Purposeful Learning Technologies

A word cloud creator, I would typically choose this over wordle

Excellent sounding text to speech online tool. Closed to new registration at the moment but well worth keeping an eye on.

A great resource that takes you through how to set up a Twitter account, all the way to how to use twitter for social learning purposes.

This is a wonderful writing tool and useful for teachers as a plagiarism checker. Its free, give it a try.

My new favourite teaching idea that support the development of comprehension strategies through visualising and summarising

A fantastic collection of sites targeted at high school students studying maths. Most are US based.

A cool idea for creating virtual flowers. The Black Eyed Peas have created/endorsed a site called Planting My Ideas. You can use music, images, and words to create your own flower, which is then be posted in the site's gallery. You can also post the link on a student or teacher's website/blog, and have students write about it as a language development activity.

Some great ideas on raising awareness of Digital Citizenship among students. 

An option for your class site

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

A Maths Dictionary for Kids provides simple and clear definitions of math terms. Each definition includes a small diagram or simple activity to illustrate the term's definition. A Maths Dictionary for Kids does not have a search option, but it doesn't need one as all definitions appear alphabetically just like in a physical dictionary.

Powerful video produced by ACMA sharing an instance of Cyberbullying and Physical bullying in a High School setting - worth a watch

Apple's ITSC 2010 Conference - Sydney 12-13 April. Anyone going?

Not good timing regarding school holidays.... especially for those of us who have children.... so Im afraid it's a no for me ;(

I will be there Sam - you going?

Iphone apps for education

Classic Brad I just embedded it on my blog I liked it so much. Very comprehensive.

Technology newsletter for education

A new cool tool for finding ideas and resources

Gorgeous cloud tags, useful as it remains interactive

This multimedia resource includes interactive math activities, print activities, learning strategies, and videos that illustrate how math is used in everyday life. The resource addresses the following mathematics topics: Fractions; Integers; Percentages; Rate/Ratio/Proportion; Square Roots; Exponents; Patterns; Algebra; Linear Equations; Polynomials; Angles; Circles; Surface Area and Volume; Area and Perimeter; Triangles; Pythagoras; Trigonometry; Similarity and Congruence; Transformations; Shape Classification; Data Display and Graphs; Central Tendency and Distribution; and Probability.

An interesting website which acts as a search engine for numbers. Shares notable info on any number.

The very easiest way to publish your students work. Email the work in (words documents, photos, movies, presentations almost anything) and posterous will add it to your blog.