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Excellent resource for teaching time

worth a look.

Nice set of blogging guidelines for students

Excellent site to grab movie clips, great search capabilities. Eg can search for characters/ mood/ setting etc. Excellent resource. Need to download clips at home as proxies currently appear to block.

A good blog which contains short reviews of 55 Open Source Apps. Blog is organised into areas such as maths, biology ..... etc

Writing fun is a great way to support students in the writing process

This is an excellent resource and one which i use with my schools very often. The examples are good, and it also provides a scaffold for Microsoft Word that you can download. http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ is also made by the same person and is worth a look.

List of apps for education purposes that can be run on an ipod touch (now all I need is the ipod touch)

Thanks Steven, I am in the process of browsing apps. This will be really helpful. PS I have the ipod touches (lucky I guess)

"Google Tools" Links to various google tools and video tutorials

The classroom 2.0 Ning Has a very active forum discussing all things web2 and education

Recording from classroom 2.0. Theses are online lectures on all things educatio

"CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images. Simple sharing * Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time. * One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on forums, blogs, etc. Zero hassle * Runs in all common browsers without plugins or installation. * Free and without registration. Now with Google Maps support! * Use google maps as the background for your sketches to show directions or share trips."

This American ESL Teacher has created a list of re best sites for learning about the Australian floods. The list will be updated as he finds new resources and articles, and may be useful for your class?

With so much of the Northeastern Australian floods dominating the news at present- this site would be great for you to share with students when you begin the school year- some fantastic images to generating discussions around such a hot topic,

I am experiencing the floods first hand - am trapped in Toowoomba at present and taking lots of pictures/video....scary stuff...

Bio-Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person whose biography or autobiography they have just read. It can also be used as a prewriting activity for student autobiographies. Best for primary students.

More links to some good activities aimed at developing mouse skills eg drag and drop etc

This article has a roundup of some of the best music websites for primary school students. 

These links/ideas are most useful for use with IWB's - interactive graphics help students explore the impacts and implications of the crisis in Japan

Great website for learning about writing letters. Goes through requirements of both Personal letters, and Business letters. Lets you print/save the document as a final product.