by heatherblakey | May 22, 2009 | Arts, Online Resources
Most teachers are familiar with YouTube and Teacher Tube. Vimeo is another piece of freeware which enables you and your students to showcase your video work. Vimeo promotes itself as being a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the...
by Lois Smethurst | May 20, 2009 | Online Resources
Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are three of the ongoing projects belonging to Tux4Kids. Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are free software applications that you can download and run on your home or school computers. If you would like to know more, you can read...
by Lois Smethurst | May 20, 2009 | Arts, Literacy, Online Resources, Web 2.0
“Tux Paint is free, Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is developed by volunteers around the world.” Tux Paint is an attractive drawing package for students and it runs on a variety of platforms. It is...
by slav | May 13, 2009 | Gaming for learning
A very interesting article was recently published in The Age Green Guide entitled Games ‘valuable learning tool’. Written by Jason Hill, the article says, ‘Education experts say computer games boost a range of skills in children’. April 9,...
by slav | May 1, 2009 | Gaming for learning
For anyone who showed an interest in using video games for educational learning, there seems to be a plethora of information around about libraries, schools and gaming. You may have to refer to one or more of these sites to get gaming on your school agenda. Here is a...
by Marie Coppolaro | Mar 28, 2009 | Online Resources
Connect is an awesome site for early childhood, primary and secondary students implemented by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Education. Links to each of the age groups contain an Aladdin’s cave of wonderful resources. The primary students...
