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What it is: Me On the Web is a new tool from Google.  Announced just today, Me On the Web is part of the Google Dashboard that allows you to set up custom Google Alerts for your name in news articles.  This was always possible with Google Alerts but now those alerts are coupled with tips and resources for helping students manage their online identities.  Now everything can be tracked from one central location instead of scattered around in different places.  Me On the Web is easy to set up, just visit your Google Dashboard to get started. How to integrate Me on the Web into the classroom: There was a day when you could get away with not knowing and following your digital identity, that day is no more.  We all carry digital footprints, and now more than ever it is vital for us (and our students) to know how to manage those digital footprints.  Teaching students about their digital identity is the first step, Google's Me on the Web takes that a step further by helping students manage their online identities through Google Alerts and helpful tips.  Students must have an account with Google to fully utilize the Me on the Web features.  After students have their account set up, they can create a set of Google Alerts related to them.  This could be their name, email address, a sports team that they play on, the name of the school they attend, etc.  Students will quickly see just how big a memory the Internet has and get a first hand look at their digital footprint and learn some strategies to take care of it.

I strongly recommend this read to all LT's - if this hasn't yet been a discussion at your school - I am sure it will be some time in the future. Recommend all primary and secondary staff to read this !

Powerful video produced by ACMA sharing an instance of Cyberbullying and Physical bullying in a High School setting - worth a watch

Cybersmart provides activities, resources and practical advice to help young kids, kids, teens and parents safely enjoy the online world. Cybersmart also offers training and resources for schools and materials for library staff.

The apps that this teacher has on their schools ipod touches. Good for OLHC next year. There are some great looking apps here, mainly free!!

An alternative to Wallwisher geared towards primary students - worth a look. 

Any stage 3 teachers interested in a gaming  approach to learning. This would be very interesting.  The project aimed to trial the efficacy of student-developed games in stage 3 classrooms. This wiki features the results and impact of the project on learning from the perspective of students and teachers from the two primary schools involved.

Super Maths World is good resource offering differentiated math practice. The activities offered on Super Maths World are suitable for students in primary and high school. The progress tracker is a good way for self-directed learners to measure their progress. The progress tracker and scores could also be used by teachers as a means of measuring a student's development. Worth a look!

Comprehensive collection of articles relating to iPad use in the classroom. Well worth a look. 

Mobile video tips and techniques

"Get Smart Interactive Activities" Primary SMART notebook resources

More information for teachers/librarians, kids and parents; many resources

Following an Australian study of 10000 kids, Professor Donna Cross summarises the facts

A comprehensive ipod/iphone app listing in a table format including subject and year level appropriateness. A very good tool to find an app for a particular purpose.

A livebinder (collection of sites/resources) on the ipad. If you are interested in ipads this is a great resource. 

Some iPad Book apps to check out... 

Some great Primary iPad/iPod Touch Apps

Great avatar generator for primary school students , appears to have no ads.

A standalone app that lets you download content from webpages (optimised for Youtube). Once you have the video you can convert it to iPod format & even just grab the audio from the video. Very handy

Doesn't work with CEO proxies - Sorry! Still a great resource to use at home if YouTube is blocked at your school, though.

Strategies to harness the educational viability of many of the videos on You Tube