ICT

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Sources for downloadable audio content: a - Spoken Articles  Sources for downloadable video content:
 * Over[| 3000 sites] for formal and informal learning
 * [|ePal] The Internet's largest global community of connected classrooms!
 * [|ICT] links
 * [|Podcasting Tools]-huge range of tools.
 * [|Shambles]-a site with stuff for everyone
 * [|Wordle]- create word clouds
 * [|Voki.] Create your own talking avatar-fun and free!
 * [|Indispensibletools]-a long list of apps.
 * [|Interactive art]
 * [|Microsoft Lesson] Ideas
 * Microsoft How to info
 * [|View the brain in 3D]
 * [|Interactive White Board Resources]
 * Create your own amazing free websites using [|Wix].
 * [|Map a List] using Google spreadsheets and Google Maps-neat way to visualise where your school community lives!
 * [|KeepVid]-download You Tube video easily
 * [|Picnik] a free site for editing and mashing pics.
 * [|FunPhotoBox]- Awesome photo mashup site-free, no login in needed.
 * [|Loonapix] - Funny Photo Effects, avatars and gifs
 * [|Dumpr]- Photo Fun, easy peasy!
 * [|Kizoa]- slideshows with effects and music
 * Kideos -safe kids videos from YouTube.
 * [|Slide Rocket]-PC's answer to Apples Keynotemedia type="custom" key="4265137"
 * Teacher Portal
 * [|Bubbleshare]media type="custom" key="4188453"media type="custom" key="4188457"
 * [|Glogster Web 2.0]
 * Create a simple[| Pop-art] pic.media type="custom" key="4142207"
 * Create a [|mosiac maker] of fav pics. Easy!media type="custom" key="4142199"
 * [|Pikistrips]-similiar to comic life-without all the bells and whistles.
 * How to Strategically plan for ICTmedia type="custom" key="4229105"
 * [|Animate] your own story
 * [|Teacher links]-very helpful
 * [|Slide]-create awesome presentations using digipics. Easy and free.media type="custom" key="4284525"
 * [|20 cool sites to cure boredom]
 * [|Toondoo] Wiki-how to create your own cartoons.
 * [|Classroom2.0] a site jam packed with teaching resources.media type="custom" key="4142187"
 * Teaching and Learning using ICT-[|great freeware!]
 * The best ICT in one place-[|examples and tutorials.]Awesome!
 * [|Big HugeLabs]-fun and easy ways to present mashupsmedia type="custom" key="4142179"
 * Please visit this amazing wikispace.
 * [|Thinkquest] an award winning site for teachers and students to create online learning opportunities.
 * Using [|Web 2.0] to breathe new life into class studies
 * [|Wordle]-create beautiful word clouds
 * [|Top 100] free ICT sites
 * [|iPod]-mobile learning
 * [|Learning in Hand]-iPods in Education
 * [|Webquests]
 * Try some[| StreetArt]
 * [|Internet Archive: Audio Content]
 * [|Audio - Creative Commons]
 * [|SpokenText.net:] Free online service that converts text to speech. It gives you an MP3 file you can load on iPod.
 * [|SpokenText,] convert text into speech. Download to iPod, or as MP3
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 * [|Wikipedi]
 * [|American Rhetoric]: Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century
 * [|Audio Archive]-1000's of free downloads
 * [|The Free Information Society - Historical Sounds]
 * Also see [|Podcasting] for many free sources of audio.
 * [|Internet Archive: Moving Images Archive]
 * [|Video - Creative Commons]
 * [|Mobunga: Browse Videos: Education]
 * Download and convert [|YouTube] video to iPod's MPEG-4 format for free using the [|Vixy.net], [|Zamzar], or [|Movavi].
 * Download and convert video from [|YouTube] to iPod format with software- [|Mac] / [|Windows]
 * Tony's [|brief downloading instructions] for YouTube, TeacherTube, and United Streaming.
 * [|Checkitlive]-webcams from around the world
 * Convert video from DVD to iPod format using [|Handbrake] - [|Mac] / [|Windows]
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more about video, read [|The Last iPod Video Guide You'll Ever Need]
 * Check out this assortment of online/Web2.0 tools
 * Here is all you ever needed to know about offline apps.
 * Other websites that will be of use.
 * [|Glogster,]a blog/poster site.New [|Tools 4 Schools] Glog
 * Very cool!!media type="custom" key="4142223"
 * [|Be Funky] a great way to edit/bling your pics[[image:BeFunky(2).jpg width="211" height="364"]].
 * [|Flipz]-free software to record dialogue
 * [|Ed Tech Lesson] of the week.
 * [|Education World]-tech vid of the week.
 * [|Free animation] site.
 * [|Quintura-] A great site for kids
 * [|Fantastic site for teachers]
 * [|Teach ICT.Com,] a 'how to do it site'
 * [|Earthcams in NZ]
 * [|Checkout this amazing award winning cam.]
 * [|MS Word lessons]-Kidpix, clipart, text boxes etc
 * [|MS PPT lessons]
 * Use those digipics to best advantage-[|Rock On!]
 * [|Excellent examples of ICT activities and useful links by level]
 * Bring your pics to life using [|ANIMOTO], easy and fun.
 * Mash together PPT with a video clip-lots of fun
 * Comic life in the class, simple ideas!


