The Internet as a teaching tool and educational resource

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The Internet as a teaching tool and educational
resource

• ICTEV
• Actively interactive
• 2005 Annual Conference
• Presenter
• Laban Toose

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SHPS Intranet

• Home Page on all School Computers
• Links to
• School Photo/Video Album
• School Calendar
• Daily Bulletin
• School Website
• Kahootz Website
• School Charter
• School Rules
• Canteen Menu
• Educational Content Links
• Teachers Lounge
• Library Catalogue
• Sofweb
• Eduweb

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SHPS Website

• Including
• Principals Welcome
• School Information
• Teachers Lounge
• Student Zone
• Educational Links
• Virtual Tour
• Canteen
• Photo/Video Album (password protected)
• Newsletter
• School Calendar
• Education Channel Search Bar
• Contact Information
• Edumail
• Learning activities

http//www.sunburyhps.vic.edu.au/home.html
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Sunbury Cluster Website

• Teacher Professional Development Centre for
  Cluster
• Part of Innovations and Excellence PoLT
  Initiatives
• Includes
• Educators Intranet
• Email
• Calendar
• News and PD Events
• Shared Resources
• Forum
• School Websites
• Teachers PD Links
• PLT Home Pages
• Cluster Important Contacts List

http//www.sunburynetwork.ims.schools.net.au
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Education Channel

• The Victorian Education Channel is an online
  service provided by the Department of Education
  and Training (DET)
• The Channel also includes an extensive Life
  Events section that assembles information from a
  variety of sources to assist learners and their
  families through each step of the journey from
  preschool to employment and lifelong learning.
• Includes
• Internet search tool
• Site suggestion facility

http//www.education.vic.gov.au/schools/primary/de
fault.asp
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Student Learning Websites

• Collection of links used in school
• Ordered according to topic
• Gathered by teachers during term planning
• Educache material only

http//www.sunburyhps.vic.edu.au/links/studentlink
shome.htm
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Teachers Lounge

• Professional Development www links
• Collected by staff

http//www.sunburyhps.vic.edu.au/html/teachlounge.
htm
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Filamentality

• Webpage Design Tool
• ICT Resource Bank
• Create
• Hot lists
• Scrape Books
• Treasure Hunts
• Subject Samplers
• Webquests

http//www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

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More Content Websites

• Primary Schoolhttp//www.primaryschool.com.au/ind
  ex.php
• Trackstarhttp//trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar
  /index.jsp
• Knowledge Networkhttp//www.filamentality.com/kne
  _search.htmlfil
• The Hippo Helperhttp//www.connect.to/hippohelper
  
• Best WebQuestshttp//bestwebquests.com/
• Australian WebQuestshttp//www.occ.act.edu.au/hom
  e/itpd/webquests/matrix.htm

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Rubistar (Assessment)

• Database of assessment rubrics
• Online templates for creating assessment rubrics
• PD information

http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
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Hot Potatoes

• Collection of 6 applications
• create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer,
  jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering
  and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
• Creates WebPages automatically
• Example 1
• Exerciseshttp//perso.wanadoo.fr/michel.barbot/ho
  tpot/exercises.htm

http//web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/
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Kahootz

• Digital Content Creation Software
• Free to all Govt schools
• Website supports Collaboration between schools
• Search facility to find hundreds of examples from
  other schools (Aus and International
• Lessons and tutorials online (PDFs)

http//kahootz.com/kz/
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What do I need

• Web design SoftwareDreamweaver ( Macromedia
  Studio MX)Adobe Go LiveMicrosoft
  FrontPagePlatypus SuiteMicrosoft Office
• Additional SoftwareHot PotatoesMicrosoft Power
  Slideshow MakerMS Producer
• Design Websiteshttp//www.flashbuttons.com/
  (navigation Menu Generator)
• http//www.dynamicdrive.com/ (Script Library)

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Free Downloads

• Dreamweaver Trialhttp//www.macromedia.com/cfusio
  n/tdrc/index.cfm?productstudiomx_pro
• Hot Potatoeshttp//www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_
  pot.php
• MS Producehttp//www.microsoft.com/windows/window
  smedia/technologies/producer.aspx
• Power Slide Showhttp//www.microsoft.com/windowsx
  p/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
• Adobe Acrobathttp//www.adobe.com/products/acroba
  t/readstep2.html
• Macromedia Flash playerhttp//www.macromedia.com/
  shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_VersionSh
  ockwaveFlash
• Shockwave Playerhttp//sdc.shockwave.com/shockwav
  e/download/download.cgi?
• QuickTime Playerhttp//www.apple.com/quicktime/do
  wnload/win.html
• Windows Media Playerhttp//www.microsoft.com/wind
  ows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displa
  ngenqstechnology