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Programs such as Delicious (http://www.delicious.com/) provide opportunities for users to store and keep favourite and important web URLs (an abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator). Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system in which users can tag each of their bookmarks with freely chosen index terms. A combined view of everyone's bookmarks with a given tag is available; for instance, the URL "http://delicious.com/tag/maths" displays all of the most recent links tagged "maths". Its collective nature makes it possible to view bookmarks added by other users. Delicious has a "hotlist" on its home page and "popular" and "recent" pages, which help to make the website a barometer of Internet trends. Users can access it on any internet connected PC or Notebook so that users can reference their own links, and that of thousands of others who have stored and tagged similar content. It is a free service and is protected by password access. Design Principles Employed in this Document
1. To make it easier and faster to locate sites, especially when working with students for greater autonomy and independence, I have chosen to record URLs in an MS Word Document, with the data arranged in a table format. 2. The document can then be stored on school servers or classroom computers or saved to external hard or USB thumb drives for quick and easy access at school or at home. No need to remember a specific web address! 3. The MS Word file format can also be converted to a PDF, or to Large Print, or it can be converted into MP3 format (using free TTS and text-to-audio software such as Balabolka (http://balabolka.download.hdttp.com/) or Wordtalk (see below). Reversioning into alternate formats, as well as to hard copy, caters to different learning/access needs. 4. Each web site has a thumbnail representation to CRTL-Left click on (i.e. hyperlinked to the corresponding web home page or relevant start page of a site). This provides a visual cue for students who are very young and also caters to non-readers, the print handicapped or those with dyslexia or other learning difficulties or people who are visual learners. 5. To navigate to the site required, simply CTRL-Left click onto the graphic representation of the site in the left hand column. 6. The sites are grouped according to KLA (Key Learning Areas) and a brief description and blurb is provided so that teachers, support staff, parents and students can quickly identify sites that might cater to their needs more quickly before randomly navigating to them. It saves efforts to try to type the correct URL, some of which are quite challenging. 7. To assist students who require Text-to-Speech technology so that they can listen to the text being voiced as they read, download and install a free copy of Wordtalk V4.2 (http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/). It will appear as an add-in in MS Word 2007/2010 or as a new toolbar in MS Word 2003. 8. Another handy free program is Orato (http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/oratosetup.exe). It will voice any text that is copied to the clipboard (i.e. the user highlights or selects text in any application, website or CD and then presses Ctrl-C keys). 9. Sections are separated with corresponding page numbers and the headings are coloured for easier referencing. 10. Categories are all listed for easy location and navigation throughout the document. To navigate quickly to a page, press Ctrl-G and type in the desired page number and then press Enter or click on the Go To button. 11. A NEW feature: Sites added from a previous version are now marked in a yellow highlight with NEW added to suitability. Please email or contact me and share other sites that you have discovered or use in your classrooms with students so that this document can become an ongoing resource, to be updated every month or so and then republished and shared. This is Version 5.4 and I hope to expand it to many more pages in 2011. Please also report lost, missing or dead links to me at: specmelb@bigpond.net.au. Please feel free to distribute/republish this document and post this document to other sites as is. Note: Up-to-date copies of Weally Wonderful Websites, and other articles are available at: http://ndco.cds.org.au/index.php/at/60-gerrykennedy-at-articles and at http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/web-links/weally-wonderful-websites/. These are resources are all available as downloads in MS Word format and on other sites in PDF format.
