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E-Learning (ICT Tools) for Curriculum

The following ideas may be new ways for you to teach things you have always taught. Using these ways may mean that you no longer have to do what you have always done. Be flexible, if you are feeling there is not enough time to do something new it may be that you need to let something go. The good news is you are doing something different but still teaching the same concepts and material.

Remember that everything here may not be an enhancement to what you have done in the past. How you use these resources makes the difference between an activity of value or a gimmick. Think critically about activities and their use and value when decided which ones you will invest time into in the classroom.

Read some of the examples on our [|Teacher Inquiry Blog] while the end product is often what is shared the teaching and learning benefit is in what was done, think carefully about this when viewing work and ideas for the classroom and selecting things for students in your class to do.

toc =Resources for all Curriculum Areas= [|E-Learning for Kids] [|Interactive games] etc (choose wisely/ critically) [|Virtual Field Trips] [|Virtual Microscope] Good for a lesson on how to use a microscope but couldn't view the specimen? [|Playing History]- These games teach historical content, excellent for language or social science work [|WickEd] [|Woodlands Junior School] [|TopMarks all curriculum areas] (test first and choose wisely) [|Study Ladder]

You will be surprised by what is available online if you preserve with a search using well selected key words. Using 'interactive' + your topic key words often brings up great resources for children to explore. 'K12' is also a useful search addition- this will bring up sites that are designed for primary age children. = = =Literacy=

Digistore and wiki links

Blogging
Blogging can be a fantastic tool to share writing either students stories, parts of their work or written class updates or learning reflections. Giving these tasks to children provides them with an authentic audience to share their work and helps to emphasis the importance of correct use of language rules. Students who do not show care with punctuation for example may see through blogging that correct punctuation is important for their readers. The children can save their work as a draft and as a class these posts can be edited for newsboard and then published- the writing process is reinforced. Rather than the teacher spending time proof reading student work this becomes a learning opportunity. To set up blogging in the classroom the teacher will have to support this at first. Ultimately the students will be capable of posting their own blog posts, teaching a small group and having these children teach others is a good strategy for training bloggers.

Blogging resources

Podcasting
Like blogging sharing news or stories orally is a fantastic way to share work with an authentic audience. Reading stories requires noticing (reading) punctuation, reading clearly and at an appropriate pace. See blogging notes for ways to manage podcasting.

Audio files should be saved as MP3 files. These can be shared on wikis (by uploading the file) and on blogs (by embedding these from a Podcasting account. like Podomatic). Or people can access your podcasts from the podcasting account site. These same files can be put on MP3 players, I-Pods etc. You can organise these files on these devices so they are easy for the students to listen to. Then you classes own podcasts can be accessed along with other audio stories.

Podcasting resources

Audio Books
The following websites all have free downloadable stories. You can easily organise these on your I-pod or MP3 Player. These may be great models for your class to evaluate their own podcasts against.

[|StoryNory] [|AudioOwl] (One annoying thing, each chapter has a short announcement before beginning the story)

Books/ Authors/ Reading
[|Dr Suess Website] [|Stories from around the world] (Read and some Comprehension Questions) [|Reciprocal Reading Information] [| Reciprocal Reading Resources] [|Journal Search NZ] [|Read/Write/Think] Novel Studies (These are teacher resources for ideas use with discretion) [|Literature Circles], [|Novel Study Questions] Use a blog for students to evaluate and recommend books to one another [|Magic School Bus - Scolastic] [|Scolastic Site -] links to book series and authors Google search any book or series your students are interested in most series have a supporting website. [|National Geographic Kids] Make a comic [|Makebeliefscomixs.com] or use Comic Life

Writing
Writing more complex sentences, using descriptive language. [|Telescopic Text] [|Poetry] [|Fun Poems] [|Primary Pad- Collaborative Writing] [|Teaching that Makes Sense] (Teacher Resources for teaching writing) [|Wordle] - great for displaying vocabulary visually

Written Language Knowledge
[|Phonetic Knowledge] [|Read/Write/Think] [|Phonetics Practice] [|Bitesize BBC] Younger students [|SkillsWise BBC]- Senior Students

Te Reo Maori
[|Korero Maori Site] [|Maori Language Net] [|Maori Dictionary] [|Otago University Animation Lessons] [|Maori Television lessons] [|Te Whanake]- for independent study of Maori =Numeracy=

Digistore and wiki links

Knowledge/ General
[|NZ Maths] [|Cool Maths] [|Maths Warehouse] Interactive demonstrations to explain senior school maths concepts [|Junior Interactive Maths Concept games] [|Math Dictionary] - Jenny Eather Rainforest Maths [|Interactive]s (Test first and choose wisely) [|Interactive Maths Resources] (Test first and choose wisely) [|Nrich] -Rich task for Maths in the real world (problems) [|Bitesize BBC] Younger students [|SkillsWise BBC]- Senior Students Year 7 Maths Website- links and ideas [|Top marks]

Basic Facts
Personalised Basic Facts learning [|TUTPUP]