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Toolbox: e5 iPad Apps - 9 views

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    Catherine Hainstock has put together a draft list of iPad apps for use with the e5 model. Have a look at her post here describing the process. A chart of the apps is also available.
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Story Scrapbook by Tristan Bancks - 4 views

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    Author Tristan Bancks has developed a free Story Scrapbook app, which helps students plan their writing ideas. It's in beta at the moment but it's worth a play.
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Secret Builders - 4 views

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    This game is hugely popular with students coming into the library. I've had some great conversations with students about it. They like that swearing is banned, and that offenders will be banned from the game for a certain amount of time. A bit concerned, though, that someone posing as a younger person could sign in and socialise with young students.
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How Twitter in the classroom is boosting student engagement - 3 views

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    Focussed on university lectures, the article is a look at how Twitter is allowing for greater discussion. Alternatives for secondary schools are available, with one teacher I know using an online discussion board for students to post questions so the classroom (in theory) is quieter.
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Warhol's Marilyn Prints - 2 views

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    Play with the colours of Warhol's Marily Print. See what works and what doesn't. Listen to a recording of Warhol discussing his colour choices for the prints. May be good to play with in art class when examining colours.
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2011 National Simultaneous Storytime at Mt Gambier Library - Feathers for Phoebe - 5 views

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    Have a look at this YouTube video of what the Mt Gambier Library staff put together for this year's National Simultaneous Storytime. Well done to the library staff on a great video!
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projectelite - home - 3 views

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    Great resource for Librarians to integrate technology into education.
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We Love Learning - 3 views

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    Classroom teacher Nicole McMahon at St Luke the Evangelist School in Blackburn has developed a blog for her Prep class.
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SpineOut - 4 views

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    SpineOut is a new Australian online magazine for young adults produced by the team responsible for the Good Reading magazine.
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The Glamis Hub - 7 views

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    Strathmore Secondary College library have recently set up their own library blog.
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Community | Edublogs - education blogs for teachers, students and institutions - 2 views

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    Edublogs has a community and blog directory, making it easy to find blogs that fit your area of interest.
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Slightly addicted to fiction - 4 views

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    Judi Jagger, the current Western Australian Children's Book Council judge, has developed her own blog. It is a must read for anyone interested in children's and YA literature.
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i.read - 5 views

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    A funky new lit blog from Christian College Geelong (SC) library staff.
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::: CHILDREN'S LITERACY LAB ::: - 2 views

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    It is an interesting programme which is trying to investigate how children actually use digital books. 
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web 2.0 and other library stuff - 14 views

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    Designed to help support Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg teachers integrate web 2.0 technologies into teaching and learning.
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WFC-Learning-together - home - 5 views

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    Whitefriars College teacher librarian Karen Kearney has developed a resourceful wiki to support Maths learning and teaching.
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iLearn Technology - 5 views

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    If you need help to find appropriate games and to embed them into the curriculum, you cannot go past Kelly Tenkely's excellent blog ilearntechnology.
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Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie - 2 views

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    If you can type, you can make movies.
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Family History Education - My Place In History - MyPlaceInHistory.com - 1 views

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    My Place in History, a new educational programme for Australian upper primary schools, is a web-based programme designed to teach students about the concepts of change and diversity - of backgrounds, in family structures, and the many economic, political and social circumstances in both our distant and more recent history that have contributed to who we are today and how we all came to be living in Australia.
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