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…
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Tellagami app for storytelling and oral language skills
Posted in Classroom, General Classroom Apps, Humanities/ Topics, iPads and Apps, Literacy Apps, Reading apps, Speaking and Listening Apps, and Writing Apps
This app is Fantastic and it’s FREE !!!!!! The app allows you to create short recorded stories using an avatar. You are able to customise…
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…
English for the Australian Curriculum Resource.
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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
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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…
What in the world is an infographic
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Teacher Resources, and Web 2.0 tools
An infographic, is a visual way to present ideas and data. There are lots of tools on the web which are very easy to use.…
Google wonders of the world
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http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/ – Another gem from Google. This wonderful interactive site allows you to explore all the wonders of the world. From Historic to Modern Day wonders.…
Create your own online poster’s (movies, motivational, magazine covers)
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
I have just discovered the website big huge labs. The site allows you to create a variety of different genres for posters. I love this resource as it is…
Create your own trading cards: List of Apps and websites
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
As an extension to great tools I have been blogging about all week. I have found another one. Trading Cards. These are great for reading…
Fake Twitter Posts: Useful for book and historical characters analysis
Posted in About Me, Character Development, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Science, and Teacher Resources
http://www.classtools.net/twister/ – Another fantastic Tool from Classtools. Love this site! This is a fake Twitter feed. I had fun creating one from the Wolfmister as a…
Create your own quiz’s and turn them into Arcade Games
Posted in Classroom, Creating, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Science, Teacher Resources, and Writing
http://www.classtools.net/_mobileQuiz/index.php – This is GREAT !!!!!! This site allows you to create your own quiz and then it is published as a game. It is incredibly easy to…
Websites and Apps for Comic Creation
Posted in Classroom, History, Humanities/ Topics, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading, Reading apps, Writing, and Writing Apps
Creating a comic is a great engaging learning activity. It can be used in all subject areas from P-12. Reading ( retell, make a new ending, create…
How Stuff Works and Discovery Kids
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How stuff works is exactly that. It is a website which uses a variety of media (text, audio, video) to explain how everything works.…