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IWB Resources
Instructions on making any surface interactive for under $100 + links to free interactive sites.

Curriculum Planning
Links to scope and sequences and lesson unit planning ideas

Assessment and Reporting
Programs that assist with; measuring student ICT skills and creating digital assessment tasks that can be auto corrected and provide instant feedback for the student

__Virtual Learning Environments__
A **virtual learning environment** (**VLE**) is a program used to create a framework for the content of a Web site For example, the software for the website [|Wikipedia]  is based on a [|wiki] , which is a particular type of content management system. The content managed includes computer files, image media, audio files, electronic documents and web content. The idea behind a VLE is to make these files available inter-school, as well as over the web. A VLE would most often be used as an archive as well. The [|Ultranet] is a highly sophisticated VLE that links schools. There are many online examples, ( Google sites - View an example of an online classroomusing google sites) as well the familiar ones in schools such as Sharepoint and Moodle.

Using web 2.0 tools to communicate and share (blogs, wikis, social networking sites, social bookmarking, video conferencing, RSS, Mindmapping, Document Sharing, video sharing (edu friendly) ,Collect the videos you find all over the web in one place

Classroom Teaching and Learning Resources....
Podcasting, Digital storytelling -videos & audio (include great ideas for interactive stories, animations,comics, gamemaking) musicmaking, online applications, copyright friendly digital resources, download videos from popular sites

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[|Science] [|Mathematics] [|Foreign Language] [|History - Geography - Economics - Social Studies] [|English - Language Arts] [|General Technology - Content Creation] [|Alternatives to YouTube]

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Resources for Mac Users - Applications etc. <span style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);">
=Great sites with further educational resources.......= A free learning tool for every problem you can think of... [|Free Technology for Teachers]. A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education. [|Education Victoria DEECD] -Link to CONNECT teacher resources. Technology how to's & links to other DEECD tools (digilearn etc)

<span class="wiki_link">Cybersafety
The Internet provides a powerful resource for learning as well as an efficient means of communication. However, despite the educational and social benefits of information and communication technologies, there are risks associated with their use, particularly for school age students. There have been some highly publicised cases of exploitation resulting from unsafe use of the Internet, however this does not mean that all children will experience such problems. Educating children about how to be ‘street-smart’ when using the Internet is extremely important. A range of strategies can be used by teachers to minimise the risks associated with accessing the Internet and instead develop in students an understanding of safe and responsible online behaviours.

<span style="font-size: 33.6%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Zotero **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> is a free, easy-to-use **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Firefox extension ** to help you **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">collect, manage, and cite ** your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the **<span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">web browser ** itself. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: navy;">http://www.zotero.org/ Features include:
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Automatic capture of citation information from web pages
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Flexible notetaking with autosave
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Playlist-like library organization, including saved searches (smart collections) and tags
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Runs right in your web browser
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Formatted citation export (style list to grow rapidly)
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wide variety of import/export options