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ICTEV is proud to invite educators to kick off your 2014 Professional Learning Calendar at the Northern Region ICT Education Conference: Practical Digital Learning and Teaching @ Epping Views Primary School.

ABC Splash is a new education website for Australia, packed with 100s of videos, audio clips and games. Totally free to watch and play at home and in school.

An great article for Teacher Librarians concerning curation from one of the most prolific curators of information who just seems to share everything with the library community

 a good research rubric for Middle School

Thanks for sharing this link Carmel, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

Great digital tool to connect schools in many different countries, cultures and religions.

Thanks for posting Bernadette, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

This site provides the media and the general public with information about the Australia Telescope National Facility and educational resources on many aspects of astronomy. Link from Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) home page. http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/ CensusAtSchool is a free Internet based data education research data, developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for Australian teachers and students.

Great apps for iPads

Thanks for sharing Robin, I've marked this assignment as Completed

An interesting article found on school libraries and the student research process

Thanks for sharing this link. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

A primary school teacher sharing resources, practical ideas and thoughts on blogging, global collaboration and technology integration. educators can subscribe to newsletter that has step by step instructions on how to use web tools.

The first time I shared this I did so by sharing with PLN group rather than resaerch toolkit.. To share again I needed to go to edit, tick share to group, choose research toolkit from drop down menu and then go to save.

A very comprehensive outline to evaluate websites by Berkeley University. Could be simplified for middle school students. 

Thanks for sharing this link, Rachel. I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

some excellent learning resources on this site for middle school history curriculum

Mazenod Head librarian leads the way for secondary school libraries keep your eye on developments at this site! http://www.oclc.org/au/en/membership/default.htm

Joyce Valenza's comprehensive information literacy, web tools and research tools Libguide containing tools, tutorials and other resources to help students navigate the research process. 

Looks great, thank you

Joyce is a TL superhero!

Asia Education Foundation (AEF) enables educators to develop Asia literate young Australians. They support teachers, principals, education leaders and school communities to implement the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority of Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia.

I go to My Library but do NOT see bookmark???

Hi Merryn, Not sure what's happening at your end, I can see your bookmark fine. In situations like yours, I try refresh then jump out of the site and browser then back in just to see if it clears things. Hope that helps.

Trove is a discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians. It supplements what search engines provide. If you are researching in the fields of the social sciences, literature, local or family history, or need inspiration for your school assignment, then this is the tool for you. It is the most amazing FREE site and I use it to find so many things "Australian".

Hi Lyn, Thanks for sharing. I've marked your Diigo assignment as Complete

Loved that showing this to my students meant I could show them that their small town of Kyabram is mentioned in National Library sources.

World Vision provides excellent educational material and resources for secondary school studemts. It has been very useful for the text study of Camel Rider with a Year 7 group.

Thanks for sharing the link to this site, Kerry. I've marked your Diigo assignment as complete on Lore.

Gooru is a new service (still carrying the Alpha label) that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, interactive displays, documents, diagrams, and quizzes for learning about topics in math and science.

A great Search Engine site, but with more features such as a Library of resource organised by subject area. Unfortunately very U.S. based, but for some subjects that wouldn't matter.

The science dept at school has just started experimenting with creating units on gooru - so far they are impressed! Thanks for sharing the link. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Asia Education Foundation website - resources for the study of Asia and Asian life. For school leaders, teachers and students. Specific sites for China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. Intercultural understanding and the cross-curriculum priority of Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia in the Australian Curriculum.

Thanks Merryn, We've marked this assignment as completed.

Every Web site in SweetSearch has been evaluated by our research experts.A great reseach site with a definite American bias but still very useful

Thanks for sharing this link, Marg. I've marked the Diigo Assignment as complete for you