Teaching+Tools

= Teaching Tools =

SMART Boards - Tips?
SMART Technologies : Training Search Basics, tutorials, skills, tips and tricks - videos

WSD's eToolbox : SMART Board and Notebook Lots of links to explore

Presentations - Tools, Skills, Searching
PowerPoint in the classroom The best 11 presentation and slides search engines for teachers A list of 20 free tools for teachers to create awesome presentations and slide shows 8 free websites for teachers to publish, host and share their slideshows and presentations

Creating Motivational Posters? Flags?
Big Huge Labs and Block Posters and Flag Coloring Pages

Online Quizzes
Question Writer Tracker, example Word Dynamo (learn word meanings) Gknowledge (set up tests)

Art
Google Art Project - Visit art galleries from around the world (Google Chrome is needed)

Music
Ujam : Make your music. Be heard. (Turn your words into music - TeachPaperless article on Ujam)

Google
Google for Educators
 * Training on products in the Google Apps suite, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sites, and more in the online [|Training Center].

Information, Critical and Digital Literacies
Web 2.0 tools in the Information Literacy Process Outside links: GLEAN Information Literacy Tools - Boolify, Comparison Search, Who-Is Evaluating Information - CRAP test - Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose - Glogster Research Skills (State Library of Victoria) Information skills in the school - Information process table (NSW Dept Ed & T) Web 2.0 tools in the information skills process Pathfinder Tools - Free web tools for making pathfinders Scoop.it! - Be the curator of a topic Sqworl - Make a quick URL pathfinder CiteThisForMe - A Harvard bibliography generator but not the most recent Harvard version.

Blooms Digital Taxonomy
||||||||= **Higher Order Thinking Skills** || //planning, producing,// //inventing, devising,// //making// || Filming, vodcasting, podcasting, animating, blogging, wiki-ing, publishing, programming || Audacity, Windows Movie Maker, PhotoStory, Voice Thread Animoto, CLC blogs and wikis Prezi, PowerPoint Scratch, Yenka || //critiquing, experimenting,// //judging, testing,// //detecting, monitoring// || Commenting on blogs and wikis, reviewing, posting, moderating, collaborating || CLC Wikispaces, Etherpad, Twitter, Audacity, Voice Thread, || //deconstructing, attributing,// //outlining, finding,// //structuring, integrating// || Mashing, tagging, linking, Relationships - mind maps, Graphing and charts Surveys and checklists || Bubbl.us, Mindmeister Excel, Gliffy Google Docs, CLC Zoomerang || //carrying out,// //using,// //executing// || Uploading material, editing, playing, interviewing, sharing, presenting || Flickr, websites, blogs, CLC MS Word, Buzzword 35 Games, Yenka Audacity PowerPoint, Voicethread || //inferring, paraphrasing,// //classifying, comparing,// //explaining, exemplifying// || Advanced and boolean searches, blog journaling, twittering, categorizing and tagging, commenting and annotating, mindmapping || Google, SweetSearch CLC Diigo MS Word Mindmeister, Bubbl.us, Vue || //identifying, retrieving, naming,// //locating, finding// || Online quizzes and tests, Defining Bullet pointing, highlighting, bookmarking, searching || Hot Potatoes, CLC Online dictionaries and glossaries - Visuwords, Diigo, Google Wonder Wheel, SweetSearch ||
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 * ^  || Creating || //Designing, constructing,//
 * ^  || Evaluating || //Checking, hypothesising,//
 * ^  || Analysing || //Comparing, organising,//
 * ^  || Applying || //Implementing,//
 * ^  || Understanding || //Interpreting, summarising,//
 * ^  || Remembering || //Recognising, listing, describing,//
 * ^  ||||||||= **Lower Order Thinking Skills** ||

Resources
Resources for the Australian Curriculum (Education Services Australia) Edna's Theme pages WatchKnow Search for educational videos in WatchKnow, TeacherTube, YouTube, SchoolTube, GoogleVideo. Filter age group 35 sources for curated videos Scootle NeoK12 Educational videos, lessons and games Resourcing the Curriculum (W.A. Dept. Ed.) CMIS Resource Bank (W.A. Dept. Ed.) School Libraries and Information Literacy : Resource Reviews (NSW Dept. Ed.) Teacher Home Page : FUSE (Vic Dept. Ed.) Critical Thinking Puzzles Study Vibe - Study skills web site from W.A. Get Connected (World Vision) - Links to issues and supplementary resources LibGuides Community - Search resource lists for resources MHMS Daring Tech Wiki - Daring Librarian comic guides, etc.

Blank maps
@http://www.freeonlinepicture.org/blank-map-of-the-world/ @http://english.freemap.jp/world_e/index.html Separate maps for various countries http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm#w

Persuasive writing links
ProCon.org - Pros and cons of controversial issues Debatepedia Debatewise

Plagiarism and Copyright
You Quote It, You Note It! - How to avoid plagiarising Australian Copyright Council : Find an Answer Smartcopying - The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE

Website Evaluation
Bogus Websites (Resourcing the Curriculum - WA Dept Ed) Fake websites or spoof websites: examples of false sites to aid in evaluating internet resources Spotting a Fake : Teaching Website Evaluation Skills Dog Island : Free Forever Indirect Tracking of Drop Bears Using GNSS Technology (pdf) Drop Bear (Australian Museum) APlacebo.com The CRAAP test - Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.

Statistics
Worldometers [] SuperPower: Visualising the internet (BBC News)

Buying books and DVDs?
Booko Compare book and DVD prices Calibre Convert format of ebooks EnhanceTV EnhanceTV Guide

Book Trailers
Book Trailers for All

Asia Education Foundation
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Internet Use and Safety
<span style="color: #02299b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">For Students: CyberSmart : Teens CyberNetrix NS Teens Cyberbullying Research Center: Resources - downloadable and distributable materials <span style="color: #02299b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">For Parents: CyberSmart : Parents - Online safety advice for parents (Australian Government) <span style="color: #02299b; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">A Common Sense Approach to Internet Safety (Common Sense Media - U.S.)

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