ICT in the Classroom

Throughout the semester there have been a number of resources, programs and ideas that I have found would assist me in delivering engaging lessons for students. IST predominantly uses programs and hardware for specific tasks with students undertaking projects with core and option topics (BOS 2003). Following is a list of sites and programs I will use.


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-

Prezi: http://prezi.com/learn/. Alternative to power point for presentations.

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.

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.

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/

iTunesU: http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

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.

http://www.questgarden.com/

http://www.scu.edu.au/

http://www.zunal.com/

Hardware

Overhead projectors enable presentations to the class