Digital+Toolbox

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[|WIKIS] BLOGS [|PODCASTS] DIGITAL STORYTELLING FLIP VIDEO CAMERAS

SAMPLE CLASSROOMS/WORKSAMPLES
NETWORK 9 - Year 4 Class Blog from New Zealand MS MOURAD's Absolutely Sensational Learners Year 2M blog _ Wiley Park FARMER DUCK/TIGER THE ZOOKEEPER - A CINEMA EXPERIENCE from Robyn Bush Wiley Park GUYS READ - Jon Scieska's blog which focusses on what boys and men love to read!

HOLY CROSS PRIMARY - MyScience Wiki HTG MARVELLOUS MICRO-ORGANISMS

PODKIDS Australia Sample podcasts COMIC LIFE Samples A variety of Comics created by students

USEFUL ONLINE TOOLS
EDUBLOGS - A Classroom Blogging Tool. This page tells you about things to consider and do for setting up your blog WIKISPACES - Set up your wikis. No limit or cost for w educators VOICE THREAD - Great online tool for creating online presentations with voice overs. Educator Account available. ANIMOTO - You can ask for a School/Educator account which allows you to make online animated slide shows with music tracks. SHELFARI Online Community of Readers. Create your own virtual bookshelf displaying your favourite books. needs a Class Account for primary students and an Internet User Agreement WORDLE is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

ONLINE RESOURCES
**free online resources. Students should include an acknowledgement slide** FLICKR - Use the **advanced search** page to search for Creative Commons (Copyright Free) Images. FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS - A simple gateway to Flickr creative commons images - simple to search and adds the CC attribution to the image file. Great for modelling ethical practice in complying with copyright PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES - royalty free images FREE PHOTOS 8 royalty free images PICS for LEARNING CLASSROOM CLIPART DANOSONGS - royalty free music creative commons licensed site PARTNERS IN RHYME Free Sound Effects SHELFARI online Bookshelves