ICT Ideas in Education Roundup of Examples as of May 2008 Compiled by Suzie Vesper This is designed to show ideas rather than the ‘how to’. For tutorials on some of these tools try: http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com

Roundup of Examples as of May 2008

Compiled by Suzie Vesper

Online Tools - Blogs For celebrating student achievement Publishing Writing and Giving Feedback (written and oral) http://room23writing.blogspot.com/2008/04/oter.html http://tamakips.blogspot.com / Blogging Advice Wiki Be a Safe and Responsible Blogger

Online Tools - Blogs Sharing from the Classroom http://area4randwickschool.blogspot.com/2008/04/student-of-week-emma.html Student of the Week Teach a Language http://tamakitoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/samoan-lesson-2.html

Online Tools - Blogs For recounts from trips and events Japanese Visitor http://room1maungaraki.blogspot.com/2008/04/learning-japanese.html http://kingsroad.learningspaces.net/node/399#comments Note the way comments allowed for teacher/child interaction Gardening Recount

Online Tools - Blogs Sharing Learning Intentions and Outcomes Use of Digital Camera http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog_id=582215&mode=comment&blogger_id=162000 http://woodlandrm3.blogspot.com/2006/04/learning-log-for-april.html Mrs Wagner’s Class A teacher reflects on the power of blogging in his classroom

Online Tools - Blogs Children as authors Learning Logs http://rm23learninglog.blogspot.com/2008/05/great-start-to-term-two.html http://mreamesblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ideas-and-opinion_03.html Feeding in ideas on a Topic

Online Tools - Blogs For Reflection http://areallydifferentplace.org/node/922#comment http://room9reflects.blogspot.com / Writing with Comment Reflection Posts that Reflect on Learning Great blog post on encouraging reflection

Online Tools - Blogs For Reflection http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com / Teacher and Student Reflection http://annesmith9h.blogspot.com/2006/09/act-2-questions-continued.html Analyse a Text

Online Tools - Blogs For Keeping the Community Informed Principal Updates http://birdseyeblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/care.html http://tamakitoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/girls-rugby-at-tamaki-intermediate-in.html Sports Team Notices

Online Tools - Blogs Dialogue Through Comments Advice to Student http://itc.blogs.com/patrick/2005/02/5th_grade.html#comments http://kingsroad.learningspaces.net/homework/year4/maths/fractions Maths Homework

Online Tools - Blogs Teacher Professional Development Blog4Educators http://blog4educators.blogspot.com/2007/12/week-one-personal-reflections.html EdTech Mag http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html An online blogging course you can work through

Online Tools - Wikis For Collaborative Projects New wonders of the World http://new7wonders.wikispaces.com / Guidelines for working on a wiki Voices of the World http://votw.wikispaces.com /

Online Tools - Wikis For Collaborative Projects Horizon Project http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/Teams http://monsonclassroom.wikispaces.com / Thousands Project

Online Tools - Wikis For Planning and Development of Staff Ideas Wolf River Unit http://techiewikis.wikispaces.com/ http://priestsicprimaryschool.wikispaces.com / Developing School Policies

Online Tools - Wikis Collaborative Writing Projects http://collaborativetales.wikispaces.com / The Hypnotiser http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com / Choose Your Own Adventure

Online Tools - Wikis Webquests Hauora - Health and Well-being http://hauora.pbwiki.com / http://wilfordmidsyn.wikispaces.com / Forces Find ready made webquests at Quest Garden

Online Tools - Wikis As a Classroom Website and Resource http://miss-fagaloa.wikispaces.com/Maths http://mrpollitt.pbwiki.com / Take a look at the online journals

Online Tools - Wikis To Build Resource Sites on Topics http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com / Educational Software and Web 2.0 Teacher Portal http://teacherportal.wikispaces.com /

Online Tools - VoiceThread Literacy Development Publishing Writing in Oral Form http://zerototwo.wikispaces.com/ICT+Ideas+for+Juniors http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com / Poetry Anthologies/ Book Reviews http://seventoeight.wikispaces.com/Yr+7and8+The+Arts+Ideas

