Purposeful Learning Technologies

A great List of open source software

A Guide to Annotating using Diigo. Invest 2 minutes to learn how you can help students learn from and with each other by annotating web pages in with Diigo

A list of useful internet resources for educational use

Hi Steve Nice one, I like the monthly archive and obviously the writer has a bit of a languages focus. A nice box of tricks.

The 2009 Horizon Report: Australia-New Zealand Edition. We explored the 2008 edition earlier in the year, make sure you read the latest version.

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A kids version of GoAnimate. A very powerful animation tool, very flexible and fully featured. Easy to download or embed the final product.

Wallwisher is a simple "sticky note" environment that anyone can post a note to (text, images, movies etc). This wallwisher was created for the participants of the Lighthouse Learning Technologies Course 2009

Word Visualisation …Wordle clouds cannot be used as in the way tag clouds are usually used, like being embedded on a web page and serving as navigation units. That leaves the niche that Tagul is intended to fulfil. Tagul clouds are designed to remain interactive

A simple story about the beach by Kieran, age 5. Made in StoryBird with a 10 minute limit to learn how to use the application, write a book and read it. (Captured with a screen capture tool) Very nice tool. Currently you only able to publish it to storybird.

Great way to have students engage with any web content. Will work in Flock and Firefox. Very interesting, it turns every webpage into a wiki. A great study tool especially for secondary students.

My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out in the Library. I really liked the way the story was made and the structure it provided for the students

Simple iphone friendly story telling, location, images and text, quite good for a procedural text or excursion report. Students can collaborate on projects. Really good with mobile technology.

Welcome to Myths and Legends. This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. Make your own animated myths and legends. Really interesting voices and speech capabilities. I can see a range of uses within HSIE

A Tour of Storybird, a great literacy tool. SImple, quick and effective. Look at http://storybird.com/books/the-beach/ for the first attempt by a 5 year old,\nA very nice tool. Currently you are able to publish it to storybird, accept comments but not embed

A very powerful animation tool, very flexible and fully featured. Much steeper learning curve than the other options tagged. Easy to embed or download the result. Top end product, very flexible.

Dvolver creates creativity tools. Have you ever wanted to direct your own movie? No problem. Our MovieMaker helps you make a movie in a few simple steps. When your opus is complete send it to a friend. Or, post it to your website or myspace page. No easy way to download currently but embeds well

A digital literacy resource from the UK. Interactive and engaging

Build your vocabulary through never-ending games powered with real-world usage and tailored to your skill level.

This could be worth changing to, especially with the auto post to delicious. The groups, annotation and highlighting are the main points of difference that appeal to me.