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Music - Updated Problem Solving - Updated Teaching Resources for Educators - Updated Disability Related Resources - Updated Freeware & Open Source - Updated Web Browsers - Updated Geography and History - Updated Art & Design - Updated iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Resources - Updated Typing and Keyboarding - New Blogging and Online Communities - New
Remember: Press CTRL-G and then the page number (e.g. 23) to move directly to that page. To decrease and enlarge the document view, hold down the CTRL key and roll the mouse wheel forwards (to increase) and backwards (to decrease) the page magnification. Some advice to parents and educators about using online resources: Websites content sometimes changes in design, appearance and location and even functionality over time. Some sites update daily (e.g. news services) whilst others may look slightly or completely different over time. The URL (or web address) or web links can sometimes change, be redirected or fail (as there may be some short or long term maintenance on the site). Some sites are closed, shut down or taken over by other companies or individuals and redirection notices posted. Add favourite or useful sites to the Bookmarks or Favourites in logical sections/folders on a school or home computer Use online sites such as http://www.diigo.com/, http://www.delicious.com/ and http://livebinders.com/ to store web links (with annotations and tags) so that they can be located and referenced on any computer/location that has internet access If you discover sites that are appropriate and meet your needs, use a text highlight colour and paint or highlight the section(s) in this document for easy referral for yourself, students or other colleagues. Blue highlights mean that they are newly added. Be aware that some sites download large amounts of data (especially video, music and rich multimedia content) so be sure not to over extend your internet usage allowance, particularly at home. Some programs require certain privileges to download and/or to install them. If in doubt, ask for IT support or advice. Some programs are very large in size so be sure to check available disk space or download usage/time so that the file can be safely and securely acquired. In addition: Always have up-to-date firewall and virus protection software installed and active. Make sure security, content and privacy settings are active and set to appropriate levels.
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Suitable for: Years 2 Year 12 http://www.inklesstales.com/stories/index.shtml Inkless Tales. Collections of stories, poems and colouringin activities, as well as a download section and games. Downloads are available as PDF files. The DOLCH collection is wonderful. Suitable for: K-Year 2 http://literactive.com/Home/index.asp: This site offers a number of different resources all to do with reading. There are eBooks, ePoetry, learning activities and blackline masters, with a very useful download section. Literactive was devised and developed by a professional team of educators and technical developers. The program is designed to help early learners develop their reading and comprehension skills through a carefully balanced and progressive reading program. There are a good range of Flash formatted activities to download and use, once users are registered (this is all free). Suitable for: K-Year 8 http://reading.ecb.org/ : Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. They focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Online interactive activities, with engaging 15-minute video programs. Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy. Suitable for: Years P- 4
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http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-and-games Learn English online with the help of this free website from the British Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. Students can search for their favourites, or have a look at the site map to find out where everything is. Students will find many new listening activities and video content in Listen & Watch. They also have a new Grammar section and new IELTS exam practice materials. There are new sections about the upcoming Olympic Games in Britain as well. Suitable for: Primary and Secondary students NEW http://www.shmoop.com/ Guides to about 200 classic school novels . Includes an Intro Summary (Why Should I Care section), Themes, , Characters, Analysis, Quotes, Questions, Photos, Quizzes, Best of the Web, Write Essay and a very useful and practical Teaching section for educators. Also offers a wonderful step-by-step essay writing tool. Includes ads, as the only downside. Suitable for: Upper Primary and Secondary students NEW http://www.60secondrecap.com/resource/ This site has ads but is worth investigating. It has some really practical tips on reading and writing. 60second Recap wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant and irresistible to todays teenagers. Through their video albums, they seek to help teens engage with the best books, not only to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives. Suitable for: Upper Primary and Secondary students NEW
