inudge.net-make music

My latest creations using inudge
where everyone can create music.
Believe me, if I can, anyone can!!

Game consoles in classrooms?

In his blog, EdTe.ch, Tom Barrett write about his experience of using game consoles in the classroom.

 He believes that the console should have a well deserved place in the primary classroom as a media platform. He acknowledges that it is what you do with that engaged group of children that counts.   Check out the images.

Image via Wikipedia

I can see the potential for Consoles in Classrooms, especially after examining what the students

were able to  achieve using Endless Ocean.

What do you think?

12th Annual TOOTH TALLY International Project

Cheryl Hill is looking for Australian schools 

that would like to join this 

INTERNATIONAL project.

The excitement of counting, graphing, reading and writing about losing teeth is beginning again next February. So get in early and get ready to join the fun!!

Our year 1 classes really enjoyed this TOOTH TALLY unit last year and I would like to do it again for year 1, 2010. I really recommend this project .

Click here to check out more details.

Another great video site useful for educators.

What is WatchKnow?

Imagine hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids. Imagine them rated and sorted into a giant Directory, making them simple to find. WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you know"--is a non-profit online community devoted to this goal.

So much more to TaLe than meets the eye.

Social media tools

Many teacher are already using social media technologies to enhance the teaching and learning process.This space provides background on some common social media tools and their uses in teaching and learning.

Google Documents for teachers

Google Docs Tutorial for Teachers: This tutorial will show you the basics of using Google Docs so you can save and edit documents online.

Image via Wikipedia

Latest Update Did You Know 4.0?

NSW DET teachers have access to helpful resources...

This web site offers:

online modules 

focusing on integration of ICT

supported by teaching and learning activities 

designed to meet syllabus outcomes K-12

This site offers you an opportunity to engage in a range of self paced tutorials. These are supported with teaching activities designed to meet syllabus outcomes through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Australian Government Quality Teacher Program

Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr

 Select Primary or Secondary to search for resources designed to illustrate the integration of ICT  into teaching and learning activities.




Access through My Portal------> My applications-------> Integrating ICT in Teaching and Learning

iPod Touch in action in the classroom of 8year olds!!

You Tube - A New Tool For Teaching Information Literacy

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

You Tube - A New Tool For Teaching Information Literacy

View more presentations from Dana Dukic.

The Outback visits Sydney Australia.-video created from Flickr images.

 Wonderful reflective piece-Well done to Stu Hasic .

September 23, 2009 - The Outback visits Sydney Australia. A massive dust storm - the largest in over 100 years blew millions of tonnes of dust from Central Australia across a front more than 600km wide, turning the Sydney sky red, then orange then yellow and coating everything with fine dust.



These images were all sourced from Flickr where over 2,500 such images were posted today. Of course, which other song could go with this than "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.
Created by Stu Hasic

Another FREE application

Download the FREE TIME Mobile app for the iPhone or iPod touch to access TIME's depth of content around-the-clock.

Sections include:

News

• Top Stories
• Latest Headlines
• Politics
• U.S.
• World
• Biz & Tech
• Health & Science

• Entertainment
• Travel
• Swampland
• The Curious Capitalist
• Tuned In
• Nerd World
• Looking Around

Lists

Best and Worst Lists in every category from Entertainment to Politics

Quotes

TIME.com’s Quotes of the Day

Popular

The most popular articles that are being read on TIME.com

Media

Exciting photo essays and videos

Google Docs to Slideshare

Slideshare recently rolled out the ability to import and share documents from Google Docs on SlideShare. 

They support importing presentations, documents and pdf files at present. 

Follow the steps outlined in the SlideShare blog posting.

What is SlideShare?

SlideShare claims to be the best way to share your presentations with the world

adapted from Jane Knight

A movie make tool-Xtranormal

See what Room 10 RBS created:

Xtranormal

Random Number Generator

Choose your own min and max numbers(0-100)

Looking for safe copyright free clipart for students?-Try WPClipart

 "WPClipart is a fast, clean and safe site for children and others to find good-quality, printable images that have no copyright restrictions."

"PNG was chosen as the default format because it is lossless but compressed -- meaning it is of higher quality than JPG. "  Not all images are in colour and some images are of a poorer quality.

Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students

Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students

Must-have iPhone applications for students.

These apps will help you stay organised, take notes, and study better.

Seven are FREE!!

Image by powerbooktrance via Flickr

Are you stuck in an uncomfortable place?

