All which the school can or need do for pupils, so far as their minds are concerned…..is to develop the ability to think. (John Dewey…
Category: Speaking and Listening
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…
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…
Heads Up: A great charade app which you could use for literacy
Posted in Classroom, General Classroom Apps, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Phonics, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, and Uncategorized
I am sure that many of you have heard of Ellen’s app titled Heads Up. If not the app costs .99c and is based on…
Ideas for using Lego in the classroom for literacy and maths
Posted in Classroom, Fractions, Literacy, Maths, Measurment, Number, Problem Solving, Reading, Speaking and Listening, and Writing
With the much-anticipated launch of the Lego movie on the weekend, I thought how exciting it would be to use Lego and ICT for learning…
Virtual Art Museums
Posted in Art, Classroom, Literacy, Speaking and Listening, Uncategorized, and Writing
Today’s post is about art galleries. There is a plethora of virtual galleries with great collections of art you can access with your class. Google has…
Newspaper Creators
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Comprehension, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Spelling, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
Yesterday I attended and presented at a very interesting discussion surrounding innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It was a great day with lots of sharing of ideas. One of the discussions surrounded…
Sploder: Game Creation
Posted in Classroom, Creating, Featured, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Problem Solving, Speaking and Listening, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
http://www.sploder.com/ Following on from yesterdays post about the benefits of game creation for learning, here is another great website. This is another website…
Cartoon network: Create your own Game
Posted in Chance and Data, Classroom, Creating, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Problem Solving, Speaking and Listening, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
This website allows the children to plan and create their own game based on star wars the clone wars. It is fairly easy to navigate…
The Fantastic Flying books of Mr Morris Lessmore book, apps, movie
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading apps, Speaking and Listening, and Writing
The Fantastic flying Books of Mr Morris Messmore BY Wiliiam Joyce is a beautifully written story. The book cab be used as a stand alone…
Countdown Timers and Name Pickers for the interactive whiteboard!
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, Maths, Number, Speaking and Listening, Teacher Resources, and Writing
I was talking to one of my friends over the weekend who I shared a class with. We were chatting about school and she said…