Websites

WEBSITE NAME NSW Curriculum

NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum: Implementation support
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/australiancurriculuminnsw

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This website provides support for schools in implementing the new NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum. It includes; Implementation Advice, Timeline, Professional Learning, Resources, Further Consultation & FAQs links Essential Educational Resources for Australian Teachers and Students A programming tool for the new curriculum, with ready-made templates and drag and drop capabilities. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority is an independent authority providing a rigorous, national approach to education through the national curriculum, national assessment program and national data collection and reporting program. NSW DEC Scootle helps teachers find and use resources to support NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum. A collection of hands on resources created by teachers for teachers on the new curriculum, compiled by Shellie Tancred. Everything and anything to do with the new English and Maths curriculums Links to support documents for teaching English and Maths for the new syllabus

Board of Studies

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/

Program Builder

https://pb.bos.nsw.edu.au/

ACARA

http://www.acara.edu.au/default.asp

DEC Scootle

https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/p/home?rts=1392850076163

21 Century Learning

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http://snapshot-21stcentury-learning.weebly.com/

CNPS2 Learning for Australian Curriculum Copacabana Public School

http://cnpslearning.weebly.com/

http://www.copacabana-ps.com/australian-curriculum.html

Other DEC Websites

NSW Literacy continuum K10 http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/

NSW Numeracy Continuum

http://numeracycontinuum.com/

PD/H/PE Creative Arts K-6

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/ primary/pdhpe/paschools/programs.htm http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au /primary/creativearts/ http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/hsie/history-k10/

History K-10

Links to documents relating to the continuum, including the interactive online continuum. Links to documents relating to the continuum, including the online continuum. Programs and resources to support the teaching of PDHPE Programs, resources and information to support the teaching of K-6 Creative Arts New syllabus and support documents for the teaching of the

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new History curriculum Science K-10 (incorporating Science and Technology K-6) NAPLAN Digital Citizenship
http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/science/science-k10/

http://www.nap.edu.au/ http://www.digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au/

New syllabus and support documents for the teaching of the new Science curriculum ACARAs official website for everything NAPLAN Essential information for students, teachers and parents about digital citizenship and being safe, positive and responsible online. A website designed to provide practical advice for parents regarding the childrens education A series of downloadable cards on teaching different types of texts across Stages 1,2 and 3 A collection of downloadable literacy and numeracy resources created by DEC staff on the North Coast. Also has links to other areas, such as, Professional Development and new Scheme Teachers etc This website has been created to house a collection of the best available curriculum resources and professional learning to support teachers in quality teaching and learning with interactive whiteboards and video conferencing equipment. A collection of collaborative online workspaces created by the Hunter Central Coast Digital and multimodal texts in the syllabus: These links contain resources to support you in creating your own digital and multimodal texts.

School a to z

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/home

Text Tip Cards

http://lrr.dlr.det.nsw.edu.au/LRRView/7850/

North Coast Literacy and Numeracy Resources

http://northcoast.det.nsw.edu.au/teaching/litnum/ Curriculum%20Planning/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder =%2fteaching%2flitnum%2fCurriculum%20Planning%2f Mathematics%20Scope%20and%20Continuum%20Documents

Connected Learning

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/ connected/index.htm

COWS : Collaborative Online Workspaces Syllabus Bites

http://hccrsharepoint.schools.nsw.edu.au/sites/COW/ SitePages/Home.aspx http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/ LRRView/14117/14117_02.htm

Educational Websites
Literacy Engage: Current Affairs For Students

http://www.readengage.com/

Literacy, Families and Learning

http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/makingreading-exciting-for-boys.html

Giggle Poetry

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx

Speaking of Speech

http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Materials_Exchange.html

Engage provides students with information about current world events, very much like the BTN TV program. Each article is printable and comes complete with a student worksheet. There is also an extensive archive of past resources. A blog aimed to provide practical, timely and sound support and advice, for parents, teachers and teachers in training. Bruce Lanskys poetry site, with a multitude of fun poems, poetry lessons, poetry theatre and word games. Printable resources to assist