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Suitable for: Upper primary to secondary and ideal for extension work. http://illuminations.nctm.org : Early years to VCE maths resources featuring 106 online activities as well as 600 lessons for maths educators ranging from K-Year 12. There are web links to hundreds of exemplary online resources. Suitable for: K through to Year 12 www.mathforum.org/alejandre : A series of NCTM lessons and examples for secondary aged students. The site is dated but the maths principles are still useful and pertinent. Covers a range of topics for secondary maths. Topics covered include: measure, number and operations, algebra, data analysis and probability, geometry and links to other related maths resources. Suitable for: Years 6-12 www.shodor.org/interactive : This site caters to middle year students and offers maths and science lesson plans, activities, tools, a dictionary and a useful teachers forum. Suitable for: Middle Years students http://mathworld.wolfram.com: MathWorld is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica. Since its contents first appeared online in 1995, MathWorld has emerged as a nexus of mathematical information in both the mathematics and educational communities. Its entries are extensively referenced in journals and books spanning all educational levels, including those read by researchers, elementary school students and teachers, engineers, and hobbyists. Suitable: Secondary to Tertiary www.conceptuamath.com: Conceptua Fractions helps math teachers and students work together to master fractions. By combining interactive tools with scaffolded activities, students use visual models to build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. Suitable for: Years 3 - 8 www.subtangent.com/maths/index.php: This site offers quite a number of different activities, games and resources. It has teacher resources and links and maths investigations. The graphics are a bit dated as the site was created about 4 years ago in 2007. Suitable for: Years 1 - Year 3 http://www.dositey.com/2008/index-page-home.php Dositey Online activities and printable worksheets for years K-8. Some products are available for purchase with a number of activities freely available to explore and play. Suitable for: K - Year 8
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http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#newliteracy-topic1 Numeracy activities from Early Years up to Year 6 with hundreds of activities all linked via graphical icons. Easy to use and navigate with a great deal to offer students and educators. Ideal for home use, too. Suitable for: P - Year 6 http://www.copacabanap.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart_Maths_s1_Space&Measure.html Another resource from this wonderful school. It involves Key Stage 1 learning support for maths involving space and measurement. There are over a hundred activities and valuable links to other maths web resources. Extremely comprehensive! Suitable for: Year 1-2 and students with different learning styles
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Suitable for: Primary and junior secondary students. http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/ Google Body The detail would satisfy any senior student studying human anatomy. It peels back the layers of the body to help visualise muscle structure, organs, nervous system and skeleton. Fly-throughs, zoom in/out/3D rotation are all provided. It is a great educational tool and caters to primary levels as well as to more senior students and will generate interest, fascination and excitement. Note: GOOGLE Chrome browser will be required as it uses Web GL technology. Suitable for: Primary and junior secondary students. http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/ : This site aims to make high quality PowerPoint slideshows, presentations and other resources available for the teaching of Physics, Chemistry and Biology according to the new GCSE courses. It also contains animations and other resources. All of these resources can be used on interactive whiteboards. Suitable for: Secondary students. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml: BBC Science Clips. These flash movies cater to younger students. There are numerous links for appropriate science topics for children aged 5-6 and up to 10-11 years old. Topics such as growing plants, light and dark, pushes and pulls and sight and hearing are provided. Suitable for: Year 1- Year 6 and students with different learning needs.
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http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#science-year1sci_yearyear1 Another wonderful section in the TES iBoard site for science, accommodating Year 1 and Year 2 students with topics including All About Ourselves, Animals, Health and Growth, Variation, Forces and Movement as well as Electricity. Simply to use and navigate and ideal for students with ID. Suitable for: Years 1 and 2 http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart_Science1.htm Get Smart - Science - Stage 1 : These pages contain a collection of links to suitable activities to support and enhance classroom teaching and learning. They are kindly provided by teachers and authors who freely share their classroom practice, ideas and strategies from the school. Suitable for: Years 1 and 2 http://www.twofoods.com/ : Two foods is a site where you enter the name of one food and then compare it with another food (e.g. bread eggs). Then press Compare. It provides the calories, carbs, protein and fat content in each food. Suitable for: All ages http://www.exploratorium.edu/ The Exploratorium isnt just a museum, its an ongoing exploration of science, art, and human perceptiona vast collection of online interactives, web features, activities, programs and events that feed your curiosity. Suitable for: All ages NEW
