Today’s post focuses on looking at news websites which are specifically focused on students. These sites could be used as independent reading activities, guided reading…
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If you are interested in looking at how the environment and living has changed in Australian History, then the resources which sit around My Place…
Zaption: Amazing new Interactive video tool: Great for flipping the classroom
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I love Zaption, which I stumbled upon the other day. [wmd-divider style=”fading” spacing=”40″ color=”#002426″ size=”2″ ls-id=”55dfcc25ad577″/] This tool allows you to take any You Tube…
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…
Creating multimodal texts
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Last week I wrote about the importance of balance between traditional and multimodal texts. This weeks post continues this discussion but focuses on the importance…
Finally a word cloud app for the iPad.
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I am so excited !! I have previously blogged about word cloud tools which can be found on the internet. Tools such as Wordle and…
Heads Up: A great charade app which you could use for literacy
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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…
ABC alphabet app
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Hi everyone, Firstly I would like to apologise for my absence. I have started semester and have been so busy starting the year that I…
Virtual Art Museums
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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…
I needed a change!!!
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Hi everyone, As you have noticed I have changed the theme of the blog. I felt that it needed a little revamp and this theme…
Fraction Apps
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I have included a you tube video below which shows what each app can do. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virtual-manipulatives%21/id471341079?mt=8. Virtual Manipulative is a FREE app which has been…
Hi everyone, I am going on leave and so I will not be posting for the next 2 and a half weeks. After I get…
My Absence
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Hi everyone, I just want to apologize for my lack lasts of posts over the last two weeks, It is marking time again and my…
Interactive Story Map
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http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L9496/index.html This story map features a interactive cat who guides you through the process of identifying the diffrent parts in the story. This would be…
Toontastic App creativity comes alive
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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/toontastic-free/id404693282?mt=8 Toontastic is another fantastic FREE app. I LOVE IT !!!!!!! This app is open ended and can be used across a variety of…