Purposeful Learning Technologies

A brilliant hub of resources for IWB users with a focus on Math.

List of apps for education purposes that can be run on an ipod touch (now all I need is the ipod touch)

Thanks Steven, I am in the process of browsing apps. This will be really helpful. PS I have the ipod touches (lucky I guess)

this site allows youto create and print customised graphic organisers. Good for individual or group tasks.

An online community for schools using iPod Touches in the classroom. Has many schools registered from Australia and around the world and includes videos, photos, forums, groups, events and blogs.

"Google Tools" Links to various google tools and video tutorials

I was just wondering which google apps people are making use of in their classrooms or for professional/personal use. A couple of questions I am thinking about at the moment are: 1. Should we be giving students experience with public access tools such as these so that they can take the skills they learn with them rather than the skills they learn specific to Myclasses/myinternet? 2. With myclasses etc perhaps being phased out/modified/replaced at some stage is this a viable alternative that could be used instead?

is an article providing 10 reasons why teachers should setup and use classroom podcasts to engage learners.

Great links and teaching ideas for creating digital stories.

a simple dea for creating a visual story using 5 iages only- challenging idea but I see potential for K-3 . Students needs to consider what is needed in the images to tell the whole story.

Allows you to draw and add other notes etc to maps. Great way to enhance map based learning tasks such as Maths trails or HSIE trails.

"The simplest way to search and find sounds" - Great website to use in digital storytelling projects

10 tips for those interested in taking on Digital Storytelling

Art and IWB's - A compilation of sites to explore.

The classroom 2.0 Ning Has a very active forum discussing all things web2 and education

Recording from classroom 2.0. Theses are online lectures on all things educatio

The second biggest search engine in the world and a massive collection of movies. Create a channel for your school or class and use it to publish student movies and keep parents involved in whats happening at school. Use the playlist function to direct students to the movies that you want them to watch.

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.

Share powerpoints online, easy and powerful sharing of presentations. Ability to comment and discuss presentations. A very easy way to publish student presentations.

Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook.