Online Learning Resources2

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Teachers TV

There are some great video clips to share with your class here. At the moment there is a focus on bullying and some good clips to look at on this subject which unfortunately comes up quite often.

Mind Mapping

This is the web site I told some of you about at Marist - mind mapping with Inspiration. It is a Beta web version you can sign up for free. Has the capabilities of the programme Inspiration but it is online and at the moment free. Check it out here.

Mac Freeware

Some of my PC schools used a programme called BlockCad which the children can use to design in Lego. One school designed a new swimming pool for their school, it was a great challenge. I see in the Mac freeware there is a programme for the Mac from the Lego creators. Have a look around the Mac Freeware site, there are some interesting apps which may suit some of you.

Apple Bus Tour Gems

Thanks to Stuart Hale for the great trip last week - we only had 14 so went in the van.
Some great ideas - I liked the way Tahatei Coast School integrated the key competencies into their curriculum with the 6 C's - Compassion, communication, contemplation, creativity, conscience, citizenship. Selwyn Ridge School had 'The Kid on the Ridge' the image of a child in the school uniform with the tool kit of values and attitudes and some really great ways of empowering students to be leaders of their learning. Pt England had podcasting down to a fine art and the students were all engaged and motivated to learn with ICT tools as an integral part of the learning. Dorothy Burt's research showed that the podcasting had raised student achievement in literacy. At Summerland School we heard some great ideas for integrating ICT from the teachers - more about that later. Bucklands Beach Intermediate students could talk about their learning through their digital portfolios. I loved the way they used Glogster to create innovative cover pages. At Sherwood Primary the students were really good at using Fireworks and Flash to edit their pictures and create animations. They have 9 teachers in their e-learning team. They also subscribe to Scholastic Education's Lexile system which has encouraged children to read for meaning and get really excited about reading. www.mylexile.co.nz
Cool new programmes I learned about were Spore to create and animate creatures, iKareoke, a great music programme, MorphX (change yourself into someone or something else - an oldie but a goodie)and Sub Etha Edit.
I am looking forward to the new version of Hyperstudio coming out later this year or early next year hopefully. The students in a couple of schools were trialling it and I had a play - looks fantastic for web authoring and image/animation creation.