Online Tools - VoiceThread Literacy Development Choose your own Adventure Story How to Run a Reading Group http://voicethread.com/#q+minilegends.b4973.i38883 http://voicethread.com/#q+reading.b29665.i160448

Online Tools - VoiceThread Thinking around a Topic Commentary on Social Issues http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#q.b90817.i462095 Summarising Class Discussion/ Research

Online Tools - VoiceThread Using the Doodle Feature Maths Casts http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#q+doodler.b711.i61849 Tutorial for Doodler

Online Tools - VoiceThread Collaborative Projects Learning Languages http://voicethread.com/#q+how+to.b37780.i197680 http://voicethread.com/#q+collaboration.b88636.i546921 How do you celebrate?

Online Tools - VoiceThread Showcasing and Evaluating Work Art Gallery http://seventoeight.wikispaces.com/Yr+7and8+The+Arts+Ideas Solar System Models http://voicethread.com/#q+video.b105675.i593393

Online Tools - VoiceThread Student Voice Digital Portfolios and Goal Setting This is my mock-up of how I might do it http://voicethread.com/#q+goals.b125539 Note: You can now download VoiceThreads as videos to keep a permanent record on disk.

Online Tools - Flickr To add information into images Mihi (Maori word for telling others about your heritage) http://flickr.com/photos/24760305@N05/sets/72157604433275330/ Created in Comic Life and then notes added in Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755/ Art History and Response

Online Tools - Flickr To add information into images Publishing Stories - Point England School http://www.flickr.com/photos/16798445@N00/2404627825/ Created in Comic Life and then notes added in Flickr

Online Tools - Flickr To add information into images Labeling http://flickr.com/photos/14679250@N08/sets/72157602294134350/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16798445@N00/222465999/

Online Tools - Flickr Digital Storytelling Story in 5 Frames http://flickr.com/groups/tellyourstorykids/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/

Online Tools - Big Huge Labs Using Flickr Images http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ Motivational Posters Magazine Covers Both were created from my own Flickr images taken in Vietnam

Comic Life Visual Literacy http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=162000&new_display_count=1000 Phonetic Knowledge

Comic Life Visual Literacy Instructional Writing

Comic Life Presenting Information http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2007/03/

Comic Life Digital Storytelling http://flickr.com/photos/18396722@N00/542222144/ Cat Class http://flickr.com/photos/anieteke/29903648/ Tiring Learning Tip - Search for comiclife in Flickr for more examples

Email For developing writing Bear Email Exchange Character Email Exchange http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=h0R4xeIFaCg Persuasive Writing

Games To capture imaginations Problem solving and creative writing - Samorost http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/ http://jayisgames.com/archives/2005/12/samorost_2.php#walkthrough For Help http://blogs.ibo.org/opls/2007/11/16/web-based-games-and-creative-writing-in-the-primary-years/ Ideas http://bluewyverntea.blogspot.com/2005/07/six-cool-samorost-style-games.html Similar Games

Games To capture imaginations Creative Writing with Myst (game can be purchased) http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xFMmK5Ujs

Games Games & Walkthroughs: THE BAR: http://www.gotmail.jp/apps/bar_e.html THE BAR walkthrough: http://www.kahsoon.com/2006/02/16/the-bar-walkthrough/ GROW CUBE: http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/ MOTAS (Mystery of Time and Space): http://www.albartus.com/motas/ MOTAS walkthrough : http://finalgrunt.free.fr/MOTAS/index.html NESQUIK: http://www.nesquik.com/games/nesquikQuest.aspx SAMAROST 1: http://www.samorost.net/samorost1/ SAMAROST 2: http://www.samorost.net/samorost2/ SAMAROST 2 walkthrough: http://www.kahsoon.com/2005/12/09/samorost-2-walkthrough/ QUEST FOR THE REST: http://www.questfortherest.com / Yet More Games Taken from: http://evogaming.wikispaces.com/AdaptingOnlineComputerGamesfortheClassroom

Using Online Movies Exploring Global Issues http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI Teenage Affluenza The Most Terrifying Movie You Will Ever See (global warming) http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=AE6Kdo1AQmY&e