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K12 Reader The Literacy Shed

http://www.k12reader.com/ http://www.literacyshed.com/index.html

students with speech and language difficulties. Reading instruction resources for teachers and parents The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that I have collected over my 10 year career as a primary school teacher. The sheds are broadly thematic but sometimes a resource could go in 2 or more sheds, I slot it in where I think it works best. This resource is a national initiative to support the teaching and learning of English and literacy from Foundation to Year 10, produced in partnership with Education Services Australia and the joint associations of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, the Australian Literacy Educators Association and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia. Starfall.com is a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kinder, first grade, second grade, special education, home-school, and English language development. Here at ReadWriteThink, our mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials. Kids' Book Review is a 100% voluntary childrens literature and book review site that supports and features authors, illustrators and publishers Australia-wide and internationally. The Penguin Education Centre is your one-stop shop for information on our books and their resources. Click on the links to find a book, access teachers' notes and units of work. Lots of Kid's Writing Games and Primary Teacher Writing Resources. The Screen Actors Guild Foundation records well-known actors reading childrens books and makes graphically dynamic

English For The Australian Curriculum

http://e4ac.edu.au/

Starfall

http://www.starfall.com/

Read Write Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/ student-interactives/

Kids Book Review

http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2009/08/teachers-notes-zbook-titles.html

Penguin Books Education Centre

http://www.penguin.com.au/educationcentre/default.cfm

Net Rover : Writing

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/writing/Kids_ Writing.html

Storyline Online

www.storylineonline.net/

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Creative Writing Prompts

http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/

Harcourt School Publishers Story Town

http://www.hbschool.com/storytown/

Mighty Book

http://www.mightybook.com/

Between The Lions

http://pbskids.org/lions/

Time For Kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/

Little Write Brain

http://www.littlewritebrain.com/default.aspx

Literactive

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

videos so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image. Use the creative writing prompts and creative writing ideas to create stories, poems and other creative pieces from your imagination. The writing prompts can even help you come up with creative content for blogs and blog stories. StoryTown is a K6 Reading/ Language Arts program with a 2+2 then Review instructional design for skill and strategy development, plus differentiated activities. 50 FREE BOOKS THAT HELP KIDS READ. Just click on a picture and go to one of the free stories, songs and games designed to make children better readers. Everything is illustrated, animated and read out loud. Complete lesson plans and quizzes are included with many of the books and songs. This website is based on the PBS show Between the Lions. It has great stories, with the words underneath. for students to watch. There are also games based on these stories. Real life reading is one of the most important type of reading. Time for Kids provides kids with reading about todays current events. There are real life articles on topics that interest children. Like storybird and story jumper, Little Write Brain allows students to create online storybooks. However, Little Write Brain allows students to create characters, and gives them multiple starter stories that they can then add on to. Little Write Brain does not allow for printed books, but they do allow unlimited e-book creation. Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. Developed and

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approved by teachers and parents across the United States, Literactive is the acknowledged leader in early learning online. All the material is available for free from this site but you need to register. Maths Dads Worksheets
http://www.dadsworksheets.com/v1/Worksheets/ Word%20Problems.html http://www.transum.org/software/sw/starter_of _the_day/Similar.asp?ID_Topic=31

Problem Solving

Mathwire

http://www.mathwire.com/problemsolving/probs.html

AAA Math

http://www.aaastudy.com/

Nrich Maths

http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage

Math Worksheet Wizard

http://mathworksheetwizard.com/

Money Smart Teaching

http://teaching.moneysmart.gov.au/resourcecentre/teaching-resources?yl=122&la=0&a=143&rt=0

Top Draw Teachers

http://topdrawer.aamt.edu.au/

This page contains links to free math worksheets for Word Problem activities. What good is being a master of calculation if you cannot apply your skills to problem solving? This topic provides lots of examples, activities and situations in which students can practise their problem solving skills. There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. Mathwire.com is designed to provide activities and appropriate worksheets for teachers to use in their classrooms. All activities and worksheets support the constructivist approach to learning mathematics and the NCTM Standards. Features a comprehensive set of thousands of interactive maths lessons. NRICH promotes the learning of mathematics through problem solving. We provide engaging problems, linked to the curriculum, with support for teachers in the classroom. The Math Worksheet Wizard is a free resource for. You can make an unlimited number of printable math worksheets for children, for the classroom or for homework. What makes this site unique is that every time you create a worksheet, you get different, randomly generated problems. A range of financial literacy education resources have been provided for teacher and parent use. Use the database to search for resources by year level, learning area, audience, resource type. All resources have been vetted by a quality assurance process. We explain how each resource relates to the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework and the Australian Curriculum. Many resources are free and easily downloaded. Looking for ideas to help your

