Please check the CEO website out for audio books. An inter Library Loan can be arranged through the LRC. If there are ones you need but they don’t appear let the LRC know. http://www.ceo.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/audio/booksA-H.htm
Get all the population data you can handle. An excellent resource for current, past and projected populations by nation – packaged in population pyramid graphs. http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
This site has some great resources and tutorials on using the very cool ap – google earth – in the classroom. Have fun http://gelessons.com/lessons/
Sherryn Moore, of the Wollongong CEO maintains an interesting blog site used to discuss and review different ways of integrating IT in your classroom. Some interesting links and articles on that site. http://sherrynmoore.edublogs.org/
Contribute to our professional dialogue at CCCHS. http://professionaldialogue.edublogs.org/
A media-rich site, which has reports and features on a range of citizenship, historical and geographic issues form around the world. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
Teachign Climate Change – neatly breaks the issues around Climate Change into modules such as: Australia’s emissions; effects; international negotiations; energy; economics; solutions and others. No need to publish your own stats, or reinvent the wheel here – download the pdf booklet modules for use in your class. http://www.teachingclimatechange.com.au/
We use the Jacaranda Atlas at CCCHS – which is supported online by this site. Lesson plans, work sheets, virtual field work can all be found here. http://www.jaconline.com.au/jacarandaatlas/
The Parliamentary Education Office, a well resourced education centre with information for teachers and students ranging from fact sheets & image banks to guides on role-plays and FAQs. A great civics and citizenship resource. http://www.peo.gov.au/
Wow – incredible thematic/environmental maps can be found catalogued by region theme and collections. UNEP – the UN Environmental Programme has some of the most beautiful maps to use with classes. Some brilliant interactive maps too. There could be applications for KLAs including the HSIE subjects, mathematics and science. http://maps.grida.no/
You could not get a better video site for Stage 5 NSW History. With a range of at least 10 quality videos for each of the NSW topics. Each video is accompanied by the syllabus references, a description and outline of context of the film and also suggested activities. Use this site each time you begin a new History topic in stage 5. http://prod.fawebmin.webfactional.com/results/12/
Apply mathematical calculations to the Rainforest. This useful and simple to use site provides background information on making mathematical calculations and then poses questions. The site has various levels and the problems are categorised for easy reference. A fantastic biology-geography-mathematics cross curricular resource http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
Free Rice is a web literacy game with a social conscience. The site is simple and the level of words challenging. For each word you get correct, 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP). http://www.freerice.com/
This government webpage provides links to Australian stories, cultural websites and resources. Loads of Australian resources that will be useful across many disciplines. explore the sites and you’ll find design sections – ranging from the stroy of the design of the Opera House, Sports – looking at the 2000 games, History – Australians at war. Incredible depth of Australian content can be found. Have a look. http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/
An excellent site promoting understanding and action on global issues. Share ideas, contribute artworks, learn about issues and places, play educational games, make connections, collaborate on a podcast, download resources, discover local events… the list goes on and on. Taking IT Global combines an intuitive database useful in research and making connections with the power of Web2.0 with space to contribute, take action and individual expression. This site is surely one of the best sites that aimed at young people in promoting their development of knowledge, understanding and taking action on important global issues they find interesting and relevant. Explore this site and you will almost certainly find an application for it in your classes. http://takingitglobal.org/
Animoto is a truly awesome video mixing site. Just add your photos all the transitions and music are taken care of for you. Its an excellent site for visual literacy activities. http://animoto.com/
Did you think google couldn’t be simpler? Think again. Study search is based on google, but delivers only top notch educational sources. Its an excellent search site based on google;s search engine. http://www.studysearch.com.au/
The ABS is an the government’s demography agency. Collating census and survey data reporting in terms of social and economic indicators. These two sites for teachers and students are an excellent starting point to an otherwise daunting wall of data. Teachers: This site has packaged data that will help you teach statistical literacy, deliver relevant careers information and even download classroom activities and ideas for lesson plans. Students: This site has loads of project based learning ideas, games, puzzles, and fantastic statistics useful for any report, essay or debate.http://www.abs.gov.au/teachershttp://www.abs.gov.au/students
