Resources

**Useful Intel sites**  Intel Education Australia http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/apac/eng/au/241264.htm  Intel Thinking Tools http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/apac/eng/au/tools/330727.htm Australian Unit Plans http://educate.intel.com/au/ProjectDesign/UnitPlans/ US Unit Plans - these can be useful for further ideas[| http://educate.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/]  Intel PT Files http://www.tmd.com.au/education/thinking/ptfiles/2008/default.asp Intel MT Files http://www.tmd.com.au/education/thinking/mtfiles/2008/default.asp Intel Assessing Projects site http://educate.intel.com/au/assessingprojects/

If you want to create a FREE educational wikispace with no advertising, go to: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K If you have accidently created a site and it has adds, if you email wikispace people and tell them it's for educational purposes they will take out the adds.

Web2.0 tools http://www.go2web20.net/ http://simplespark.com/ http://www.classroom20.com/ is a [|ning] for teachers interesting in learning more and using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom. Anyone can join, it's all free and it places you in touch with like minded teachers all over the world http://www.teachertube.com/index.php Many educational videos on YouTube can be viewed on TeacherTube without the filtering issues. http://www.commoncraft.com/ a series of short explanatory videos by Lee and Sachi LeFever http://www.ted.com/index.php/ TED ideas worth spreading
 * Video Clips & Tutorials**

 Graphic Organisers/Mindmap Tools Examples of Desktop Apps – although they are free, these need to be downloaded and installed on computers http://cmap.ihmc.us/ FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ** These web-based tools only need an internet connection. You need to choose which is easiest for you. [|http://www.mindmeister.com] http://mind42.com/ [|www.mindomo.com] http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Uses interactive Thinking Guides which support the thinking or working through of an issue, topic or question and help to shape, define and focus an idea and also support the planning required to investigate it further. Exploratree guides can be used as a basis for whole class discussion, or emailed to individuals or groups to complete. They can also be used as a presentation tool to share your findings and thinking with others. As well as providing a set of ready to use thinking guides, which are completely customisable and shareable, Exploratree also enables teachers and students to create their own simply and easily. **
 * CMAP Tools
 * [|http://bubbl.us]

Questioning
From Trivial Pursuit to Essential Questions and Standards-Based Learning by Jamie McKenzie http://fno.org/feb01/pl.html (Check Strategy 2)

Harmony Hollow free tools for teachers to download - Cool timer & The Hat http://www.harmonyhollow.net/download.shtml

Hyperwords lets you do a variety of things with a selected word in a webpage. For Firefox Browsers only!
http://www.hyperwords.net/

CamStudio is a free bit of software that lets you record and narrate things you do on your computer... so you or kids can demonstrate how to do something on the computer and post it as a video file. http://camstudio.org/

Geocaching is a great sport using a GPS. Register and find hidden treasure. [|www.geocaching.com]

Create an avatar and record your own voice. [|www.voki.com]

A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make **comments in 5 different ways** - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. http://voicethread.com/about/

Flip Cameras http://www.theflip.com/ They are nifty little things. They can be purchased for $200-250 from   Tony Richards in Melbourne tony@itmadesimple.com [|http://www.itmadesimple.com/] The fact that there are no wires to lose and that the software is in-built makes them a winner in my eyes. The complexity of standard cameras scares a lot of staff away but from my quick play with one they look idiot proof.

Is google making us stupid?? Article worth reading. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

=RSS Feeds =

This is a free news aggregator or feedreader. Used to download changes to website, blogs etc. [|ttp://www.feedreader.com/?fromfr] [| feeds.doc] This has a list of URLs to get you started with a feedreader. This link is a great intro into RSS feeds - what they are, how to set one up, etc http://www.elearnspace.org/resources/rss.htm

Skype - make phone calls from computer to computer (free). MAC version also available. http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/

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