7 Aug 2011

ONLINE GAMES
Sheppard software
Fun online learning games.

ONLINE GAMES
Primary Games
Fun online learning games and activities, for primary and many older students.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Teach with Your iPAD
IPAD tips and examples of its use in classroom activities.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
iPAD Curriculum
Selected educational apps available for purchase for the iPAD.

SOCIAL NETWORKING
eEtiquette
"101 guidelines for the digital world." What to do and not do when communicating by email and Internet.

SOCIAL NETWORKING
Google+: The Complete Guide
Practical guide to using Google's attempt to compete against Facebook and Twitter.

CLASSROOM TEACHING
Bloom's Taxonomy: New Version

GIRL POWER
Women@NASA
A number of women with successful careers at NASA tell their stories as an inspiration to girls contemplating their futures.

CLASSROOM TEACHING
Teaching in Times of Crisis
Classroom handling of public or private crises and tragedies. See links to Facilitating discussions and Resources.













 

11 July 2011

ONLINE VIDEO-EDITING
Jaycut
A free site to allow you to put together a video, with sound.

ONLINE VIDEO-EDITING
10 Best and Free Online Video editing SoftwareSECURITY
Complete Guide to Managing Facebook Privacy

SECURITY
SneakyShot Demo
A new $1.99 app for iPhones makes it easy for people to take photos surreptitiously while pretending to make a normal phone call, then quickly upload them to Facebook. (This YouTube video contains some bad language.)

CLASSROOM SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Plus: Is this the social tool schools have been waiting for?
Will Google's new Google+ enable teachers to have a new social tool without having to use Facebook or MySpace?

SOCIAL MEDIA
How to get Started with Google+
Learn about Google's attempt to make their network more social.

COMPUTER NEWS
Win Rumours
Latest news and gossip about Microsoft products.

STUDENT SUPPORT
Help Guide
Covers topics such as abuse, addiction, emotional disorders, healthy living.

COMPUTER EDUCATION
Cyber-Safety and the Young
High-Wire Act: Cyber-Safety and the Young is an Australian parliamentary report.

DRUG EDUCATION
Drug Education Network
A new website for young people, teachers, parents and others from Tasmania's Drug Education Network (DEN).

COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
Eight Tech Trends for Librarians and Teachers

SCHOOL EXCURSIONS, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Mate Minder iPhone App
Tasmania Police have introduced a free iPhone App that uses GPS to allow friends to keep in contact while out on the town. Perhaps this app would be useful for some school excursions where students have the technology and they and parents agree to its use. (Note that continual GPS referencing depletes batteries more quickly than usual.)
- iTunes MateMinder page