TasLearnEducation Links for Tasmanian Teachers
Useful sites


Jul-Sep 2012

ONLINE VIDEO LESSONS
Education Portal Academy
Education Portal Academy
Short explanatory videos on the basics of college level English, Maths, History, Psychology, Business, Biology and Chemistry. Quizzes and transcripts included.

GEOGRAPHY
National Geographic Education
National Geographic EducationGeographic teaching resources with a focus on the use of multimedia and modern technology.

ONLINE VIDEOS
Documentary Heaven
Documentary Heaven
A large collection of online videos, many of which are of educational value. It is easiest to peruse the Documentary list.

EMAIL
HowTo-Outlook
HowTo-OutlookTips for users of the Microsoft Outlook email program.

ONLINE VIDEO MAKING
10 Ways to Create Videos Without Installing Software
Descriptions of ten online tools for creating videos online. (From Free Tech 4 Teachers.)

VIDEO MAKING
5 Video Projects to Try with Your Students
Ideas to involve students in video-making. (From Free Tech 4 Teachers.)


ONLINE ANIMATION TOOLS
Stop Frame Animator
Stop Frame AnimatorCreate stop motion movies online. Includes a collection of sound effects and music. (Read a review on Free Tech 4 Teachers.)

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Interactive Whiteboards 101: A short primer
Basic guide to using an interactive whiteboard, particularly for first

SPEECH & DRAMA
Accents
Very short videos on how to speak in an accent such as Irish, American, Australian, South African, Spanish. From videojug.com.
 

ONLINE ACTIVITIES & GAMES
Crickweb
CrickwebInteractive resources for primary school students. Suitable for electronic whiteboards and computers. Sub-classified by subject area - literacy, numeracy, etc.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION, APPS
60 Great Short Walks
60 Great Tasmanian WalksA free Parks and Wildlife app providing details of 60 short Tasmanian walks, including over 200 photos.
- Media release, 12 Sep 2012
- Parks and Wildlife page
- iTunes App Store page

STUDENT SUPPORT
R U OK?Day School Support Materials
R U OK?DayR U OK?Day (which falls during the school holidays in Tasmania in 2012) aims to reduce the suicide rate by promoting community connectedness.

SUSTAINABAILITY
Threatened Species Link
Grey GoshawkInformation and advice on Tasmania's threatened species. For example, see Grey Goshawk. If you need a list of threatened species see the DPIWE list. Note that DPIWE also provide a Threatened Species Educational Kit.

Free eBooksEBOOKS
Free eBooks
Free ebooks to download.

BIOLOGY
Human Body & Mind
Human Body and Human Mind interactives (BBC)Online interactive activities on the human body and the human mind. From the BBC.

TASMANIAN HISTORY
Early Treasures
Early Treasures (LINC Tasmania)Tasmanian historical charts and maps, 1811-1859. From LINC Tasmania.


VIDEOS
YouTube Videos Near Me
YouTube Videos Near MeFind geo-tagged YouTube videos made within 2 miles of your home, your school or anywhere else. Note that the video will display at the bottom of the page.


VISUAL ART
Famous LogosFamous Logos
History and anatomy of the world's famous logos.




OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
25 Brilliant Optical Illusions for Kids
Optical illusionsOld and new optical illusions. Especially try explaining "Count the People".


ONLINE GENERATORS
Picture to people
Picture to People - text and photo effectsCreate computer graphics text effects and photo effects online (load a jpg file for photo effects)



HELP FOR PARENTS
SchoolAtoZ
SchoolAtoZPractical information for parents on homework topics, wellbeing and computer use, from the NSW Department of Education. Some material could be reproduced for parents in school newsletters.

GAMBLING EDUCATION
What's the Real Deal?
What's the Real Deal? Gambling education toolkit.Gambling education teaching package to download. From Tasmania's DHHS.

FINANCIAL LITERACY
MoneySmart Teaching Packages
MoneySmart (ASIC website)Download ASIC's MoneySmart financial literacy package for primary schools. Designed for use within English, maths and science in teaching the Australian Curriculum. See also the MoneySmart Teaching page.