 

http://imgur.com/gallery/14bGh

Imgur gallery  -image sharing site

bubbl.us-brainstorm on line for free

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. You can:

* Create colourful mind maps online

* Share and work with friends

* Embed your mind map in your blog or website

* Email and print your mind map

* Save your mind map as an image

"bubbl.us is fantastic for collaborative work." Lisa Valentine

"a great flow charting tool that lets individuals and groups sketch out their conceptual map." Andrew Middleton

Image via Wikipedia

Try it and let me know what you think.

Create your own huge display posters

Block Posters enables users to upload their images and then enlarge them.



By printing each block of the image as an A4 size, users can print images with lots or just a few blocks to create small, large or enormous photos for display.

Generators are great.

A selection of various generators such as:

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

The Ninja Text Generator

The Wizard Text Generator

are available at http://www.fodey.com
Our kids really enjoyed them.

You Tube-now it's unblocked for teachers

If you would like a very brief, but most entertaining, history of the world watch this regional award winning video-Behold! The entire history of the world in under 7mins!

Twiddle This! A collaborative writing tool.

"Twiddla calls itself a web-based meeting playground. Not only is it a fun way to swap ideas about a website or image, it’s incredibly useful as well."

—webworkerdaily.com
Browse websites in a shared, real-time whiteboard, while marking them up, sharing files, and chatting along. It's called co-browsing; all the cool kids are doing it.

Create your own motivational poster.

Visit this site to explore the possibilities of creating your own custom made motivational posters.

Create your own banners

Visit Image Chef to create your own free banners.

Word Mosaic

Make Word Mosaic
Write a comment or poem in the shape of hearts or other symbols.

The Wizard Text Generator

The Wizard Text Generator was enjoyed but the kids.

They also liked the Ninja text generator.

Year 6 thought that the The Newspaper Clipping Generator had potential.

If you are looking at creating a movie The Movie Clapper Board Generator may also come in handy.

Book Cover Generator

I had a go at a new book cover generator. It is very basic but...
I had a go at a cover for "Twilight."

Stu's Double Jeopardy

A game for the Future-
I would love to be able to introduce this soon.
Stu’s Double Jeopardy (for Windows) borrows from the lasting legacy of the popular TV gameshow, Jeopardy! to make an exciting, interactive and educational computer-based gameshow available to everybody.
As Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) and data projectors become more widely used in schools, there is a need for motivating, interactive and educational software to complement them.
– Jeopardy can be played by up to 6 teams!

Check out the quizzes
In addition to these quizzes, there are specific instructions for creating and sharing your own quizzes as well. For younger learners you can use images for the questions.


Look where we could go with it in the future.
Jeopardy Tournament

Stu's Double Jeopardy! is available free of charge. Thank you Stu Hasic!!

Jack and The Beanstalk- Mixbook

Collaboration and team work rule!
Mixbook allows educators even easier access to a powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web.

| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book

IPhone and Teaching

• "iPhone applications work in the classroom!!" so I've been told...
  
• I know there is a lot of interest out there..I hope this articles may help you adopt this technology into your teaching.
  
• iPhone: 3 Features That Will Impact Education
  (Jeff VanDrimmelen, EduTechie.com, 12 June 2007.) This blog post describes three features of the iPhone – multi-touch display, widgets, and iPhone applications with full Internet access.
• Newer article: iPhone 3G S In Depth: Why the 'S' means more than 'Speed'
• See HORIZON PROJECT Moblies

  Image via Wikipedia

  
  

How To Use The Best 40 Features of iPhone 3.0

22 More iPhone 3.0 Features You May Not Know

Educate Educate is an iPhone/iPod Touch application designed to support teaching professionals in schools

Info Visual Dictionary

If you would like to use image on your website, you must use the share function available on each page of the site.

The maximum number of "Share image" authorized for your blog/site is 10. Select the text (code HTML or UBB) below by recopying the code in the language of a page of your site.

the reproduction of texts or images on paper is authorized in a school environment, subject to the 3 following conditions :

1. Diffusion at no charge,
2. Respect of the integrity of the reproduced information (no alteration, no modification),
3. Explicit quotation of the site http://www.infovisual.info as source and mention that reproduction rights are reserved and strictly limited

ZAMZAR-Free online file conversion

Recommended by Edutopia. Michele Knobel is a professor of education at Montclair State University, in Montclair, New Jersey, and co-author of New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning.

Zamzar converts files without the need to download software

VoiceThread

VoiceThread

Use this site for collaborative storytelling or document annotation.

Microphone set up for Windows XP

How to make a VoiceThread

Mixbook