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IXL Maths

http://au.ixl.com/standards/maths

Common Core Sheets

http://www.commoncoresheets.com/

Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/

teaching? Whats in your top drawer? Rummage through these drawers for expert advice, teaching suggestions and classroom activities IXL's maths skills are aligned to the Australian Curriculum, providing comprehensive coverage of maths concepts and applications. With IXL's national curriculum alignments, you can easily find unlimited practice problems specifically tailored to each learning objective. A selection of worksheets that can be modified for class needs, as well as online interactive worksheets Practice math at your own pace with our adaptive assessment environment. You can start at 1 + 1 and work your way into calculus or jump right into whatever topic needs some brushing up. Each problem is randomly generated, so you never run out of practice material. If you need a hint, every single problem can be broken down, step-by-step, with one click. If you need more help, you can always watch a related video. An online learning tool with graded Maths activities suitable for Kindergarten to Year 12 Graded Maths activities (Kindergarten Year 6), with solutions and across a variety of content areas. Math Playground is a popular learning site for kids of all ages filled with math and thinking games, step-by-step instructional videos, math practice, & problem solving activities. A favourite of parents and teachers, Math Playground provides a safe place for kids to learn and explore math concepts online. An online learning tool for maths instruction from pre-school through to year six. Topics covered include; number, operations, algebra, data analysis, probability, time and money, geometry and measurement. Cyberchase focuses in on many different math and problem solving concepts. At the PBS website, there are games and video clips that you can use in your classroom to help your

Mathletics

http://www.mathletics.com.au/

Rozs Math-a-rama

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/

HSP Maths

http://www.hbschool.com/hspmath/na/index.html

Cyber Chase

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/

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Oswego

http://resources.oswego.org/games/

Virtual Manipulative

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_1.html

students work on math concepts and problem solving. It was designed by teachers for students in their school district. Some ofthe best are Mathmatician (for math facts) and Find the Dogs Bone (for working on 100s chart). A must have tool for teachers. This website contains virtual tools of almost every concrete material you are likely to use with your class. An array of science lesson plans, conundrums and demonstrations On MrCollinson.ca you will find full science units for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4, including printable lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, tests and other assessments. On top of that, each activity also has an answer key. There are also links to some grade 7 materials. Materials on animals, space, the human body, and much more are explored through games and guided tours. National Geographic Kids is certainly a great way of motivating students to learn about animals. Beautiful photos and videos are the hallmark of this website. Kids love to spend time navigating the animal videos and photo gallery on their own. PrimaryConnections: Linking science with literacy is an innovative approach to teaching and learning which aims to enhance primary school teachers confidence and competence for teaching science. Science activities and online resources for primary schools and teachers. Includes downloadable lessons in pdf format. ABC Splash brings you the best Australian content from across ABC TV & Radio plus high-quality video from around the world. There are special areas for parents and teachers featuring thoughtprovoking articles and blog posts, teaching resources and up-to-date education news. The ABC has teamed up with Education Services Australia to link hundreds of new learning resources directly to the Australian Curriculum. Learn more about the amazing

Science ABC Science Mr Collinson

http://www.abc.net.au/science/learn/ http://www.mrcollinson.ca/index.htm

The Magic School Bus

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/

National Geographic

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Primary Connections

http://primaryconnections.org.au/

Discover Primary Science

http://www.primaryscience.ie/

ABC Splash

http://splash.abc.net.au/home

Science Kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

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Science Education Websites

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/ teachingresources/discipline/science/pages/ sciencewebsites.aspx http://www.bgfl.org/15.cfm?p=249

Birmingham Grid For Learning Creative Arts Kinder Art

world of science by enjoying our fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities, ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos & science fair projects. A comprehensive list of educational science websites, compiled by the Victorian Department of Education. A collection of whiteboard activities for science. KinderArt is for school teachers, art educators, after-school program directors, future teachers, college students, artists, homeschoolers and those who want to enrich their children's artistic lives at home. Site has creative art ideas for primary children, including online demonstrations. A collection of art education essays and art lessons. A collection of art and craft activities, with printable lessons and activity booklets. A selection of pinned activities and websites for the teaching of art and craft. A comprehensive range of printable worksheets across all subject areas. Some resources are free, others require the user to be a member of the site. Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers. Free Lesson Plans, Links and Resources. It also provides a free weekly newsletter for members. A comprehensive selection of free and premium resources (require payment through site credits) across all subject areas. Free Educational Resources of Adrian Bruce - Reading GamesEducational Software, Math Games-Motivational Posters & much, much more A comprehensive range of printable resources across all subject areas. Also an extensive range of online resources for classroom use. A Wikispace of resources : A place to put those resources so we

http://www.kinderart.com/index.html

Art Attack

http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-junior/art-attack/

Art and Learning

http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/art-ed-links.html
Art & Learning to Think & Feel

