Purposeful Learning Technologies

This link to you to a list of weblinks aimed at developing basic computer skills particularly good for Kinder

Great resources for those sourcing Apps- easy to navigate and categorised

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Want to add a Diigolet to your iPad- here is some instructions for set up. 

NASA has an excellent interactive timeline tracing the history of astronomy and space exploration from the Greek philosophers through  the current day. Planet Quest is actually three timelines combined into one. The three timelines cover technology, discovery, and culture as it relates to astronomy and space exploration. Each element on the timeline is narrated. Users can select individual elements on the timeline or choose autoplay to hear the narration of each item in sequence.

Great smartboard templates!

Some great pointers on how to best evaluate Education Apps for the iPad/iPod touch. 

Some video tutorials on how to use Apple's operating system geared towards the education market. Worth a look for teachers + students. 

An amazing site. In particular watch the latest animation - from a speech from Ken Robinson (a shining light in educational thinking)!

And yet another great story of the iPad being a 'life changing' device for people with disabilities... please take the time to read- worth sharing with your staff and particularly of interest for students with special needs.

A great tool for animation - offshoot of Goanimate

Another great site for teaching typing skills!

Free games to reinforce the usage and spelling of contractions.

Some iPad Book apps to check out... 

Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter 'square' of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web.

A knowledge based computing search engine. It can show how it solves maths problems and graph equations.

4 great online tools for generating your own infographics

Some great examples and strategies for teachers on utlising Social media within your classroom. I

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