Polleverywhere
This is a fantastic tool for feedback. For quickly gauging what your students know, how your audience is feeling or which topic you should address next, Polleverywhere is ideal for the classroom or conferences and has free and premium options. Participants…
Report from the Melbourne hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training for the Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher-librarians
This information comes from Mary Manning, the Executive Officer of the School Library Association of Victoria: The School Library Association of Victoria was pleased to be able to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training…
Parliamentary Inquiry into school libraries and teacher-librarians
An update on The Parliamentary Inquiry into school libraries and teacher-librarians. The School Library Association of Victoria have also been invited to provide further oral evidence at the hearing of the committee which takes place on Thursday 29 April (today) at Parliament House, Melbourne….
iBoard player
The iBoard player is a terrific interactive teaching resource. With resources for Prep to 2, there is lots of fun and learning to be had. Resources include: Numeracy Literacy New Literacy (Texts) Science History Geography ICT Religion A day in…
Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel
How about a virtual excursion (field trip) to the Sistine Chapel? With 360 degree views of the Chapel that includes ceilings and floors, this is a tremendous site for art, history or religious instruction. The Vatican hosts the site and…
Songsmith: create your own songs
This free new trial Microsoft download is attempting to take on Apple’s excellent Garageband, and is a great way for students to create copyright free music quickly and easily. This download is a trial and enables users a total of…
A Backyard Beginning – Hawkesdale P-12
The absolutely amazing and multi award winning teacher Anne Mirtschin from Hawkesdale P-12 College has kindly shared information about how her blogging journey with her students began: Three years ago, a rich picture studies case grant from DEECD required us…
Mathtrain.TV
Mr Marcos and his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, California have developed a lovely set of screencasts to help teach maths. There is a choice of student or teacher created screencasts as well as videos with captions….
Interactive Web Search Tutorials
Richard Byrne from Free Technology for Teachers recently posted an excellent article on free animated web tutorials to help students with web research strategies. The tutorials include: Credible Sources Count Research It Right Searching With Success You Quote It, You…
K-12 2010 Horizon Report
The 2010 Horizon Report for schools K-12 has recently been released. Predicting the technologies that will be influential in teaching and learning over the next 5 years, the K-12 Horizon Report is a must read for all educators. The top…
