How Internet Makes Kids Smarter

How Internet Makes Kids Smarter

Internet in particular engages learner's brains in more complex 

tasks at a younger stage in their lives, toddlers are improving 

cognition and critical review skills, and are displaying a more 

advanced understanding of both virtual and real worlds. 

In addition to stronger memory, comprehension, and abstract thought.

Very interesting!!

Fripple Place

Fripple Place

This is a great piece of software for primary school.

It allows the learners to solve problems and think outside of the box.

You need to place the fripples in the correct houses.

One great thing is that you can change the level of difficulty which

becomes difficult, so Grade 1 - Grade 6 learners can all play this.

Emerging Technologies in Education

Emerging Technologies in Education

Technology is making tremendous contribution to the field of education.

Some of the recent technological advancements that are being widely 

used in education are: Cloud computing, mobile technology, gaming, 

open content, learning analytics and personal learning environments. - 

This is a great infographic that depicts this!

Jason Davies’ Word Cloud Generator

Jason Davies’ Word Cloud Generator

Have a look at this Word Cloud Generator.

Very simple and easy to use.

Either copy and paste your text or insert a URL and click on go.

I used my notes on HIV and AIDS and created the

word cloud above.

Learning tools over the years

Learning tools over the years

This is really great.

How many things do you recognize and remember using?

I remember the first computer that came into my Primary School.

The school purchased one computer three weeks at the end of my 

Grade 7 year and the entire class was in total awe!!

Kids and Mobile Technology Takeover

Kids and Mobile Technology Takeover

This is really great.

Have a look at the different mobile technology and the age at which children

are exploring the different apps.

The four pros and cons at the bottom of the page are very thought provoking!

Windows 8.1 Deployment Guide

Windows 8.1 Deployment Guide

This is a great manual on how to deploy Windows 8.1 on your computers at school.

It is really fantastic, as it gives you the different ways in which you can use to deploy,

as well as it gives you ways to use volume activation as well.

Fantastic!!

Classroom newsletter template

Classroom newsletter template

This is a two page template for a classroom newsletter. 

The file is to be opened in Microsoft Word. Click inside 

the text boxes to add your classroom news! Box titles 

can be edited to fit your needs. 

Download below

K6 Fonts

K6 Fonts

There are over 230 fonts in this zip file.  The file contains all Kimberly Geswein 

Fonts.  Really awesome.  I found these from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

Download below (16 MB)

Graduation Speech

Graduation Speech

Perhaps not far from the truth ...

Problem Solving Assessment Pack

Problem Solving Assessment Pack

The  Problem Solving Assessment Pack includes two tests, 

a pretest and a post test, designed to help you assess 

your students' math problem-solving abilities. The pretest 

data will enable you to determine where to begin with your 

problem-solving instruction; the post test data will help you 

track their progress later. A unique feature of this test is that 

it requires students to draw pictures to show how they are 

solving the problems. 

Download below (3 MB)

Formative Assessment with and without technology

Formative Assessment with and without technology

Have a look at formative assessment using technology, 

which includes Google forms, Poll anywhere, Twitter, 

Voice Thread, etc vs without technology using things 

like pair share, coloured paper, thumbs up / down, etc

Very good!!

26 things to note before you start a website

26 things to note before you start a website

This is really brilliant!!

Have a look at the 26 things, there are things here that are really important, 

but are often overlooked!!