Technology News
Tech professional development sessions on Thursdays @ 3:15pm
What's on this Thursday?
iMovie - Learn how to make eye-catching videos, using an iPad, in the blink of an eye. See how these can be integrated into your classroom program. To be held in the 5/6C room this week.
Harmony Day is fast approaching...
Check out this website for some classroom lesson ideas and activities.
http://www.harmony.gov.au/schools/teachers/
http://www.harmony.gov.au/schools/teachers/
Websites of the Week
Sumdog
Set up accounts for your students to improve their math mental computation skills. Students can compete against others all around the world. http://www.sumdog.com
ABC SPLASH
This website has areas for kids, parents and teachers. There are 100s of videos and lesson ideas that align with the Australian curriculum. http://splash.abc.net.au
Highlights
This site has animated and non-animated stories, non-fiction articles and science and craft activities written as procedural texts. There are games too. www.highlightskids.com
App of the Week
National Geographic World Atlas app
This stunning app lets students explore the world like Google Earth but provides them with statistics such as current termperature, local time, longitude and latitude. Students can compare city statistics and calculate distances between cities quickly and easily.