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 I am cross-posting this from my aviation blog because there are some photos of places on the outskits of Darwin that folks may wish to use in the classroom... For instance did you know that Z force was based on Catalina Island? Do you know that they breed giant clams on Channel Island?

http://www.xsymetrix.com.au/tefc/index.cfm/2011/11/16/The-new-detention-centre-from-700ft

This entry was posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM and has received 151 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Just a short post to let you know about a great resource I found at manfrotto's website. For those who don't know, manfrotto is a brand of tripod used for cameras, both still and motion. They are, some would say the industry standard in tripods.

They have put together a wonderful resource to help improve your photography. Whether you are a happy snapper of teaching photography, this website will have something for you.

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This entry was posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:11 AM and has received 407 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Quizlet.com is a cool tool that allows you to create flashcards, quizzes and learning games for free. You can of course get the plus version which costs a little, but there are some great things to note about Quizlet. Thanks to Roxanne and her son's teacher for finding and using this tool.

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This entry was posted on February 28, 2011 at 11:55 AM and has received 526 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Three things rolled up into one blog entry...

• IE 9.0 Release Candidate available
• Finding out how fast your connection is and what ports are being used
• Partners in Learning links to applications and solutions

This is a bit of a Microsoft Entry. I meant to write about this on Friday and things go out of control. Firstly I downloaded and installed the Internet Explorer Release Candidate 9.0. It is quite good and now we have a complete set of browsers that support the <video> tag and most of HTML5.

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This entry was posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM and has received 433 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

The Microsoft Learning Suite is a freely distributed suite of materials and tools for teachers and students to use in the classroom. With almost all locations in the NT (and around Australia) using Windows and Microsoft Office as key aspects of the education operating environment, it is good that these tools are all in one place.

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This entry was posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:57 PM and has received 615 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Pamela from Maningrida picked this article about the use of the iPad with students with special needs that she thought might be of interest.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575547971877769154.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews

On an unrelated topic I did go to JB Hi Fi last night and purchased a 64gig WiFi iPad. It was extremely easy to transfer the purchases and content from the loan iPad to my iPad (oops Joe's iPad). So the journey and articles will continue on the iPad and I hope to be able to create a talking book that works on the iPad.

This entry was posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:59 AM and has received 324 views. There are currently 1 comments. Print this entry.

Thanks to Cassie for these links

http://momswithapps.com/apps-for-special-needs/

iPad app list for (Special) education

Also there is a major trial being undertaken in Victoria with iPads and you can find out more here. http://vicipadtrial.org/

Thanks to Pamela for the link to the following blog http://manorlakesvicipadtrial.globalteacher.org.au/

This entry was posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM and has received 765 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

John forwarded this link onto me and there are a large number of very useful educational applications and links. I have only had a look at a couple of the sites and I would be keen for folks to comment on any very useful ones that they find in the mix.

http://www.cybraryman.com/ipad.html thanks John

Don't forget to consider putting a passcode on your iPad... if it gets lost, bad things happen...

Treasure Hunt and Toy Story are two free iPad childrens interactive education pieces that are worth the download - Grade 1 - 4

This entry was posted on October 5, 2010 at 9:15 AM and has received 239 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Just a quick entry to add to the millions of resources that are available for you to use with your children, your students, your colleagues or on yourself.

Firstly http://www.prezi.com a tool for creating animated moving, zooming presentations that are visually powerful and create presentations that really take you on a journey. Free and very easy to create, it uses a large canvas as the metaphor and you basically plonk items on the canvas and create a linking roadmap between the nuggets of information. Thanks Monica for putting me onto this.

Secondly http://www.lumosity.com/  a cognitive brain training site for kids and adults. Very nice layout and you can record your scores on a whole range of puzzles and games. Thanks to Irena for identifying this site.

It is free and I think I understand the business model but I think it best to possibly use a test email account in case your results are being analysed and sold. I don't think that is the case - but I think it is a startup company that has secured venture capital and even Facebook made a few privacy mistakes during its startup period.

Finally, http://www.moppetgames.com contains a limited, but useable set of games like hangman for about grade 1 - 4. Ideal for the end of class reward.

What is great is that by me starting this blog, I am now receiving links to really useful locations from readers of the blog, contributing far more to this site than I can alone. Thank you.

This entry was posted on September 14, 2010 at 9:40 AM and has received 226 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Inception Strategies creates comic books with incredible artwork and powerful messages for young people of today. Focussing on youth issues in indigenous urban and rural environments there are powerful messages in these comics. There are some themes that are really aimed at the teen+ age group so I don't suggest the material is appropriate for primary school children. Well now you can view these comic books online...

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This entry was posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:37 AM and has received 374 views. There are currently 3 comments. Print this entry.