From The Ulearn Conference last week
The nature of Transformative Learning. Keynote speaker Ken Shelton:
Student Questioning from Trevor Bond
School Staff as readers – from the National Library:
Want to try handwriting lessons on an Android tablet? Try this:
Some excellent android and IOS apps on this site created by a New Zealand teacher:
If you or any of your students are interested web page design, Google make a free editor which looks ok to me.
Interested in doing video with your class? Have a look at this cross country collaboration:
More Information here ( ignore the use of comic sans font!!)
Try this science app for Android tablets. Goreact.
With goREACT, you can become a virtual chemist. Whether you're a novice or expert, the free play and guided modes make it fun and fascinating.
- Initiate nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions by dragging elements into the Reaction Area.
- Amazing images and videos illustrate the molecules you create.
- Select alternate views of the Periodic Table to discover different aspects of the elements’ chemical properties.
- Touch any of the Periodic Table's 118 elements to see an image and fun fact about it.
- With helpful hints about reactions to try, there’s always something exciting to explore.
- “Featured Reactions” menus guide you through themed sets of chemical reactions related to particular applications,such as the environment, beauty products or cars.
- Learn more about how the Periodic Table is organized, and follow links to additional educational resources.
This site lets you interact with the London Symphony Orchestra
The fun theory escalator video.
And finally, I think there’s a lot of sense in this: Teaching Children to be their own Internet Filters
