the newspapers as well as to search. Colour coded in language. Click on the placemark and today's newspaper is displayed.

Neat little web 2.0 tool which allows facial features to be dragged across to virtual canvas. Features are in the style of Picasso painting. Some graphics functionality i.e. increase and decrease size, add colour, rotate and order. Could be good for integrating Art and Maths (flip). Could create a character and capture through SMART Notebook and use as basis for writing, descriptions, etc.

A wonderful example of how students can use PhotoStory to create a moving video profiling soldiers listed as missing following the battle of Fromelles. The students are from Year 9 at St Mary's Cathedral College.

A wonderful example of an online multimodal resource. Audio and an excellent search facility.

Meet a new technology teaching guru each week, as though you were in their staffroom

This is an online television station dedicated to Australian teaching, also available on digital channel 45

This is an online television station dedicated to Australian teaching, also available on digital channel 45