Classification: (T – software)

Scratch

http://scratch.mit.edu/

Recently the BBC news service featured an interview with Mitchel Resnick about his current project. It is called Scratch and it is awesome. The program allows drag and drop programming of graphic sprites with the facility for sharing projects on the net. Logo Microworld meets YouTube. Scratch is a continuation of the constructionist programming environments initiated by Seymour Papert. It comes with lots and lots of support and teaching materials.

Classification: (T – software) (T – websites)

Top 100 Tools

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/index.html

Many of you would have seen this list many times but it is always good to take another look through it to gain some inspiration and reassurance that you are using tools that are cutting edge and truly relevant to students today.

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – software)

Abode TV

http://tv.adobe.com/channel/students-educators/

Adobe TV is a fantastic collection of video resources for your own PD or to teach your students how to use this fabulous collection of resources.

Classification: (E – primary) (T – software)

Supporting the writing process with great multisensory software – wonderful for all primary students and especially struggling writers

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This presentation was presented by Jo Evans at the First NZ and AUS International IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: Look at the advantages of using really supportive and multisensory primary programs that can greatly assist the writing process (especially those who find writing very challenging). This session aims to show a whole range of powerful features including; visual word processing, speaking text, student friendly and phonetic spell checking, word banks with key vocabulary, easy recording of students’ speech to link with their writing and word prediction.

Classification: (T – software)

Using the power of PowerPoint in Upper Primary

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This presentation was presented by Anna-Mieke Leo at the Fifth National IWB Conference in 2008.

Description: This session focuses on using PowerPoint in older grades to encourage inferential thinking and discussion. It demonstrates how to use PowerPoint in a non-linear way and how to integrate visual and audio cues effectively in a presentation. The mechanics of how to build non-linear powerpoints using hyperlinks is also a focus.

Classification: (T – software)

IWBs plus Autograph: A powerful alliance in teaching Senior Mathematics

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This presentation was presented by Bernie O’Sullivan at the Fifth National IWB Conference in 2008.

Description: The Autograph software is an excellent tool for displaying and animating difficult to understand Senior Mathematics concepts. With its ability to animate functions and their derivates or to rotate three-dimensional vectors, as well as plenty of other great functionality, this software package was made to be used in conjunction with an interactive whiteboard. By attending this session you will not only get hands-on experience with the package and many of its benefits (for new/novice users), but also some great tips and examples for easily delivering Mathematics education using multiple technology platforms (for novice/intermediate users)

Classification: (E – pedagogy) (T - software)

Changing the way we teach upper primary science: writing interactive stories for science on the IWB

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This presentation was presented by Dr Christine Redman and Dr Anthony Jones at the Fifth National IWB Conference in 2008.

Description: Recent reports on Australian students’ performance in reading, science and mathematics on the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment 2006 (PISA) suggest a downward trend. The aim in this session is to use findings from research by the presenters and others, to assist in an exploration of collaborative writing about science using affordances of the IWB. While there are many different pieces of software that could be used for this task, in this session the 2Simple product 2Create will be employed.