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VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

I was just wondering which google apps people are making use of in their classrooms or for professional/personal use. A couple of questions I am thinking about at the moment are: 1. Should we be giving students experience with public access tools such as these so that they can take the skills they learn with them rather than the skills they learn specific to Myclasses/myinternet? 2. With myclasses etc perhaps being phased out/modified/replaced at some stage is this a viable alternative that could be used instead?

A fantastic article worth reading that explores teacher vs student expertise in ICLT and it's implications with teaching an learning. The interview at the bottom is also worth a listen, it is an interview with Edith, a student in England speaking about ICLT in her learning. She recently spoke at a TeachMeet, and in the interview, explores many aspects of ICLT in the classroom, including wether ICLT should be treated as an integrated, or separate subject.

This link to you to a list of weblinks aimed at developing basic computer skills particularly good for Kinder

Great for Kinder to develops mouse / track pad skills

Some great info on improving students' search skills!

A great article outlining some essential skills that we may take for granted, but that every student/teacher should know (but might not). Do any schools have a list like the one discussed in this blog entry?

Another great site for teaching typing skills!

iPad has made such a radical change in education with more and more school districts  adopting it as a learning tool inside the classroom. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning  has been helping teachers all along the way with reviews and tutorials on how to get started using iPad in education. We have reviewed more than 500 apps and we are planning to do more reviews this year.

Fake websites- to support the teaching of critical literacy skills.. Some good links here.

this is a pretty cool site made by google which has video tutorials for mac and PC on basic skills, world wide web, communication, media and finding information. Is designed for parents, but would be useful for students, too!

I really like this- it talks about a progressions or stages of working with the IWB- from supported didactic-interactive-Enhanced interactive. Worth exploring

great site for developing mouse/trackpad skills in K-2 students whilst learning upper and lower case alphabet and writing numerals

Whiz Kid Games is a "portal for autistic children. The games are a free resource that aim to help autistic children to develop independent living skills." There are sixteen games to choose from- each targeting a specific area such as waiting, choosing the correct clothes to wear based on the weather, sorting items, coping with change, etc

For some great ideas on developing your presentation ideas- tips for creating good PPT's or keynotes

Another site to develop typing skills- kinder

This site could be recommended to parents as activities they could allow their child to engage in at home to develop some core computer/keyboard skills

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

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

Great collection of video tutorials related to SMART Notebook/SMARTBoards - Tutorials are windows-based, but skills taught are easily transferable to the mac.