tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36511353309006564772024-03-14T00:45:17.123+11:00ICT Tim's BlogThis blog is designed for ICT in Education Victoria as a complement to "ICT Tim's Corner" in our journal.Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-66203285833208512202011-06-04T16:38:00.004+10:002011-06-04T16:57:58.638+10:00Useful Websites<a href="http://www.stencyl.com/stencylworks/overview/">Stencyl</a><div><br /></div><div>Upper Primary onwards</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a program allowing students to create Flash games using the drag and drop concept of the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/">MIT</a> designed <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> application.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.storycove.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=1">Story Cove</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Primary</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A collection of Multi-miedia folktale stories from around the world.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/">Read Write Think</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Primary to Secondary</div><div><br /></div><div>A great selection of resources from the International Reading Association</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/">ESOL Courses - Free English Lessons</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Primary to Secondary</div><div><br /></div><div>A selection of useful reading resources</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.spiderscribe.net/">Spiderscribe</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Primary to Secondary</div><div><br /></div><div>An online collaborative mind-mapping and brainstorming tool</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-64945560255568836882011-03-06T15:14:00.002+11:002011-03-07T19:29:10.512+11:00Great video about the use of technology in a classroom<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="520px" height="280px" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OSJ5LwAXxLk" frameborder="0"></iframe>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-32268875961431766262011-02-19T09:34:00.002+11:002011-02-19T09:37:21.862+11:00Catering for boys in primary educationI found this video talk to be extremely inspiring. As a male teacher in a primary school I agree with many of the points made in this talk. Well worth watching!<br /><!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AliCarr-Chellman_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AliChellman-Carr-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1053&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning;year=2010;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=women_reshaping_the_world;theme=how_we_learn;theme=media_that_matters;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxPSU;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AliCarr-Chellman_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AliChellman-Carr-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1053&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning;year=2010;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=women_reshaping_the_world;theme=how_we_learn;theme=media_that_matters;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxPSU;"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-89998555422544346902011-02-14T17:45:00.003+11:002011-02-14T17:49:01.456+11:00New year - new posts!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H40bBNGU_Nc/TVjP_aHfrSI/AAAAAAAAAkg/IVQo_RuO2DY/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-02-14%2Bat%2B5.45.38%2BPM.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H40bBNGU_Nc/TVjP_aHfrSI/AAAAAAAAAkg/IVQo_RuO2DY/s320/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-02-14%2Bat%2B5.45.38%2BPM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573433227120454946" /></a><br />I haven't posted for a while, but have been busy working on a <a href="http://g2phps.blogspot.com/">new class blog for 2011</a>. I really find it a useful tool for communicating with the parents, a portal for students to access useful websites and to encourage students to improve their ICT skills.<div><br /></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-28970129689997755182011-01-29T12:32:00.003+11:002011-01-29T12:40:39.586+11:00Great video explaining project-based learning<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="500" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LMCZvGesRz8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-21833186775038204092010-11-30T10:00:00.004+11:002010-11-30T10:02:48.026+11:00Creative technology!<object width="420" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VzFpg271sm8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VzFpg271sm8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="225"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-21850299001776701222010-11-18T13:24:00.005+11:002010-11-18T13:39:19.991+11:00Music and ICTHere are some sites for students that have a focus on music.<br /><br /><em>Music Editors - a great range and for those who don't use a Mac and garageband - some real alternatives!<br /></em><br /><strong><a href="http://www.aviary.com/tools/myna">Myna Audio Editor</a></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TOSPR8GS3xI/AAAAAAAAAiM/l49RX3M19nE/s1600/Myna-audio-editor.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540710979925630738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TOSPR8GS3xI/AAAAAAAAAiM/l49RX3M19nE/s320/Myna-audio-editor.png" /></a><br /><br />Others worth looking at are:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.soundation.com/studio">Soundation</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm">Jamstudio</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.looplabs.com/">Looplabs</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><em>Other Music Sites</em><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html">The Science of Music</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br />This is a fantastic site that lets children investigate different sounds and make their own mixes.<br /><br />Other sites worth looking at:<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?">The New York Philharmonic Kidzone</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.dsokids.com/">DSO Kids</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-9974656329016272212010-11-07T12:46:00.002+11:002010-11-07T12:48:33.023+11:00ICT Tim's Corner - November<object id="_ds_60009686" name="_ds_60009686" width="430" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://viewer.docstoc.com/"><param name="FlashVars" value="doc_id=60009686&mem_id=793921&doc_type=docx&fullscreen=0&allowdownload=1&showrelated=0" /><param name="movie" value="http://viewer.docstoc.com/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></object><script type="text/javascript">var docstoc_docid="60009686";var docstoc_title="ICT Tim's corner October 2010";var docstoc_urltitle="ICT Tim's corner October 2010";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://i.docstoccdn.com/js/check-flash.js"></script><br /><font size="1"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/60009686/ICT-Tims-corner-October-2010">ICT Tim's corner October 2010</a></font>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-69810809334267098172010-10-27T17:29:00.003+11:002010-10-27T17:32:33.823+11:00New ICTEV website<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TMfG92p6ASI/AAAAAAAAAgU/lwkV3UAYuoE/s1600/new-icon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TMfG92p6ASI/AAAAAAAAAgU/lwkV3UAYuoE/s200/new-icon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532609433193546018" /></a>Check out the new <a href="http://ictev.vic.edu.au/">ICTEV website</a>! <div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; ">ICT in Education Victoria is the pre-eminent Victorian professional association that provides support and leadership to all educators in the use of ICT in teaching and learning. ICTEV is an education body that aims to provide exemplary professional services to members and a vibrant, expert presence within the Victorian educational community. ICTEV promotes ICT within all levels of education and advocates the positive role ICT plays in enhancing teaching and learning."