Purposeful Learning Technologies

"examples of social media with potential for use in schools"

"the museum of science, art and human perception" A great site to engage kids in science

Interesting concept ....hopefully it will take off.

Interactive resources for literacy

A wonderful example of passion driven learning incorporating technology in a majority ESL classroom - well worth a look. 

A blog sharing the progress of the Diocese Of Paramatta's experience with iPads. Several contributors to the site with lots of useful information & app recommendations. 

Some great new ideas on how to use iPads, Google Maps & Google Search in the classroom. These are collaborative documents which are always having new ideas added to them... 

Students of all ages can quickly produce meaningful animations that represent their learning, using free software. Developed at the University of Wollongong.

This blog will share applications & research related to the iPad. From the same blogger as http://ilearntechnology.com/

Steps to creating a class blog. From initial set up to managing and monitoring and includes aspects of assessment.

A great rubric to use for students who are blogging in the classroom.

Bloom's Taxonomy According to Pirates of the Caribbean

videos all teachers should watch

student safe search engine

Upload any image and it can be turned into a jig saw! Very useful for all KLA's, all levels.

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.

This site is the Homepage for NSW and is jam-packed with brilliant links for parents, teachers and kids too! The audiofiles and videos are excellent teacher professional development with titles like: Talking with Text, Numeracy at Home, Using the Empty Number LIne and speakers like Prof. Freebody discussing Literacy in our schools! Many of the links could be worth advertising in our schools' Newsletters/Bulletins as we head up to NLNW activities!

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

Interactive learning object... would be great on the IWB.