Technology News
Term 2 Week 8
Just for Fun
Create a message using buildings from all over the world! Check out Geogreeting for a little bit of fun.
I've set a challenge for my class to create messages and explore the world while doing so.
Feel free to drop by our blog and leave us a geogreeting in the comments section. Thanks!
Carnazzo's Class
Carnazzo's Class is a fabulous wiki that contains class projects and activity ideas from the past 5 years. Read about the activity, see student work samples and then have a go yourself!
Be Creative!!
Draw A Stickman
Draw a Stickman - Inspire creativity. Try this out yourself before you ask your students to give it a go. A great precursor to the FREE iPad app by the same name: Draw a Stickman: EPIC
If you like this then why not try Scribblenauts, where their motto is "THINK IT! DRAW IT! SOLVE IT!"
Kano - Make Art
Looking to include some coding in your lessons? Want to combine computational thinking and art? Check out this website - http://art.kano.me/
Shared by Susan Leamon (Yammer)
Online readers
Discovering Australia: Dreamtime and Beyond
This series of 8 titles explores a variety of Australian topics using a Dreaming story as the impetus. Several topics are covered within each title and are presented using a variety of genres and using a range of media.
Dorling Kindersley's Find Out!
DK Find Out is a refeature, firstly because it is an awesome website but also because it now works perfectly on an iPad too!
So many high quality annotated diagrams make it a terrific source when investigating informative texts. It also goes hand in hand with the web tool/iPad app ThingLink.
Web Tools
Want to know more?
Misplaced the link to a previous flyer? Head to my Pinterest board where they are all saved -http://pinterest.com/misschaffey/tech-flyers/
Want to find some other great Web 2.0 tools or iPad apps? Check out my website - http://ictwithmissc.weebly.com
Got a question? Got a great website/app to share? Want some help with something specific? Send me an email and let me know.
Want to find some other great Web 2.0 tools or iPad apps? Check out my website - http://ictwithmissc.weebly.com
Got a question? Got a great website/app to share? Want some help with something specific? Send me an email and let me know.
Email: laura.chaffey@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: ictwithmissc.weebly.com
Location: The Junction Public School, Union Street, Merewether, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: 0249631343
Twitter: @laurachaffey