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Welcome to the AVALON project website, your route into virtual worlds for language education! The information presented in this website (click on the right-hand menu for specific topics) is addressed to anyone interested in virtual worlds for educational purposes and in particular to: * Language teachers * Language learners * Teacher trainers * Learning technologists * Decision makers in the field of education The AVALON website provides you with access to: * Information about the use of virtual worlds for language education * Information on how to Get Started in the virtual world of Second Life® * An Online Community of educational experts and language teaching practitioners who are using virtual worlds for language education * Guidelines for teaching in virtual worlds * Resources for Teachers * Resources for Teacher Trainers * Resources for learning technologists * Tested Course Scenarios for use in virtual world environments * An Open-source archive with selected 2D and 3D content from the project

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.

The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative: * planning of education projects linked with the development of free content; * development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning; * work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs. * networking on funding proposals developed as free content.

The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative: * planning of education projects linked with the development of free content; * development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning; * work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs. * networking on funding proposals developed as free content.

This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators

This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators

# Powerful educational software that delivers quality educational content and motivates kids through fun # Enables teachers and parents to target each child's learning needs # For use at home or school # Ages 4 - 15

# Powerful educational software that delivers quality educational content and motivates kids through fun # Enables teachers and parents to target each child's learning needs # For use at home or school # Ages 4 - 15

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!

Created by Jo Kay (aka jokay Wollongong) and Sean FitzGerald (aka Sean McDunnough) in 2007, the SLeducation Wiki is designed to: * document Educational Uses of Second Life * provide useful resources for educators * link to a range of handy Second Life online resources, * and list some of the many other virtual worlds that exist.

"Educational electronic games can be utilized in a variety of teaching situations. This rubric will help you evaluate your electronic game in an educational setting. If a criteria rating falls between two levels of achievement, you may score it with a point value between the two levels. To calculate your total score online: enter your score for each criteria, then click the Calculate Totals button below the Total Score box."

Web 2.0 in Higher Education JSIC report

Web 2.0 in Higher Education JSIC report

Educator blog by Shelly Terrell

Educator blog by Shelly Terrell

ProProfs provides FREE knowledge sharing tools & FREE online education!

ProProfs provides FREE knowledge sharing tools & FREE online education!

A fairly popular and helpful second life education site

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

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.

A little youtube that talks about how education has changed (length 2:30)

Journal for educational technology

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.

Welcome to Tutpup, where you can compete in fun, educational games against other kids from all over the World!

Welcome to Tutpup, where you can compete in fun, educational games against other kids from all over the World!

Hundreds of Web 2 apps for education~