Science in the curriculum

This great resource created by Australian National Academy of Science for Primary Connections, linking Science and Literacy.  This resource has lesson plans, activities, proformas etc, it is targeted at beginning teachers  -  http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/plantsinaction.htm

Photo Story 3 for Windows

Some tutorial sites for Photo Story  -  http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PhotoStory3/

http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

A great step by step tutorial can be found at http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf

This site has some excellent ideas for using digital images across KLAs as well as clear instructions for using Photo Story 3 -  http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/photostorytelling/storytelling_PhotoStory.htm

This site has so many links to digital story telling, podcast and more  -  http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/digitalmedia.htm#Photo_Story

Comic Life

A great example of Comic Life from the PlasQ site –  Robert Fripp and Tony Levin  sharing the day-to-day stories of touring within one of the most influential prog rock bands – on King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Tour  -  http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=11389

A reminder of how to use Comic Life in the Classroom  -  http://www.macinstruct.com/node/69

TeacherTube has a great video on Comic Life  -  http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cc5b9f5a2aaa74da584e

Some examples of Student work from the Comic Life Community Forum  -  http://homepage.mac.com/adam_bezark/comiclife/

Creating avatars

To create an online avatar  -  http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini

To draw an avatar/picture  -  http://www.mrpicassohead.com/

Create comics on-line for free

This site allows students to make comics on-line  -  http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Great primary sites and activities

The ‘Read On’ site of Beenleigh State School has links to numerous English activities  -  http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/sounds/index.html

Healthy Sanger Day and Science Planning – the students have used Comic Life and podcasts on this site – http://beachlands.wordpress.com/

Web 2.0 Tools

This site has been set up for school library media specialists to learn about new web tools – http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/

Another site for Web 2.0 tools – http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

Interactive Whiteboard Resources

Promethean – ActivStudio -  http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/ and educational resources
http://blog.prometheanplanet.com/?p=165
Smart Board -  www.smarttech.com and resources http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/

Marvin

A great programme (supported by Microsoft) that allows students and Teachers to create scenarios using given characters – http://www.marvin.com.au. Check the examples http://www.marvin.com.au/marvin/examples.asp such as NT Health Department Baby Operation Project where indigenous language is spoken with an English translation in the speech bubbles.

Quality Teaching Programme

This site has been developed as a result of the Quality Teaching initiative – check the Quick links – http://www.qtp.nsw.edu.au/