I have previously blogged about some of the online tools which can be used to create quizzes, or used as a facilitator of discussions. Many…
Category: General
Sunsmart resources and ideas for first term
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities Topics, and Humanities/ Topics
In Australia the students will be returning to school and it is always hot, hot, hot. The world health organistaion has recommended that sun safety…
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.…
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…
Wideo: Make online animated videos
Posted in Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
Hi everyone, I was looking this morning and found this web based animated video creation site. I have been playing with the tool and created…
Infographic: 15C skills and attributes of 21st century learning
Posted in Classroom, General, and infographics
Whilst writing a post on multimodal texts (which will be posted soon), I slightly digressed and started thinking about 21st century skills. In the info-graphic…
Watch Learn Know: Database of educational videos.
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, and Literacy
It is interesting where the internet can lead you. Today I was searching for and reading the latest early childhood journal articles which looked at…
This video is very interesting and a little inspirational Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion is one of the featured talks from TED. It is interesting and…
Safe TV
Posted in Classroom, General, and Teacher Resources
Would you like to use you tube videos in the classroom but you don’t want the adds? This website called safe TV allows you to generate…
Hi Everyone, I was on my Google analytics page and noticed that I have had quite a few visits. I just wanted to say thanks…
Stixy colloboration board
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, and Web 2.0 tools
I posted previously about a website called Wall Wisher where you can add videos, text and pictures onto a virtual pinboard This tool stixty is similar…
English for the Australian Curriculum Resource.
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Science, and Teacher Resources
Hi everyone, I apologise for my absence on here over the last week, I have been busy marking which consumes you and takes on a…
Quiz Busters
Posted in Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Reading, and Teacher Resources
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/ This site allows you to create and then play with your own quiz or it allows you to use one of the quiz’s that…
Make your own QR codes for use in class
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Teacher Resources, and Web tools
QR (Quick response) codes are now seen everywhere, they initially were used as part of the car manufacturing process. Marketing analysts caught onto them and they are now used…