Research Toolkit 2012

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.

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Great apps for iPads

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Mindmapping visual graphic organisation

An independent, non-profit organisation which creates and disseminates knowledge and tools, to improve learning, for the fulfilment of individuals and society.

Using naplan data to inform teaching.

Alternatives to Google!

Lists the best search engines for a particular research need

The Khan Academy has approximately 3,500 videos all free to use. Fabulous for Science and Mathematics with some other subjects catered for as well.

The Khan Academy has generated a lot of discussion in education. The academy supplies a wealth of resources However... do these resources contribute to good teaching and learning?

A free online encyclopedia about the Earth, its natural enviornments and interaction with society. Whilst the intended audience is the general public the content is suitable for teachers and students. There are links to other resources.

Looking for best practice 'Library Research Skills' for year 7's and I came across this link which I thought would be suitable for year 10's upwards. Any one else know of any other online self paced e-learning tools ranked and sequenced for secondary year levels???

Drama in education is the use of drama techniques to support learning in the classroom. Drama in education was at first called creative dramatics and the founder of the field was Winifred Ward. By creative dramatics she meant a classroom teaching method that emphasizes self-expression, training in spoken English and literature appreciation.

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.

A fantastic resource everyone should check out. Thanks for sharing the link,Monique. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Wonderful site for general research

For history teachers in the Western District a collection of photos that are great for teaching about primary evidence.

These are the original household manuscripts signed by the head of each household on census night 1901 and 1911. Free to view.

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Index to Jamie MacKenzie's Online Journal, FNO. Many excellent articles especially on questions.

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Kilbreda is a all girls school in the bayside suburb of Mentone.

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This is a great blog to have in your RSS feed reader! Each day I get an email with the latest ideas, websites, lessons and more related to education, teaching and using technology. You can search the blog for resources, downloads, tutorials just to name a few.

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While we are on the topic of Search Engines, here is a list that everyone might find useful.

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A quick, easy way to reaserch on the run.

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