ASTRONOMY
Mars Curiosity classroom activities
Mars Curiosity rover
NASA educational website with information for students and links to classroom activities on the Mars Curiosity rover. See also these NASA pages:
- Follow your Curiosity
- Mars for Educators
- Summer of Curiosity

THE FUTURE
Tech for teaching: five trends changing higher education
Tech for teaching -five  trendsK-12 teaching will be affected too by these five trends identified as making fundamental changes to university and other higher education teaching.

THE OLYMPICS
Olympic Games Websites: London 2012
Olympic Games London 2012London 2012 Olympic Games websites providing information, news and a large range of classroom activities.

THE OLYMPICS
Olympic Games Websites
Olympic Games: General sitesWebsites for the classroom on the Olympic Games generally.

TAX TIME FOR TEACHERS
Teachers and Tax
Teachers and Tax (links to section below on this page)The Tax Office has provided an updated Teachers section for 2011-12.

SCIENCE, MATHS
Scale of the Universe
Scale fo the Universe - from the known smallest to the known largestA must-see website. Drag the slider back and forth. This site sets everything in perspective!

MICROSOFT OFFICE, IPAD
CloudOn
CloudOn appCloudOn is a free app that allows you to use Microsoft Office programs such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel on an ipad.
- More information (Business Spectator)
- iTunes Preview page

MUSIC
Music EducuationMusic Education
Australian site for music teachers.

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY
Australian Census Results
Australian Population Structure 2011 - click for mroe on this topic
The 2011 Australian Census data was released on 21 June 2011, along with some analytical articles, for example 100 Years of Australian Lives - Population

INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Australian Census: Cultural Diversity in Australia
Recent arrivals and Australian born - click for article
Analytical article on countries of origin of Australians using the 2011 Australian Census data.

TEACHING PRACTICE
Smart Classroom Management
Tips and strategies for teachers on a variety of aspects of teaching practice.

TEACHING TOOLS
Voki
Voki avatar - create your ownCreate an avatar of yourself speaking, to make a short presentation on a web page or blog, using your recorded voice if desired. Review available.


INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Making Multicultural Australia
Educational website on cultural diversity in Australia.
Making Multicultural Australia (cartoon by Tandberg)
Cartoon reproduced from Making Multicultural Australia: Hotwords.

ABORIGINAL CULTURES
The Dreaming
The DreamingAlso called the Dreamtime or Dreamtimes. Australian Indigenous creation stories. Australian government website.

ABORIGINAL CULTURES
Dreamtime StoriesDreamtime Stories
Stories of water, sky, land, people, instruments. From Dreamtime Kullilla Art.


ABORIGINAL CULTURES
Dust Echoes
Dust Echoes: interactive dreamtime storiesInteractive animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land. Click on "ENTER HERE". From the ABC.

ENGLISH
Sense, Sensibility and Sentences
The New York Times
"Examining and Making Memorable Lines." Students examine favourite sentences then write their own. A detailed lesson plan from the New York Times education section.

ONLINE LITERACY ACTIVITIES
ReadWriteThink
ReadWriteThinkThere is a far greater range of short interactive literacy activities for students here than at first appears. Just a few examples:
- Cube Creator
- Word Family Sort
- Comic Creator
- Printing Press
If you wish, see all interactives. Also includes printouts and other resources.

AGRICULTURE
National Farm Safety Week 2012
FarmSafe Australia: Farm Safety WeekFarm Safety Week will be held from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 July 2012. Topics in a pdf file of fact sheets include Child Safety on Farms.

BUSINESS & THE ECONOMY
The Euro Zone Crisis: A Primer
The euro zone crisisBasic information about the economic crisis facing Greece, Spain and the rest of the euro zone, from the New York Times.


THINKING
Learning and memory: the latest
BrainFacts.orgNews about many aspects of the the brain are provided by BrainFacts.org.

SCIENCE
Science Kids
Science Kids"Fun science and technology for kids." A huge range of science sites in useful groupings, such as:
- Topics, eg biology, weather
- Experiments
- Science games
- Science quizzes
and more

MATHS
Coolmath Games
Coolmath-GamesMainly maths games, but others, too, such as spelling, geography, science.

MAPS
Ezilon Maps
Ezilon MapsMaps of the continents and countries.

STUDENT SPORTS INJURIES
Concussion in Youth Sports
Heads-Up Concussion in Youth SportsFact sheets and other information about concussion in sport for coaches, parents and young people.

 




 








 
 

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