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Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to most particularly senior students who use a switch. http://www.setbc.org/curriculumset/default.aspx : CurriculumSET is a collection of resources that facilitate the sharing of customized technology-based content among educators working with students who use assistive technology. This searchable database enables educators to find, download, and customize activities, templates and public domain accessible books based on the ten areas of the curriculum as set out by the Ministry of Education. curriculumSET resources are created and updated by dedicated professionals working with students in British Columbia. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to senior students and a useful site for all educators. http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-als-home/vtc-als-switch_users : A range of switch activities from this very comprehensive Welsh site in the UK. The activities are simple in design yet effective with some students. Ideal for cause and effect. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to senior students and a useful site for all educators. http://www.bltt.org/switch/activities.htm : Better Living through technology site provides a useful selection of Switch Activities & Accessible Software. Also lists information about Switches and their use at http://www.bltt.org/switch/index.htm. Has a comprehensive overview of Assistive Technologies and represents a practical, easy to read about students with various disabilities, including dyslexia and LD strategies. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to senior students and a useful site for all educators. http://www.mousetrial.com/ : For students with Autism - Fun animated online exercises to help kids with autism. It is also very suitable for other learners. MouseTrial is easy to use. If students click on the correct item when asked to, they get rewarded with a short, funny animation about the chosen object. If they click on the wrong item then MouseTrial flashes the correct image to give them a hint. It's easy to change the number of objects shown, and students can control which objects are available to make up the random array. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to students who need practise with a mouse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/switch/ A selection of games that provide switch options as well as keyboard controls or access via an IntelliSwitch, Don Johnston or Crick USB interface or using IntelliKeys from Online BBC . Five engaging games, suitable for more capable or older students who use a switch. Games can also be accessed via keyboard, touch window or IWB. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and especially catering to senior students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/ : CBeebie Shows - some of these are ideal for use with students in the early years and also with older students who require this genre of software. There are 16 activities from which to choose. The bright engaging graphics, music and sound appeal to many students. Suitable for: Pre-Primary and to students who need practise with a mouse. http://www.switchintime.com/page2/page11/page11.html : MAC OS titles - Most of these programs were originally developed to meet the needs of specific students and classes and were never meant to be commercial applications. Certainly for these programs (by author Jon Adams), many short cuts were taken in order to reduce development time. Still, they have found all of these programs to be very useful and they are making them available in the hopes that others will as well. Suitable for: Junior Primary to Year 4
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http://studentswithdifference.wikispaces.com/Priory+Woods+Videos+Revamped Priory Woods flash movies revamped in Tasmania. All the popular music and theme based videos are available from this terrific website. Some new ones with Australian themes and artists are also available (over and above ones created by the inimitable Ian Bean). Suitable for : All ages http://freeplaymusic.com/search/ A search engine and database where users can locate music across all genres. 7208 tracks are available and the search criteria includes by CD Volume, key word search, style or feel. Suitable for : All ages http://access.mwjt.co.uk/youtube/index.php : A wonderful, simply yet extremely functional resource for locating YouTube video or music clips. The clean intuitive interface provides opportunities for students with physical or cognitive disabilities to easily access YouTube favourites and search with an uncluttered screen. Suitable for: All ages http://urthots.com/ : Music & Social Discovery Great music. Sharing stuff with friends. Talking about whatever is happening in your life right now. Some things should never be more than a click away. A site devoted to people haring their music. Users elect to create an account and conform to Policies set by this Dallas based site. Suitable for: Secondary and tertiary students http://mydoodlesongs.com/ MyDoodleSongs is a free to use website that features a virtual guitar visitors can play. The guitar can be played either by strumming the strings through your mouse or by pressing the keyboard keys. Site visitors can also create their tunes and share them with the world by typing the keyboard key combination of their tune. Visitors to the site can then view your tunes, play it through the key combinations, and rate it out of 5 stars. Suitable for: All ages http://www.tubemystuff.com/ : TubeMyStaff is an application that enables users to listen, using their iPhone or iPod, to all of their music wherever they go by putting them on the Cincopa cloud no need to upload music in advance. Users need to create an account and login. Suitable for: Secondary and tertiary students http://www.songsprite.com/channel/MPZw4Ia4kk : SongSprite lets you to listen to YouTube videos as if they were just songs. Add as many tracks as you like, or invite friends to join you in building up a legendary playlist. Locate and copy the required YouTube URL and paste it into this window. Suitable for: Secondary and tertiary students
