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 * ** I found some usefull information on the following websites of how to use some of the tools: **

· Integrating Technology in an Elementary Classroom [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLRlRIV-alE] The teacher in this video uses her computer for:
 * A Teaching tool
 * A presentation tool
 * Co-operative groupwork

Wiki's: [ [|http://www.edutopia.org/wiki-dont-lose-number]] Here are a few ideas from a teacher that started to use wikis in the classroom: · An example of a wiki that can be used in the foundation phase: http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/home This wiki is used to tell the story of terry the tennisball, and can therefore be used for creative writing. []
 * Let students use a wiki space to plan the details of a field trip to make it as educationally fulfilling as possible.
 * Let students manage an Earth Day project—tasks, goals, responsibilities, and so on. Be sure to alert the community so anyone can join in.
 * Collaborate on an international unit, or even a spring e-pal exchange using a themed wiki.
 * Do something personal—plan a vacation agenda with links, and enable access for friends you’ll visit along the way so they, too, can edit your schedule.
 * Let parents brainstorm on a wiki to plan a fundraising event.
 * Some handy tips from WikiSpaces!!!!

Blogs: [|http://www.edutopia.org/how-to-blog] Blogs can be used as a tool for: Blogging in the classroom: A Slideshow with ideas. [|http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/blogging-in-the-classroom-7216612]
 * //Learning journal://
 * //Online notebook://
 * //Class discussion://
 * //Personal expression//
 * //classroom manage//
 * This is an introduction of how to prepare younger learners to blog.
 * Look at all the skills that can be developed!! (see graphic to the right) --**>**
 * I found the idea of wall blogging for younger learners very interesting for the foundation phase.
 * [[image:wall_blogging.jpg width="424" height="253"]]

Online discussions: <span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 36px; height: 645px; width: 800px;">
 * Teachers can use discussion to develop creative writing, but at the same time show the learners how to logically respond to a specific thread.
 * The teacher can create the forum: a Topic for a paragraph or short essay.
 * The first 3 or 4 threads, also created by the teacher, provide different directions for the essay to go.
 * The learner chooses a thread and respond with a few paragraphs
 * After all learners have completed their essays, they can reply on each other's attempts

The Internet Teachers can use the internet as follows in a grade 2 class: Email: Linda@LBurkhart.com ||  ||  Using the Internet in Elementary Schools || [] ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Communicate With Another Class Through Email
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Guide Students in Researching Information from the Internet
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Communicate With an Expert or a Significant Person
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Create Your Own Online Project
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Take an Internet Excursion for a Science, Social Studies or Language Arts Unit
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Additional Resources:
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Read Works Written by Other Children
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Read Fiction Written for Children
 * <span style="color: #3f60f8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Take a Virtual Field Trip with Your Class
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= A Class website =

<span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers can use a class website in a grade 2 class ass follows:


 * <span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A class web-site can contain all of the above elements, as well as administration information.

How to Start a Class Website

<span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is a link with tips to start a class website.

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· How to ‘Gamify’ Your Class Website February 21, 2011, 11:00 am By [|Prof. Hacker] = = = · Lessons Learned in Playful Game Design = June 7, 2011, 11:00 am By [|Prof. Hacker] []

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Other links to usefull media resources: <span style="color: #040406; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">[|HyperStudio Guide]
 * ** Multimedia Resources ** ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The teacher in this video uses her computer for:
 * <span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A Teaching tool
 * <span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A presentation tool
 * <span style="color: #2730ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Co-operative groupwork ||  ||
 * ** Media Finders and Graphics Generators ** ||  ||
 * [|Alta Vista Image Finder] ||  ||
 * [|CoolText.com] graphics generator ||  ||
 * [|Google Image Search] this is a great one ||  ||
 * [|Web Shots] ||  ||
 * [|Yahoo Picture Gallery] ||  ||
 * ** Graphics Collections ** ||  ||
 * [|Awesome ClipArt for Kids] ||  ||
 * [|Barry's Clipart Server] ||  ||
 * [|BillyBear4Kids.Com Clipart] ||  ||
 * [|Clips Ahoy] ||  ||
 * [|Clipart.com] must be a paid member to use, but well-worth it ||  ||
 * [|Discovery School’s Clip Art Gallery] great graphics ||  ||
 * [|Free Graphics by Sail-Net] ||  ||
 * [|GoGraph.com] ||  ||
 * [|The Graphics Site] ||  ||
 * [|Graphix by Snogirl] ||  ||
 * [|GRSites.com] ||  ||
 * [|Icon Mania] ||  ||
 * [|Image O Rama] ||  ||
 * [|Kids Domain School Clipart] ||  ||
 * [|Leo's Icon Archive] ||  ||
 * [|PageWorks by Kitty Roach] ||  ||
 * [|Pics4Learning] ||  ||
 * [|SchoolIcons Club] ||  ||
 * [|Teacher Graphics] a large list of educational clipart ||  ||
 * [|UVicClipArt] be sure to try this one ||  ||
 * [|VikiMouse.com] ||  ||
 * ** HyperStudio Help ** ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio.com] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Tutorial 1] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Guides] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Tutorials] ||  ||
 * [|Cathy Busher's HyperStudio Tutorial] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Guide] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Tutorials] ||  ||
 * [|Cathy Busher's HyperStudio Tutorial] ||  ||
 * [|HyperStudio Guide] ||  ||

= · Additional Resources:  = Organizing and Facilitating Telecollaborative Projects, by Judi Harris, February 1995 "Mining the Internet" column, The Computing Teacher, Volume 22 Number 5, pp. 66-69 [Electronically reprinted with permission from The Computing Teacher journal, published by the International Society for Technology in Education.] [] Judy Harris - Activity Structures. This is a great resource of links to examples of a wide variety of Internet projects. There are many good ideas, but projects are not always currently available to join. []