 * Miscellaneous ||
 * [|MakeBeliefsComix.com] ||
 * [|USA Today: Teachers are Getting Graphic] ||
 * [|Comics for Learning (Savvy Technologist blog post)] ||
 * [|Education World: Eek! Comics in the Classroom] ||
 * [|Comic Relief: Math Ideas] ||
 * [|Comic Relief: Science Ideas] ||
 * [|MFLE: Cartoons] ||
 * [|Comics.com] ||
 * [|ToonDoo.com] ||
 * [|Comic Life Examples on Flickr] ||  ||


 * //The below sites are INCREDIBLE!!!//**
 * Cool Tools for Schools-web 2.0-AMAZING!!
 * Simply, a one stop 2.0 shop!

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**Awesome sites from Stumble Upon.**
> > Cool ways to use [|ICT] when teaching Road Safety...
 * [|Muscial clip-awesome visual]
 * [|Pixar Short Films]
 * [|Check your reaction time.]
 * [|Mr Picassohead-build your own face]
 * [|Digital Photography tutorials]
 * [|Movie Previews]
 * [|Web sounds]
 * [|1001 free fonts]
 * [|The Naked Scientist]-awesome site, experiments, podcasts, articles etc
 * Good old classic-[|Dots]
 * Click here for an [|amazing clock.]
 * [|Healing Foods info]

**Year 1:**

 * Using [|My World 3], or [|Kidpixs-]students plan a safe journey.
 * Represent road safety information graphically by developing skills using a program to create simple pictograms. Use computer generated data and answer simple questions.

=** Year 2 **=
 * Use [|map my run] to create a map of students journey to and from school.

Year 3:
 * Create a word document to develop a set of actions for safe riding in cars.
 * Use [|clipart] to select pictures a road safety dictionary.

Year 4:
 * Use desktop publisher to create a matching road sign and meaning game.
 * Use [|iPhoto] or similiar to create a Road safety poster or leaflet.

Year 5:
 * Create a spreadsheet to chart crash statistics for a given age group. Transfer data into other formats such as pie charts. Extend into using formulas.
 * Create a word document to list findings.

Year 6:
 * Investigate the relationship between speed and stopping distances. Chart info into table, graphs and spreadsheet as above.

//**Other great links...**//


 * [|Big 6-Inquiry using an ICT approach]
 * [|Link][|here to see an ICT Continuum]
 * [|Explore more great ICT links.]
 * [|Excellent ideas from Scholastic.]
 * [|Edweek-digital directions]
 * [|Great way to present and give feedback. MUST TRY!]