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 heatherblakey | Mar 5, 2009 | Web 2.0
3/4A at North Fitzroy Primary viewed a video on bullying and this generated a great discussion. Then they looked at the UK gov site http://yp.direct.gov.uk/cyberbullying/ on cyberbullying and had another discussion centering around what technological mediums...
by kerry | Mar 5, 2009 | Online Resources, Web 2.0
Have you seen PicLits yet? It’s a lovely site for ‘inspired picture writing’. Choose an image and then drag and drop words (categorised as nouns, verbs, adjectives etc) into the space. The object is to ‘put the right words in the right place...
by Marie Coppolaro | Nov 26, 2008 | Web 2.0
Like most people who write a blog, there is never enough time to write about all the wonderful and interesting tools that are constantly evolving. To keep this post manageable, I’m mentioning a few of the fabulous tools that I have come across in the past...
by dbeever | Oct 28, 2008 | Web 2.0
Doncaster Secondary College have made a commitment to blogging as a means to engage students. This semester they have devoted six full days to skilling staff with the view to engaging students in 2009. As a part of the process many queries have been made. Dianne...
by brittgow | Sep 30, 2008 | Web 2.0
My action research project with the Knowledge Bank: New Generation Collaborative Learning and Research Project is about social networking and maths and science learning in the middle years. First, what is social networking? My own definition would include sites that...