Zart

http://www.zartart.com.au/html/artcraftactivities.html

Teaching-Arts and Crafts (Pinterest) General Super Teacher Worksheets

http://www.pinterest.com/nheinlein/teaching-art-crafts/

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/

Primary Resources

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/

Primary School

http://www.primaryschool.com.au/

Pencil Street

http://www.pencilstreet.org/index.asp

Adrian Bruce

http://www.adrianbruce.com/

Study Ladder

http://www.studyladder.com.au/teacher/

Resources Box

http://resourcesbox.wikispaces.com/home

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know where they are! Have Fun Teaching

http://www.havefunteaching.com/

I Love That Teaching Idea

http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/

The School Bell

http://www.theschoolbell.com/

Seomra Ranga Teachers Toolkit

http://www.seomraranga.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/teacherslessonsideas/units-ofwork-k-6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/ http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

BBC Bitesize Top Marks

National Geographic Graphic Organisers Teacher Resources Galore

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics /graphic-organizer/?ar_a=1 http://teacherresourcesgalore.com/maths_teacher_tools.htm

Teacher Resources Galore

Cookie

http://www.cookie.com/

Teachers Pay Teachers

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

Teachers Notebook

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/home

Sheppards Software

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

Hunted Web

https://sites.google.com/site/huntedweb/home

HUNTEDWEB.com

A free website with thousands of teaching resources: worksheets, activities, songs, videos, flash cards and tools Welcome to the Home for Teaching Ideas! We inspire teachers with practical, teachercreated ideas and resources that you can use in your classroom immediately. A retired American teachers continued contribution to education, providing practical resources and links to other useful education sites Downloadable resources for primary school teachers Website made by teachers for teachers with units of work across all KLAs A series of online activities for Literacy, Maths and Science A series of whiteboard resources, online learning games and parent resources across all grades and KLAs A selection of downloadable graphic organisers for classroom use. Free worksheets and learning centres for teachers and parents to download, print and use. At cookie, child experts and educators design interactive online games for kids. While playing our fun educational games, kids learn to read with phonics, build skills in math, language, social studies, science and much more. A comprehensive range of downloadable resources created by teachers for teachers. Large selection available for free, others at cost. Where teachers find, share, and sell teacher created, classroom tested resources Hundreds of educational games, activities, quizzes, articles and more, for kids and everyone to use online. Its Free! Hunt for educational websites! The WEB has been HUNTED for you! For every link provided, heaps more were tried and didn't make the cut! Students, parents & teachers: Find websites, games and educational resources! Make better use of your PC or IWB.

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For Teachers For Students

http://www.forteachersforstudents.com.au/index.php

Worksheet Place

http://www.worksheetplace.com/

Resources For Teachers

http://www.fortheteachers.org/

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

ICT Games

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

Arcademic Skill Builders

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

All content on this website is FREE for use by Australian Primary and Middle Years teachers and their students. Worksheets for teachers and home schoolers. Over 2000 free work sheets and growing! Math work sheets, Dolch words, Grammar and Phonics Worksheets, Behaviour Contracts, Classroom Management, Punctuation worksheets, Editing Checklists. Teachers do an amazing job, we think, of taking ideas we see and hear from others and making little changes to make them our own. Funbrain is renowned for its free educational games, online books, and comics. A selection of online games for Literacy and Maths. Games are grouped in categories and graded according to ability. This is a fantastic site to develop fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills. Students can race against the computer or compete with their own classmates. There is also a feature which allows teachers and students to customise the level of difficulty of the addition and subtraction facts. Other math skills, such as time, money, and fractions are incorporated into games as well. In addition to the large number of math games, Arcademicskillbuilders has language arts and geography games. This website has been established as a means for sharing our collective wealth of information, technology, lesson plans, web 2.0 tools, and anything else that assists us in our quest to engage our students and enhance their learning. A comprehensive range of free downloadable interactive whiteboard activities and lessons By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet. Good luck! Cyber-smart is a national cybersafety and cyber-security education program managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), as

Technology ARSU Curriculum Resources

https://sites.google.com/a/arsu.org/arsu-curriculumresources/

Smart Exchange

http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0

Welcome to the Web

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/start.htm

Cyber Smart

http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/

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part of the Australian Government's commitment to cyber-safety. The program is specifically designed to meet the needs of its target audiences of children, young people, parents, teachers and library staff. The Lancashire Grid for Learning
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/

