"Bring your own device" programs have transformed the way schools are delivering technology services to students.

Teachers must remember: 1) we are not teaching subjects, we teach children 2) children are more than test scores. Teachers must also do two things: 1) support your students in doing work that is worthy of the world 2) ensure each child knows they matter

Simple interactive game that allows students to apply knowledge of simple machines to assemble a device that serves a task

pointers about what to teach students to improve their internet search skills

all about texting and acronyms, how many do you know?

YouTube can be a good place to find educational videos to support your lessons. We've all had students who struggle to hold their comments until the video has stopped. One strategy that many teachers have used in those cases is to tell students to "write it down." The web makes it possible to take that strategy a step further and have students not only "write it down" but also enable teachers to instantly respond to students' comments while watching a video. Here are three tools that enable users to watch videos online and discuss them with others at the same time.

Great math resource

For any writer or creator, it is all about the audience. Why would a student even want to write on a piece of paper for their teacher to see when they could write on their blog for the world to see?

Interesting visual tool - you type in a word, it generates / finds words from the thesaurus and creates a mind map

In education, the words "mobile learning" are starting to appear more often. Mobile learning is anytime, anywhere seamless learning. In other words, it is ubiquitous learning. A mobile learning device could be a net book, iPad, iPod Touch or even a smartphone.

good suggestions of blogs to follow - one from Jeff Utecht who is coming to us in the next school year for the COTAIL course

Phat Poetry - an energetic program of performance poetry designed to introduce Years 5 - 8 students to the world of language and ideas. Storytelling, the investigation of rhyme, rhythm and the devices of poetry underpins the central theme of the performance. In 2012 we explore themes of identity, love, friendship, war, community laced with a healthy dose of nonsense using everything from ballads, sonnets and haikus to free verse, odes and raps.In this show we introduce a new component that takes a look at how Australian poetry has developed an increasing engagement with the cultures and poetic traditions of Asia.

The remarkable thing about having only 30 minutes to introduce this very large topic with my students but doing so with iPads, is that all 29 5th graders are sitting on the rug in front of me with a camera, digital darkroom, and publishing suite resting on their laps!