Purposeful Learning Technologies

What it is: Boy's Life Magazine is a great place to reach those boys in your class that are reluctant readers or writers.  On the Boy's Life site, you will find a Comic Creator where students can create a comic strip.  The Comic Creator is easy to use, offering enough tools for boys to really customize their comics but not SO many that they get lost in the forever search of pictures.  A great balance! How to integrate Comic Creator into the classroom: The Boy's Life Comic Creator is a great little tool to help your boys connect with writing and story telling in a way that they enjoy and understand.  The tool is simple enough to use as a writing station/center on classroom computers.  The comic does need to be created in one sitting, there is no way to save and come back to a comic later.  Completed comics can be printed off and shared.

Great site to grab Science images to share with students. You need to sign up first, but it is free

Awesome Science resource!!!

Interesting site in the making .... using the structure of Bloom's Taxonomy to sort ipad apps into approp thinking levels.

Looks interesting .... has profiles on famous artists and slideshows of the artworks. 

Science games / animations and graphics...... the animations look more appropriate for secondary teachers

Science images

Comic creator for K - 2

Where to find iTunes cards on sale

A great explanation of Evernote and how it can be used in a 1:1 environment, targeted at secondary students.

Great assortment of free fonts!!!

Great website for converting all kinds of files. 

Great article from the SMH- regarding the impact ipads have on students reading. Syd Diocese is running a trial of iPads in reading recovery.

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.

This sounds like a great site for collaborative writing! Check it out!

Some great posters to use and go over spelling rules.

This could be a great app for geography classes or when doing a unit on current events....