Smartboard.com

http://www.mca.k12.nf.ca/smart/notebook_files.htm

Smartboard Templates

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/sb/templates.htm

Student Engagement with ipads

http://2168cos.weebly.com/

See Share Shape

https://www.seeshareshape.com.au/

The Lancashire Grid for Learning provides a variety of educational resources, content and managed services to support schools in maximising the benefits of technology to support teaching and learning. Smartboard lessons, games and activities for educators to download A series of downloadable templates created specifically for smartboards. This website was created as a result of critical evaluation of research, professional development and surveys. The purpose of this website is to provide teachers with appropriate applications for effective use of iPads in the classroom. ELECTROBOARD are Australias leading supplier of Audio Visual, Conferencing and Interactive Technologies. A wikispace with a comprehensive list and links to online tools for use in the classroom. A description of each is provided. Another site devoted to online tools for classroom use. This one categorises the tools using Blooms Taxonomy. Join over 32 million teachers and students safely connecting in online classrooms, collaborating on assignments, discovering new resources, and more! Prezi is a virtual whiteboard that transforms presentations from monologues into conversations: enabling people to see, understand, and remember ideas. Animoto is a video creation service (online and mobile) that makes it easy and fun for anyone to create and share extraordinary videos using their own pictures, video clips, words and music. Online 3D film creation tool. Included in Blender is a complete game engine, allowing you to create a fully featured 3d game

Online Learning Tools Cool Tools For Schools

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative +Tools

Web 2.0 Tools Based on Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

http://www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/education/components/ scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=2365

Edmodo

https://www.edmodo.com/

Prezi

http://prezi.com/index/video/

Animoto

http://animoto.com/

Blender

http://www.blender.org/

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right inside Blender. Moodle

https://moodle.org/

BlogEd Wikispaces

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/115628-schooltools/ www.wikispaces.com/

Voki

http://www.voki.com/

I Create To Educate

http://icreatetoeducate.com/

Tagxedo

www.tagxedo.com/

Popplet

http://popplet.com/

Story Bird

http://storybird.com/

Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure & integrated system to create personalised learning environments. The Departments Blog tool for students and teachers. Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. We make it incredibly easy to create a classroom workspace where you and your students can communicate and work on writing projects alone or in teams. Rich assessment tools give you the power to measure student contribution and engagement in real-time. Voki is an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Voki characters can be customized to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals, and even yourself! Give your Voki a voice by recording with a microphone, using our dial-in number, or uploading an audio file. While stop-motion animation is the core concept powering iCreates software and app, the true value lies in the hands-on creation, simple user-interface, and cross-curricular integration three elements that make for a learning experience thats meaningful and fun. Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text. In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images and learn to create relationships between them. Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories.

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Story Jumper

http://www.storyjumper.com/

Similar to storybird, Story Jumper allows students to create online storybooks. The program is slightly more primary in appearance than storybird, but it has features storybird does not have, including allowing students to use a variety of clip art and even their own photographs. Students can order a hard copy of their book. Aboriginal perspectives are not found in Aboriginal content, but Aboriginal processes....This Aboriginal pedagogy framework is expressed as eight interconnected pedagogies involving narrativedriven learning, visualised learning processes, hands-on/reflective techniques, use of symbols/ metaphors, land-based learning, indirect/synergistic logic, modelled/scaffolded genre mastery, and connectedness to community. But these can change in different settings. Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free. We are committed to providing research based ideas that are user-friendly. A selection of Student Self Assessment strategies and printables. Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists. Wordle is a toy for generating word clouds from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, & colour schemes. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. Allows students to turn themself into a combination of person and animal. This can then become a springboard for any other activity.

Engagement 8 Aboriginal Ways of Learning

http://8ways.wikispaces.com/

Assessment Rubistar

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Tools For Great Teachers

http://www.toolsforgreatteachers.com/student-goal-settingand-self-assessment http://www.spfk12.org/Page/5960

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools Other Puzzlemaker

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/freepuzzlemaker/?CFID=4305380&CFTOKEN=81941062

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/create

Build Your Wild Self

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

CLIPART

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Free Clipart Pictures

http://www.free-clipart-pictures.net/

My Cute Graphics

http://www.mycutegraphics.com/

Sweet Clipart

http://sweetclipart.com/

Clker

http://www.clker.com/

Dozens of free clip art categories that have fairly large images. There are also galleries of stuff such as, layouts, backgrounds and glitter graphics. Clip Art Frames and Backgrounds for teachers, teacher created classroom lessons, web pages, blogs, scrapbooking, print and more. Sweet Clip Art you will find a large collection of awesome. PNG clip art designs and fun colouring pages available for non-profit use for absolutely free! There are no fees, subscriptions, or watermarks. New clip art is added regularly! The online royalty free public domain clip art.

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