The Wabash Centre has a useful online teaching and learning resources for teachers of religion. Of particular interest is the ‘Online Guide’, with sites of specific use to aspects of Religious Education, pedagogy, christianty, faith by geography, archaeology and religious thought. http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/home/default.aspx
QuickTime Broadcaster is a free quicktime plugin that allows you to produce a live broadcast event. From the dam site, the office, the 7space or your backyard – QuickTime Broadcaster allows anyone with an Internet connection to “virtually” attend. Produce professional-quality live events for online delivery—quickly, easily and for free. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/broadcaster/
The download squad hosts a ”Web2Cool for School” page which has a rundown of online applications for students. Loads of free apps and useful online student tools are linked from this page. Need an online word processor? A wiki page hoster? An online calendar app? Chances are you’ll find what you need here. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/08/16/web-2-cool-for-school-a-rundown-of-online-applications-for-stu/
Project Based Learning offers a clear model for educators to use in planning student centred projects. The real power of this site comes from the “Co-Labatory” section, which allows educators to log-in share their projects and learn from each other. A simple registration process is required for this. http://pbl-online.org/pathway2.html
Don’t forget out Learning Resource Centre catalogue… Not strictly a web page, this can only be accessed whilst on the school’s intranet. http://10.51.80.49/lrc/
Second Life is just that, an online game that replicates reality but in a SIMS like game format. Why? Why Not! Corporations have bought islands, bands made their debut, and increasingly, educationalists are now looking toward the online game to engage students in virtual classrooms. Can you find an application for this in your Learning and Teaching? Write a comment below if you can. How long until there is a Corpus Christi Island? http://secondlife.com/
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf An excellent reference and statistics site based on UN figures.
A self proclaimed hub for Australian Learning and Technology “Chalkies”. An excellent blog, crammed full of interesting links and articles – and excellent read. Its full of tips for integratign technology meaningfully in classrooms. http://www.digitalchalkie.com/
Easy podcasting. Add voices to images. Watch it, share it, all in under two minutes. bye-bye Garage Band – hello Voicethread! http://voicethread.com/
The British Broadcasting Corporation has and excellent Science and Nature website – featuring this hot topic: Climate Change. This site has incredible reference resources, including an addictive Climate Change strategy game. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/
Scan, a publication for school libraries and addressing all issues related to information and libraries in school, has an online and annotated catalogue available on this site. CCCHS has a SCAN subscription, hard copies are available from the LRC collections. http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/scan/index.htm
Using the animation tool Kahootz with the CCCHS site license promises to be exciting and challenging. Making links and sharing our animations with other schools in our region is a truly profound way for students (and staff) to collaborate and network. Kahootz brings us animation backed by the power of web 2.0 http://www.kahootz.com/kz/
The Powerhouse Museum, Keep in touch with whats going on at the PHM. Search or browse the collection, use the Teacher’s guide to help pinpoint specific exhibits that meet your needs for a class. Don’t forget the Power House is within travelling distance of Wollongong! http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/home.php
Primary School.com.au has an excellent links page for podcasting. Many useful podcasting pages can be found described here. http://www.primaryschool.com.au/learningtechresults.php?strand=Podcasting&grade=General
Not that anyone is thinking of moving on – but a useful site that publishes education job advertisements. http://www.teachers.on.net/index.php
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Behind The News programme is as useful site for both students and teachers. The ‘teachers’ pages have useful and well thopught through pre-planned classroom activities that relate to specific news broadcasts. Its useful if a regular recording of BTN is kept and then the notes can be referred to as they are updated in the week of the broadcast. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/btn/
Aust Lii is the Australasian Legal Information Institute. This website is the website for all Law classes. The site hosts full text versions of legislation and of court proceedings in civil cases. Highly recommended as a reference site, how did anyone teach legal studies before Aust Lii? http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Cosmos is a scientific journal, with interesting and engaging topics to capture students attention – and hold it. CCCHS subscribes to this publication. Download the useful teachers notes that accompany each publication for excellent class activities and resources, simply follow the links from http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/
MyMaths is an excellent UK maths based site with curriculum support for teachers. The most engaging pat of this site is the games section with gems like: Who wants to be a millionaire? and; The weakest Link.
