ONLINE VIDEO LESSONS
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
Geographic teaching resources with a focus on
the use of multimedia and modern
technology.
ONLINE VIDEOS
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
Tips 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
Create
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
Interactive
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
A
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?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
Information
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.
EBOOKS
Free
eBooks Free ebooks to download.
BIOLOGY
Human Body & Mind
Online
interactive activities on the human body and the human mind. From
the BBC.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
Early Treasures
Tasmanian
historical charts and maps, 1811-1859. From LINC Tasmania.
VIDEOS
YouTube Videos Near Me
Find
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
Logos History and anatomy of
the world's famous logos.
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
25
Brilliant Optical Illusions for Kids
Old
and new optical illusions. Especially try explaining "Count the People".
ONLINE
GENERATORS
Picture to people
Create
computer graphics text effects and photo effects online (load a jpg file
for photo effects)
HELP FOR PARENTS
SchoolAtoZ
Practical
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?
Gambling
education teaching package to download. From Tasmania's DHHS.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
MoneySmart Teaching Packages
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
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
K-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
London
2012 Olympic Games websites providing information, news and a large
range of classroom activities.
THE OLYMPICS
Olympic Games Websites
Websites
for the classroom on the Olympic Games generally.
TAX TIME FOR TEACHERS
Teachers and Tax
The
Tax Office has provided an updated Teachers section for 2011-12.
SCIENCE, MATHS
Scale of the Universe
A
must-see website. Drag the slider back and forth. This site sets
everything in perspective!
MICROSOFT OFFICE, IPAD
CloudOn
CloudOn
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
Education
Australian site for music teachers.
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY
Australian Census
Results
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
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
Create
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.
Cartoon reproduced from
Making
Multicultural Australia: Hotwords.
ABORIGINAL CULTURES
The Dreaming
Also
called the Dreamtime or Dreamtimes. Australian Indigenous creation
stories. Australian government website.
ABORIGINAL CULTURES
Dreamtime
Stories
Stories of water, sky, land, people, instruments. From Dreamtime
Kullilla Art.
ABORIGINAL CULTURES
Dust Echoes
Interactive
animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land. Click on "ENTER
HERE". From the ABC.
ENGLISH
Sense, Sensibility and Sentences
"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
There
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
Farm
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
Basic
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
News
about many aspects of the the brain are provided by
BrainFacts.org.
SCIENCE
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
Mainly
maths games, but others, too, such as spelling, geography, science.
MAPS
Ezilon Maps
Maps
of the continents and countries.
STUDENT SPORTS INJURIES
Concussion in Youth Sports
Fact
sheets and other information about concussion in sport for coaches,
parents and young people.
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