</span></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-43577309914636973052010-10-16T09:58:00.002+11:002010-10-16T10:13:36.923+11:00Sir Ken Robertson animated<object width="440" height="245"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="245"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-69995028017176952382010-10-12T09:43:00.004+11:002010-10-12T09:49:05.444+11:00Interactives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TLOTj1blMZI/AAAAAAAAAe0/EVRBZZXs4Lw/s1600/interac.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 362px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TLOTj1blMZI/AAAAAAAAAe0/EVRBZZXs4Lw/s400/interac.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526923411561197970" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I came across </span></span><a href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">this website</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> when searching for some resources for a web quest on 3D shapes for my grade 3/4 students.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Interactives</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students’ skills in a variety of curricular areas including math, literature and language, science, history, and the arts. The site has great webquest/interactive activities on a variety of subjects for first through twelfth grades.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-62800107165943772862010-09-14T09:53:00.004+10:002010-09-14T09:58:41.136+10:00Great Resources from ACMIACMI, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, has produced some brilliant resources for students to learn about video editing. The <a href="http://generator.acmi.net.au/">ACMI Generator</a> site has a range of resources including copyright free video clips and special effects.<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TI66GVTSwyI/AAAAAAAAAdM/H_2VOZCmAic/s320/___ACMIGeneratorHome.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516551211535483682" /><div>Another really useful section is the <a href="http://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard">Storyboard Generator</a> - well worth a visit.</div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TI66iqOKuzI/AAAAAAAAAdU/dP9p3Qmfcos/s200/Screenshot20100628at9.56.59PM.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 124px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516551698187467570" /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-40786983211393753462010-09-14T09:39:00.006+10:002010-09-14T09:45:37.905+10:00The Zimmer Twins<div><a href="http://www.zimmertwins.com/">This is a great website for kids to learn about video editing and improving their literacy skills at the same time!</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TI62vUm_k1I/AAAAAAAAAc8/eBPQKYtEMqk/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 208px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TI62vUm_k1I/AAAAAAAAAc8/eBPQKYtEMqk/s320/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516547517677802322" /></a><a href="http://www.zimmertwins.com/"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 143, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', Arial, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left; font-size:12px;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">"The Zimmer Twins is a site devoted to kids and creative storytelling. Since 2005, the Zimmer Twins has invited children to create and share their own animated stories.</span></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left; font-size:12px;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The Zimmer Twins is the brainchild of Jason Krogh the founder/director of zinc Roe design. Jason set out to create an online tool that would let kids use their imagination and exercise their storytelling powers. Jason teamed up with creative director Aaron Leighton, who developed the characters and set out the visual style of the project.</span></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left; font-size:12px;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The project found an enthusiastic partner in TELETOON, a national animation cable channel in Canada. Working with TELETOON, the Zimmer Twins launched in 2005 and selected movies from the site were broadcast from coast-to-coast. In subsequent years partnerships were formed with ABC in Australia and qubo/NBC in the United States." The Zimmer Twins Website</span></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left; font-size:12px;color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TI622J5avSI/AAAAAAAAAdE/KDEEO5b_9HA/s320/ZimmerTwins1.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516547635061374242" /></span></span></p></span>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-91856461114861358152010-09-13T09:45:00.001+10:002010-09-13T09:46:45.328+10:00Cyber Safety Discussion QuestionsI created a slideshow of questions for my students to discuss in small groups on the topic of cyber safety.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object id="_ds_54517463" name="_ds_54517463" width="370" height="250" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://viewer.docstoc.com/"><param name="FlashVars" value="doc_id=54517463&mem_id=793921&doc_type=pptx&fullscreen=0&allowdownload=1&showrelated=0&showotherdocs=0" /><param name="movie" value="http://viewer.docstoc.com/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></object><script type="text/javascript">var docstoc_docid="54517463";var docstoc_title="Cyber Smart discussion questions";var docstoc_urltitle="Cyber Smart discussion questions";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://i.docstoccdn.com/js/check-flash.js"></script><br /><font size="1"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/54517463/Cyber-Smart-discussion-questions">Cyber Smart discussion questions</a></font>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-3016325086020329572010-09-12T10:44:00.002+10:002010-09-12T10:47:47.111+10:00Study Ladder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TIwjGyi6QPI/AAAAAAAAAck/gHDydMAnsnA/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TIwjGyi6QPI/AAAAAAAAAck/gHDydMAnsnA/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515822243176399090" /></a><br />I have been using the site "Smart Kiddies" as an additional tool to improve numeracy with my grade 3/4 class. I have found it extremely useful. It has evolved into <a href="http://www.studyladder.com.au/">"Study Ladder"</a> incorporating a lot of new resources including literacy. My login and class details remain the same - very easy!