Academic Skill Builders http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
This site offers educational games, predominantly numeracy and literacy concepts, for children while incorporating arcade style themes. These games claim to offer ‘ an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills by incorporating features of arcade games and educational practices into on-line games that will motivate, intrigue and teach your students.’ The games provided, scaffold students learning through investigating different ways of thinking also enabling a development of student evaluation processes.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
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Brain Connection http://www.brainconnection.com
This site contains information on the science of how the brain works and is a fantastic tool for teachers with specific links for educators including games for students to play enabling educators to understand their students’ learning styles.
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This site contains information on the science of how the brain works and is a fantastic tool for teachers with specific links for educators including games for students to play enabling educators to understand their students’ learning styles.
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Cam Art, Science and Technology http://www.camartech.com.au/
This is a Victorian based website although still very useful for educators incorporating visual arts and science into technology units. The site is full of units and ideas incorporating a range of world issues such as the environment and cultural art.
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This is a Victorian based website although still very useful for educators incorporating visual arts and science into technology units. The site is full of units and ideas incorporating a range of world issues such as the environment and cultural art.
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Classroom Architect http://classroom.4teachers.org/
This site offers a computer program for students to create their own classroom floor plan. It is known that students learning is affected by the surrounding environment and this resource provides an excellent tool for teachers to learn about their students simultaneously with student learning.
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This site offers a computer program for students to create their own classroom floor plan. It is known that students learning is affected by the surrounding environment and this resource provides an excellent tool for teachers to learn about their students simultaneously with student learning.
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Gold Coast City Council: Ready Set Teach http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=4543
This website contains modules and units, ready to teach, for any year level. The units or modules are connected to the Queensland Syllabus outcomes and are fantastic tools for teachers, along with incorporating other services that the Gold Coast City Council have to offer. Although there is not a specific subject area of technology to search through, these modules or units provide valuable information on a variety of ways of engaging students in the investigation, ideation and evaluation phases of technology education.
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This website contains modules and units, ready to teach, for any year level. The units or modules are connected to the Queensland Syllabus outcomes and are fantastic tools for teachers, along with incorporating other services that the Gold Coast City Council have to offer. Although there is not a specific subject area of technology to search through, these modules or units provide valuable information on a variety of ways of engaging students in the investigation, ideation and evaluation phases of technology education.
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The Learning Place Curriculum Exchange: Education Queensland http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/cx/
Although this site requires a user login and password, which is difficult to get unless you work with Education Queensland, it is every teachers ‘dream resource’. You can search for curriculum exchange resources by topic, curriculum area, cross-curricular area and resource type plus many more. An absolute must for all educators!
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Although this site requires a user login and password, which is difficult to get unless you work with Education Queensland, it is every teachers ‘dream resource’. You can search for curriculum exchange resources by topic, curriculum area, cross-curricular area and resource type plus many more. An absolute must for all educators!
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Qld Government Department of Education, Training and the Arts http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/area/technology/resources.html
The most important resource a teacher will ever need when teaching Technology Education. This website includes the current syllabus documents along with materials, source book modules, curriculum authorities and subject area association materials.
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The most important resource a teacher will ever need when teaching Technology Education. This website includes the current syllabus documents along with materials, source book modules, curriculum authorities and subject area association materials.
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