The ASX Sharemarket Game is an excellent interactive site. Students manage a budget in order to make investments in the Australian Sharemarket. They compete with other students and schools based on the total value of their Share portfolio. This program, if framed and implemented clearly in classrooms, can deepen Students’ knowledge of shares, companies and markets and their role in the economy and our community. This site requires registration of students and teachers and registration must be completed before each competition begins. http://www.asx.com.au/investor/education/games/index.htm
The British Museum is one of the world’s great museums, and almost the entire collection is available online. Navigate your way through the “Learning” section from the main page to discover usefully catalogued collections by civilisations, cultures, places like ‘Egypt’, ‘Japan’ & ‘Rome’, through different periods in history. They also link to interactive and animated sites from this section. Otherwise select “Explore”on the main page and you may select to view their collections form one of the themes, like ‘Money’, ‘Time’, ‘Writing’ and ‘Animals’ as well as by culture, etc. Definitely worth exploration – an incredible and authoritative reference site for any historical culture or period. http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
We can’t all live within fieldtrip distance to the Tate Galleries – and so, the Tate has gone online. Most of the Tate collections are now viewable online. The Tate hosts particularly useful and exciting sites such as “Young Tate” hosted by and for young people, and “Schools and Teachers” with resources available for teachers. A fantastic collection is hosted at the Tate Modern, including temporary exhibitions. There is even a snazzy section that plots artworks against a timeline of events in history. Applications for these resources obviously lay in Art, but also: English; TAS; Religion; History and; Geography. Search – you’ll find something of inspiration for use with any class. http://www.tate.org.uk/
Shellharbour City Council packages up Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census and other data and makes it accessible on two formats. The Community profile breaks down social and economic data by community in useful data sets like tables and graphs. The Community Atlas plots data it on Geographic Information System (GIS) maps. An incredible and useful site that makes ABS data accessible for students and the community in general. http://www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/default.aspx?WebPage=116
The Times Educational Supplement, TES. Is a leading online British publication intended for resource and idea sharing among educators. A great read. http://www.tes.co.uk/
The podsafe music network has some excellent creative commons music available for download. Once downloaded you are legally able to using at backing tracks on podcasts, in mashups and presentations. An excellent free music resource for classrooms. As a sharing site, its an excellent venue for students to get exposure and feedback on their own music recordings. http://music.podshow.com/
An online teacher review site. All comments that are made are public, and can be anonymous, however strict rules govern conduct on the site of students, parents and teachers. If you register as a teacher, you will have a right of reply to anything posted about you. Are there applications for professional feedback from learners in your classes? Should we consider a whole school approach to this site? http://au.ratemyteachers.com/
An entire suite of history based games and other interactive classroom activities and resources. Favourites games include: Fling the teacher; Walk the Plank and; Penalty Shootout. You can upload your own multi-choice questions, or ask students to work through one of the many different quiz games already uploaded and shared by teachers across the world – from medieval Japan to World War 2, the options are limitless. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
A United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction game. An incredibly addictive and engaging game useful for students learning about disasters and mitigation. http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/
American Rhetoric is an excellent online database of original and acted speeches in American (and world) history. Some with visual images, American Rhetoric also has a podcast database accessible for free in your iTunes store. Potentially useful for students to download a particular speech and listen to it on their iPods. Some incredible speeches to be found here. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
A fantastic Australian site that documents the telling of Australian stories in moving image. Be sure to access to access the education page with clips accompanied by teacher’s notes. http://www.australianscreen.com.au/
Dafont is a useful site for downloading free fonts to yout fontbook. These fonts will jazz up your keynotes and documents. Useful site for students to do the same. http://www.dafont.com
Teachers in the loop is a NSW teachers networking site. A range of subject specific reference sites for you to utilise in classes. http://www.teachersintheloop.com
A useful mind mapping and web based diagram sharing tool. A registration process is required to access the free ‘basic’ account. This account does allow for 5 collaboration or ‘public’ documents – so potentially entire classes can collaborate on one mindmap, or an entire CLE team, staff, or even the broader whole school community. A useful site worth utilising. http://www.gliffy.com
Mindomo is a useful mindmapping web ap. The registration process can be lengthy, but it is worth it. Students can create their own mind maps and save, share and print them. With applications for their academic and social and emotional learning. A fantastic free web tool.
Create your own living documents and share bewteen staff. iChat different versions of the same document to each other no longer! Create one wiki using this site and edit it – everyone will have equal access to the same document. It also has useful Web 2.0 application in the classroom.
Teacher Tube is a video sharing site, with videos safe for your classroom. Share your own videos, ask you students’ to share theirs in a safe Web 2.0 surroundings, or simply access interesting videos at school. http://www.teachertube.com
Share your photos online. Useful application to share photos at school between staff/students or colleagues at other schools. http://www.flickr.com/
Share and play your slideshows online. Use to share your keynote/powerpoints with collegaues at PD conferences/events, or among staff at school. Useful in the classroom too, or for students that are unable to attend school (holidays/illness/etc). http://www.slideshare.net/
