Mathigon is an excellent interactive website to explore maths. It has some fantastic resources. The ebook is amazing!!!!!!! The resources are all interactive, professionally presented…
Author: Kelly
Hi I'm Kelly
I was a Pre School Teacher for 7 years and then a Primary School Teacher for 11 years.
I have always loved ICT and have used it extensively in my classroom. My other main interest is literacy development.
I am currently researching the use of i pads in education.
I live with my hubby and two boys, my cat Rufus and my dog Scooby!
21st Century Global Education: Part 2 Children’s Rights
Posted in Classroom, General Classroom Apps, Global Education, Humanities/ Topics, and Teacher Resources
Hi everyone, Last week I featured some of the tools which classrooms can use to connect to the global community. This connection enables students to…
21st Century Global Education: Part 1
Posted in Classroom, Global Education, Literacy, Speaking and Listening, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
Our world is changing, it is becoming flatter and appears to be metaphorically shrinking. Technology has allowed us to communicate across borders and countries with…
My Research: iPads and Oral Language development: presented on Emaze
Posted in About Me, Literacy, Research and Readings, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
I found this new amazing presentation tool Emaze, it is similar to Prezi (it zooms and pans), but in terms of creating a presentation I…
How many of us have said “Today I want you to Google……..”, and sent students off to research a topic. It is vital that we…
Story Cubes
Posted in Classroom, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Speaking and Listening, Speaking and Listening Apps, and Writing
I LOVE Rory’s Story Cubes they have so much potential for the classroom to develop a wealth of literacy skills. There are physical versions of…
Minecraft: Mum have you convinced your students that this is a great game for the classroom?
Posted in Classroom, Creating, and Research and Readings
I have two boys, 13 and 10 who have been playing minecraft for a few years now. I must admit that I am not an…
23 Augmented Reality Apps for Education
Posted in Classroom, General Classroom Apps, General Teacher Apps, iPads and Apps, and Literacy Apps
AR: Augmented Reality is a interactive way to engage and scaffold learning tasks in the classroom. Augmented reality requires a trigger point to produce another…
Kahoot: create your own quiz games.
Posted in Classroom, Consuming, Creating, General, Humanities/ Topics, and Literacy
So we all know Socrative, which is an excellent tool for the classroom. For those of you who have not seen the new quiz tool Kahoot.…
Australian Virtual Census
Posted in Classroom, Geography, History, Humanities Topics, and Humanities/ Topics
The Australian Bureau of statistics has created this virtual resource on Australia using the data gained from the census. This tool personalises the Australian population…
I have been posting recently about different gaming platforms and it was opportune that I found these excellent readings on gaming. Digital learning and Teaching…
Pixal Press Floors: A new way to create digital games.
Posted in Consuming, Creating, General Classroom Apps, and iPads and Apps
Ok, so there has been a lot of blogs and information about the importance of coding and the importance and the skills surrounding the creation…
Turn your quiz into a arcade game: Mitchell
Posted in Classroom, Creating, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, and Teacher Resources
Previously I have posted about class tools which can turn any quiz into games. Progressing on form last weeks scratch game, Mitchell created this game…
Scratch: Mitchell’s Post
Posted in Classroom, Creating, General, Literacy, Problem Solving, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
Today’s post has been written by my son Mitchell, who discovered scratch and then created his own game. Hi Everyone, My name is Mitchell, for my…
Infographic: Apps for teaching space
Posted in Classroom, Humanities Topics, infographics, iPads and Apps, and Space
Hi Everyone, I recently had someone ask if I knew of any apps they could use in their classroom for the topic space. I have…