Using Online Movies Exploring concepts through Stories http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr64NI33qUo The Piano Reminiscence Kiwi Dreams/ Sacrifice http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs

Using Online Movies Exploring concepts through Stories Dangle Curiosity and Consequences http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=X6KRUWlVhqI&e http://www.teachers.tv/video/23174 Ideas Hedgehog in the Fog Imagination/ Traditional tales http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsXU4Q6a0Q

Using Online Movies Non-Fiction Subjects http://nz.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic National Geographic YouTube Channel http://nz.youtube.com/user/NASAexplorer NASA YouTube Channel

Using Online Movies Teacher Professional Development http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5284044166540920440&q=digital+storytelling&ei=rPkgSJ2sApb0qgOX9JXCAQ You’ll need an account with Teacher TV (free) Teacher TV - Fractions What is digital storytelling? http://www.teachers.tv/video/140

Making Movies http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7d18ca5ebcc8b402b63a Sharing Learning and Information PE Skills (goals drawn in Kidpix) Science Projects http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7749216259391341053&q=toilet+paper+science&ei=ROwgSIzlFIPoqgPBwoXBAQ

Making Movies Teaching a Skill Animating in Kidpix http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3MK6QdvWk Persuasive Writing Video http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdwS9R4M7I

Making Movies Digital Storytelling http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=pwn4hWJFko0 Animations/Claymation Exploring an idea/ concept http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=g9oL7JbbL0M

Making Movies Recounts School Camp http://teacherportal.wikispaces.com/Classroom+based+videos Museum Trip http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=128e473726ccda5f91ba

Podcasting Comprehension and Oral Language http://kpetv.blogspot.com / http://www.apple.com/nz/education/k13/success/ptengland/ Book Reviews (Vidcast in blog) http://sanantonio.podcastpeople.com/posts/15384 The Language of Advertising (Podcastpeople) Directory of Educational Podcasts

Podcasting Sharing Between Classes/ Cultures Skype Exchange http://allanah.podomatic.com / http://allanah.wikispaces.com/Podcasting?f=print http://www.downsfm.com / Podcast for French Partner Class

Podcasting Interviewing School Bus Driver http://allanah.podomatic.com/player/2007-11-19T13_11_32-08_00?src=http%3A%2F%2Fallanah.podOmatic.com%2Fenclosure%2F2007-11-19T13_11_32-08_00.m4a&flv=0 Well Known Author http://www.podkids.com.au/index.php?post_id=251469

Podcasting Recounts Swimming Gala http://glenbraeschool08.blogspot.com/2008/05/melelangi-has-fun-at-swimming-gala.html http://www.learning2goblog.org/2007/12/04/westcroft-activity-week/ Activity Week

Podcasting General Class Podcasts Coulee Kids Buzz Words http://www.sdlax.net/longfellow/sc/ck/index.htm http://gmsbuzzwords.libsyn.com /

Podcasting Teaching Others/ Recording Concepts What is Podcasting? Ask a Ninja - Podcasting http://scottydog.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-01T07_12_27-07_00 http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmss2lg-ug

Podcasting Performances Piano Piece Story Reading http://podcasts.learningspaces.net/kings_road_primary_school/Class_JF9/Entries/2008/5/1_The_Calm_Sea_by_Jake.html http://room33bedtimestories.blogspot.com /

Podcasting Cross-curricula based around a topic Space Themed Podcast http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/shows/Willowcast02.html Interesting Volcanoes http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/shows/Willowcast29.html

Podcasting Teacher Professional Development Gone Google http://web.mac.com/cheryl_davis/iWeb/Site/Welcome/Welcome.html Teacher 2.0 http://thecleversheep.libsyn.com /

Podcasting Challenges or Puzzles Where in the World Are We? http://web.mac.com/kbauernm/iWeb/Site/Joy%20in%20Learning%20Podcast/68775FB9-52B4-42D1-BE32-B7CF248FC93A.html http://portableradio.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/episode-14-season-2-1230/ Mystery Student

Blue Screening/ Layering Putting kids ‘in the picture’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/7948107@N07/tags/2007/ This can be easily done in Keynote (Mac) or Umajin (both platforms)

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