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Some very easy ways to integrate that projector and tech in your class!

The software, created in Australia by the Northern Territory government, local software developers and Microsoft, is an avatar-based animation tool allowing users to design animations in minutes. Adopting a multi-sensory approach through the integration of real voice, computer generated voice, written text, images, video and Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations, users can quickly and easily create or customise presentations that accurately reflect the cultural, lingual and social attributes of target audiences.

It may look like a toy, but Phun (and Algodoo) are based on highly competitive technologies for interactive multiphysics simulation, ranging from novel physical models and variational integrators to high performance numerical methods.

StoryMapping StoryMapping is a call to action. We are taking the lessons learned from more than a decade of work in Digital Storytelling, and integrating it with an emergent tool set of digital mapping technologies now available to the broad public.

How to use tech with the young. Using technology may seem difficult to implement when we consider very young learners but who can deny the fruitful results in integrating technology and using some Web 2.0 tools in our English lessons. Here comes my top 10 Web 2.0 tools for tech savvy teachers of very young learners.

Get away from stealing soundtracks to those videos etc! Make your own music. Whether you are an amateur or a pro you will be able to satisfy all your needs with Soundation Studio - a powerful online sequencer with 11 real time effects, 3 synthesizers, a drum machine and a fully integrated Sound Shop. More info »

A website full of animated movies, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, all free for you to view and to embed in your website. Simply select an animated explanation and follow the instructions to integrate it in your site.

Slideshows are one of the most popular ways to integrate technology into education. Now that there are several free sites that let users create amazing slide shows, it's no longer necessary to have a program such as iPhoto or Power Point for the job.

Forget Math homework and "showing working!" What is Wolfram Alpha? It is a supercomputing brain. It provides calculates and provides comprehensive answers to most any science or math question. Unlike other search sources, you and your students can ask questions in plain language or various forms of abbreviated notation. Contrary to popular belief, Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine. Unlike popular search engines, which simply retrieve documents based on keyword searches, Wolfram computes answers based on known models of human knowledge. It provides answers which are complete with data and algorithms, representing real-world knowledge.

Integrating podcasts into your classroom engages students and brings new life into seasoned lesson plans. We at SimpleK12 want to show you that not only is podcasting in the classroom a great idea, but that it's quick, easy, and more often than not, FREE!

Web-based instructional activities have an enormous potential to enhance and entice learning. Unfortunately integrating the internet into your curriculum in a way that has a positive impact on students' learning is often a difficult process. Below are some questions to ask yourself to help you get started.

This wikispace is designed to show interested teachers. parents and students the ways I am integrating e-Learning practices in a junior setting. Follow the links to my current classroom blog at Sunnybrae Normal School and to my first ever classroom blog at Northcote Primary. A Kiwi webpage that might help ECC

Classtime is often not enough to engage students in the individual spoken practice they need. Many students study foreign language for years without developing the speaking skills to communicate abroad. We know - we've been there. Use the Lingt editor to improve and assess spoken proficiency by making online spoken assignments as integral to your homework schedule as your usual reading and writing assignments.

Diigo has all the same features as Delicious in terms of organising, tagging and sharing sites but has additional features that make networking and organising even better. Here is a quick summary of what Diigo has to offer Im preaching to the converted here i know...but!

This document is a compilation of available worldwide ICT4E policies and plans, at both a national and Ministry of Education level (where available).To enhance the reach and quality of teaching and learning through the effective use of ICTs, policy makers need to be aware of how to best utilize ICTs to create value-add for their country's education system. A supportive policy environment and framework, developed at the national level is key to the successful integration of ICTs into any education system. Ok!

This online resource has been developed to support you, as a teacher, to explore how you can integrate the use of digital content, software, and other e-learning tools and contexts into your literacy teaching and learning.

Like Picnik this is quite a good website for editing photos.

In the spring of 2010, I decided to introduce Evernote as a research tool to a group of 10th grade Literature/Composition students at my school. I chose Evernote because these students (part of a learning and technology integration program), were preparing to start a research project using multiple sources of information, including database articles, web-based news stories, videos, photos, and interviews. For their research, students were not only using a wide range of information sources, but they were also creating multigenre learning artifacts, such as VoiceThreads, artwork, videos, poetry, and other representations of their key learnings.