<div><br /></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-66851279992474957092010-09-08T15:55:00.002+10:002010-09-08T15:57:48.783+10:00A brilliant talk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">"The best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><br /></span></div><br /><br /><object width="406" height="286"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=949&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;event=TEDGlobal+2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="406" height="286" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=949&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;event=TEDGlobal+2010;"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-91266107613540513142010-09-08T15:23:00.006+10:002010-09-08T15:27:48.576+10:00Useful Blog<a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 46px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TIcePCd2c-I/AAAAAAAAAcM/aIyk_WFpMTY/s200/Blog+Header.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514409512447407074" /></a><div><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/"></a><br />This is a great resource for teachers, well worth a look! I get updates on my news feed on Facebook...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-65401159854496546602010-07-18T15:34:00.004+10:002010-07-18T15:39:58.473+10:00Cacoo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TEKTArbjxUI/AAAAAAAAAbo/cb0AfHh8BaI/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TEKTArbjxUI/AAAAAAAAAbo/cb0AfHh8BaI/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495116135213024578" /></a><br />Cacoo is a free online collaborative diagram designing tool. This application has great potential for students planning projects together as well as creating mind maps and visual thinking diagrams.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><object width="380" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMC2QRH_gpU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMC2QRH_gpU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="380" height="285"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-25730251882421870352010-07-18T15:20:00.004+10:002010-09-17T08:18:50.489+10:00Useful Teaching Resource - A Visualiser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TEKPO3HV6zI/AAAAAAAAAbg/Ki8_5iH39aA/s1600/screenhunter_01-sep-04-1115.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/TEKPO3HV6zI/AAAAAAAAAbg/Ki8_5iH39aA/s320/screenhunter_01-sep-04-1115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495111980821113650" border="0" /></a>
<br />I purchased a visualiser for our school and have found it to be an invaluable resource for teaching. It is basically a modern version of the old overhead projector.<div>All you need is to plug it into a power socket and into a digital projector. It projects anything placed under the camera onto the screen, books, student work, models and 3D objects. You can take screen shots, record video and split the screen for a variety of purposes. It is a great way to share student work, share a story, observe a student editing their work, project a lesson on a hand held device and many, many more applications.
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I team teach in a grade 3/4 class and have enrolled two classes into this site. It is well worth a look, not only can you find an amazing range of resources relating to all areas in the maths curriculum, but you can also assign different tasks to different children, leave messages, track students and their achievements as well as engaging children in games and activities. Here are some other useful maths based websites:<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.tutpup.com/">Tutpup</a>: Great for practising time tables and number facts. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://nlvm.usu.edu/">National Library of Virtual Manipulatives</a>: An excellent site and really supports interactive whiteboard use.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.smallblueprinter.com/">Small Blue Printer</a>: Perfect for space and measurement.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.freerice.com/">Free Rice</a>: Practise maths for a worthy cause.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bamzooki/">Bamzooki</a>: A fantastic problem solving activity<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Other general maths game sites:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/">Maths is fun</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.funbrain.com/">FunBrain</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.coolmath-games.com/">Cool Maths Games</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-80987568557314830492010-05-18T22:19:00.006+10:002010-05-18T22:32:26.655+10:00A Celebration for ACEC2010Here is a video recapping the fantastic conference we organised for ACEC2010:<br /><br /><object width="420" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tbQcK32NFa0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tbQcK32NFa0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="200"></embed></object><br /><br />And yours truly accepting award for ICTEV Teacher of the Year 2010:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/S_KIrRedsBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/SJCpGfni9G8/s1600/IMG_0181.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4c5qPLbErFc/S_KIrRedsBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/SJCpGfni9G8/s320/IMG_0181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472586774215503890" /></a>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-47368393954326769972010-05-04T09:47:00.003+10:002010-05-04T09:51:06.490+10:00Teaching videos siteA website in the United Kingdom, <a href="http://www.teachingvideos.co.uk">Teaching Videos</a>, has a great range of educational videos well orginised into useful categories. Here is an example from the ICT area on social networking:<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><object width="375" height="305"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SgNIIUD_oQg&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SgNIIUD_oQg&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="305"></embed></object>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-3465695381988514402010-03-31T15:24:00.000+11:002010-03-31T15:25:45.004+11:00ACEC2010<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://acec2010.info/"><img src="webkit-fake-url://2B56665E-336C-4AFA-83B3-0B990C11FD20/organiser-at-acec2010_0.png" alt="organiser-at-acec2010_0.png" /></a></p>Tim Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10274998747846230811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651135330900656477.post-51623998058894416962010-03-16T15:52:00.003+11:002010-03-16T15:54:41.579+11:00Texting and LiteracyI found this on <a href="http://www.teachertube.com">TeacherTube</a> and found it interesting.
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