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Suitable for: P - Year 12 http://www1.teachertube.com/teachervision.php : TeacherVision content is organized by subject, grade and theme. Theme pages feature cross-curricular lessons for every area of focus, making it simple for teachers to create a study unit that is inclusive and varied. Printable books are compilations of the best materials within every topic studied in today's classrooms. The content is drawn from trusted educational associations and the world's best children's publishers, including the Council for Exceptional Children, Educators for Social Responsibility, Houghton Mifflin Company, the National Association for Music Education, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Suitable for: P- Year 12 http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/1-0-0-0_good_practice/gp-free-web-resources/gp-freesen.htm : A list of useful educational programs is also available from this site. Some are mentioned elsewhere in this document but a few are especially useful at school and at home. All are free to download and install on MS Windows computers. Suitable for: P - Year 8 http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/Index.html : Over a hundred games to use with children of all abilities. It is part of the magnificent Woodlands school web resource at http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/. Suitable for: P - Year 8 www.tinsnips.org/index.html : Tinsnips is a special education resource that strives to share a variety of specialized teaching tools, techniques, worksheets, and activities with teachers of students who have autistic spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities. Many of these activities may be appropriate for Pre-K and Kindergarten children. Suitable for: Pre-K and Early Years students www.usevisualstrategies.com/welcome.aspx : This site was designed for Speech Pathologists, educators, parents, therapists and others who work to support the learning of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related learning needs. Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and many other students with behavior or communication challenges tend to be visual learners. They understand what they see more effectively than what they hear. Therefore, they benefit significantly from the use of Visual Strategies. Suitable for: P- Year 12 http://www.wordle.net/ - Wordle is a resource for generating word clouds from text. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Users can tweak their clouds with different fonts, layouts, and colour schemes. The images that are created with Wordle can be used in many different and innovative ways. They can be printed out or saved to the Wordle gallery to share with other students, users and friends. Suitable for: Year 3 - Year 12 http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Quick_Smart/QS_writing.html Copacabana Public School: This school shares a really useful collection of web links for key learning areas these are the Quick Smart Writing links. Suitable for: Year 1 Year 8
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http://www.svrc.vic.edu.au/ATdistributors.shtml An excellent and very useful resource from the Statewide Vision Resource Centre in Victoria. Suppliers and sources of equipment and other resources for students with vision impairments are listed alphabetically. The necessary and relevant contact details and a brief description of products and services are included. Where available, suppliers and sites in Victoria, Australia are provided.
Suitable for: All ages and adults with vision loss/impairment/needs NEW http://www.lazeetek.com/html/links.html#Keyboards Listed in clearly defined categories are an extensive list of freeware and shareware programs along with a few of the more modestly priced ones. These programs are designed to make interacting with a computer easier. They include mice, keyboards, cursors, magnification and other navigation tools. The site creators do not support, recommend, or sponsor any of these products or sites as they are provided only as a courtesy. An extremely useful resource! Suitable for: All ages and abilities/disabilities NEW http://mspilcare.com/Default.aspx This site provides a training course for school teachers who are developing their ICT skills. "ICT Accessibility" focuses on the use of the PC for children with disabilities, and describes how an MS Windows computer, Notebook or Netbook can work for them and support their disabilities. Extremely engaging with high quality graphics, animation and voiced instructions and feedback. Suitable for: All ages and abilities/disabilities NEW http://newsok.com/blind-iphone-users-discover-a-wealth-of-useful-apps/article/3586744 A news item and video of how the iPhone can accommodate those users who are vision impaired or blind. It demonstrated the power of using the inbuilt camera with the use of Voiceover to identify and denote the value of American money. Hopefully the start of a trend for all currencies? Suitable for: All ages and abilities/disabilities NEW
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Author: Gerry Kennedy (c) September 2011 V5.4 - Gerry Kennedy IT Consultancy E: specmelb@bigpond.net.au M: 0411 569 840 P: 03 9894 4826 Page 56
Author: Gerry Kennedy (c) September 2011 V5.4 - Gerry Kennedy IT Consultancy E: specmelb@bigpond.net.au M: 0411 569 840 P: 03 9894 4826 Page 57