Purposeful Learning Technologies

A very comprehensive ipad in education wiki. Lots of apps, reviews and ideas broken into age groups

St Benedict's Catholic College Vimeo Channel showcases the best of St Benedict's Catholic College.A great way to showcase student work. (Now with a custom URL)

Another website sharing book trailers - breaks them in to grade levels and could be a good starting point for students. 

Great site! The video clips are great for teaching grammar.

This blog entry by the School Library Association of Victoria shares how Mooroopna Secondary College has been using Animoto to make book trailers, it also shares some hints on registering classes on the Animoto site to make videos. Could be useful for those who are participating in the Digital Literature Review Competition that is commencing soon! 

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. It finds out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or if there is a higher resolution version"

Some examples of literature reviews. American - but worth a look at for some ideas for the 'Literature Review Challenge' coming soon to the Diocese.

These Wacky Web Tales are geared for grades 3 and above.

StoryPatch looks like a great app for the iPad for creating digital stories. The app has a library of filtered images for the students to use when creating their stories, and an option to email them once completed.

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/02/10/options-for-recording-stories-on-the-ipad-story-patch-with-story-robe-sonic-pics-story-kit/ some additional information and recommendations regarding digital story-telling on the iPad

A video sharing how technology is changing the way people learn, and how it is changing the education space in general. Well worth a look. 

tool for creating character profiles

The Art Project powered by Google features interior tours of seventeen world famous art museums. Select a museum from the list on the homepage and you can virtually tour it using the same interface style you experience in Google Maps Streetview. Inside the museum just double click to zoom to a location. You can also open a floor plan overview and click on a room to navigate to that part of the museum.

An interesting post regarding the use of iPod Touch apps for puzzle and problem solving games. Does anyone use their iPod touches in this fashion, and if so, do you have any app recommendations? 

DIRECTORY OF LEARNING TOOLS 2011 (Over 2,000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplace

Great smartboard templates!

Welcome to the Victorian Government iPads for Learning website This website is for educators who want to learn about using iPads in education. Here you will find information about the Victorian school iPads for Learning trial including the specially selected apps, classroom ideas and technical tips.

Links to Reading Street Spelling and Vocabulary, MacMillan/McGraw Hill Spelling, Abeka Spelling, Harcourt Spelling, Essential Vocabulary, Journeys and Treasures, and Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary are also listed here.