Wikis- provide a platform to assist with group work activities, group management.
PB Works http://www.pbworks.com/ is a site we used for each of the tutorial groups. Within the site each tutorial was divided up and provided easy access to relevant information.
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/site/signin group work accountability
Interesting Software-
Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ Allows students to create "word clouds".
Livebinders: http://www.livebinders.com/ Keeps order, similar to LEO, great for organising.
Symbaloo: http://www.symbalooedu.com/ Bookmarking websites.
Google app sites: http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
Websites-
Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu Excellent free site to assist with programing.
Format Factory http://www.formatoz.com/index.html Changing the format
Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/products/online diagramming application
Smartboards provide a great tool to interact with the class.
Hardware
Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/products/online diagramming application
Smartboards provide a great tool to interact with the class.
Bubble.us: http://www.bubbl.us.com/ free mapping software
Popplet.com: http://www.popplet.com/
Lesson Lams: http://www.lessonlams.com/ free lesson delivery system.
Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ free resources site.
Google Apps for the classroom http://sites.google.com/site/sdusdgoo/5-google-sites
Creative Commons http://www.creativecommons.org.au/
Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com.au/ schools block You Tube, this is an alternative.
Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ a different way for multimedia use
Slowmation http://www.slowmation.com.au/ a narrated animation site with clay and multimedia.
Wix www.wix.com allows students to creat a website easily. http://youtu.be/Cs1XSq-qxmA
Textbook -
Recently released text is Information & Software Technology 2nd Edition, D Grover. I borrowed the text as suggested by Leanne to assist with my assessment and found it invaluable. The text was broken down in core and option topics, easy to read with plenty of activities.
Textbook -
Recently released text is Information & Software Technology 2nd Edition, D Grover. I borrowed the text as suggested by Leanne to assist with my assessment and found it invaluable. The text was broken down in core and option topics, easy to read with plenty of activities.
Sources of Information- where I can go for information and .......help
Kahn Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/ videos for all subjects.
The Le@rning Federation: http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/p/home
BBC Learning Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
Tours / Activities
Power House Museum - great organised tours, they look after everything.
Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre - great for robotics, Eco projects, Virtual Worlds
Webquests - provide a great tool for group work activity for students to explore a topic.
Hardware
Overhead projectors enable presentations to the class
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