Resources



To create a free educational wiki with no advertising, go to http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers


 [|Wiki Powerpoint Presentation] [|How to create accounts for your students] [|A Sample Wiki Warranty] http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/ A wiki with some tricks to embellish your wiki!!

Some wikis
http://digiteen2008.wikispaces.com/ a collaborative digital citizenship project http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ This is a wiki about web2.0 tools for schools


http://wedderburnp12.wikispaces.com/ http://beinggreen.pbwiki.com/ http://codeblue.wikispaces.com/ ===[|www.glogster.com] is a great site to check out. You can create your own web pages with text, video and sound and can share your sites or keep them private. You can also very easily embed them into a wiki page to make a fabulous home page.===


 Here is a link to ALL the web2.0 tools!!! http://www.go2web20.net/ Have fun!!!!

Collaboration sites for overseas schools
Teachers Connecting a relatively new entrant into the field at http://teachersconnecting.com/  The Global Education Ning at http://globaleducation.ning.com/  Westley Field’s Skoolaborate at http://www.westleyfield.com/skoolaborate/  The Flat Classroom project from 2008 at http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/ **A collaborative alternative to PowerPoint?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Check out [|voicethread]. It is really interesting. Below is a link to a grade 3 project. http://ed.voicethread.com/#u110482.b160037.i855878 There are some great resources here on ePotential - Check them out. http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/index.php?showcase_id=61

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">How do you save your favourites?
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have you tried one of the social bookmarking tools such as [|delicious] ? Save your favourite sites but also access sites saved by others with similar interests - true collaboration.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">Some BloggingSites
http://globalteacher.org.au/ http://mrsmcsclass.blogspot.com/ http://murch.globalteacher.org.au/ http://win0003.globalstudent.org.au/ http://betch.edublogs.org/2008/09/29/getting-kids-to-blog/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">Podcasting sites
http://www.ischool.net.au/ Ringwood North PS http://www.adrianbruce.com/acekids/

http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/ Online projects with activities for students from Lower Primary to Upper Secondary.

Access over 4,000 websites and 2.5 million pages about Australia's culture and recreation. http://culture.gov.au/ <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(214, 5, 5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

Edna - Broad based educational network covering all sectors from kindergarten through primary and secondary school plus technical and higher education. really worth subscribing to feeds and joining groups. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(214, 5, 5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(214, 5, 5); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">scratch - a free online animation tool http://scratch.mit.edu/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 106);">**Web 2.0 tools** http://www.go2web20.net/ http://goanimate.com/ online animation tool http://simplespark.com/ http://www.classroom20.com/ is a [|ning] for teachers interesting in learning more and using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom. Anyone can join, it's all free and it places you in touch with like minded teachers all over the world <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">**Video Clips & Tutorials** http://www.teachertube.com/index.php Many educational videos on YouTube can be viewed on TeacherTube without the filtering issues. http://www.commoncraft.com/ a series of short explanatory videos by Lee and Sachi LeFever http://www.ted.com/index.php/ TED ideas worth spreading

<span style="color: rgb(242, 13, 13);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">Graphic Organisers/Mindmap Tools Examples of Desktop Apps – although they are free, these need to be downloaded and installed on computers http://cmap.ihmc.us/ FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ** These web-based tools only need an internet connection. You need to choose which is easiest for you. [|http://www.mindmeister.com] http://mind42.com/ [|www.mindomo.com] http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Uses interactive Thinking Guides which support the thinking or working through of an issue, topic or question and help to shape, define and focus an idea and also support the planning required to investigate it further. Exploratree guides can be used as a basis for whole class discussion, or emailed to individuals or groups to complete. They can also be used as a presentation tool to share your findings and thinking with others. As well as providing a set of ready to use thinking guides, which are completely customisable and shareable, Exploratree also enables teachers and students to create their own simply and easily. **
 * CMAP Tools
 * [|http://bubbl.us]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(13, 153, 0);">Questioning
From Trivial Pursuit to Essential Questions and Standards-Based Learning by Jamie McKenzie http://fno.org/feb01/pl.html (Check Strategy 2)

Harmony Hollow free tools for teachers to download - Cool timer & The Hat http://www.harmonyhollow.net/download.shtml

Hyperwords lets you do a variety of things with a selected word in a webpage. For Firefox Browsers only!
http://www.hyperwords.net/

CamStudio is a free bit of software that lets you record and narrate things you do on your computer... so you or kids can demonstrate how to do something on the computer and post it as a video file. http://camstudio.org/

Geocaching is a great sport using a GPS. Register and find hidden treasure. [|www.geocaching.com]

Vast Park - tools that let you create your own online virtual environment. This is a showcase video... http://www.vastpark.com/index.php/vastpark_showcase/showcase_movies/vastpark_virtual_worlds_08

Create an avatar and record your own voice. [|www.voki.com] A wiki using vokis http://anzaconnection.wikispaces.com/Introductions