Brigidine College

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Useful internet sites for Teachers and Students

Australia Copyright Critical Literacy Curriculum Subject Areas DOL Educational Authorities ICTs Information Literacy Internet Learning Skills Literature Multiple Intelligences People Poetry Referencing Teaching & Learning Television VET Writing Styles	NEW Australian Newspaper Beta Service. National Library Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://www.nla.gov.au/news/story.php?id=156 ABC Program Sales http://www.abc.net.au/programsales Study Search A new search engine developed for Australian school students with emphasis on safe educational sites http://studysearch.com.au Learning Objects through Curriculum Exchange through The Learning Place http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace Learning Federation. Catalogue of learning objects http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/for_teachers/catalogues/catalogues.html Sample learning materials Learning objects through Australian screen http://australianscreen.com.au/education Learning Objects through ABS Learning Objects through Catholic Education http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10715 Digital Learning. Film Australia http://www.filmaust.com.au/learning/about.asp Australia Australian Screen is a look at the Australian film and television industry, from its earliest days to the present http://australianscreen.com.au Film Australia Digital Learning It features FREE FOR EDUCATION downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s remarkable archive—one of the nation’s largest and most historically significant collections. http://www.filmaust.com.au/learning/about.asp John Oxley Library includes original manuscripts and Picture Queensland http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/services/coll/jol Australia’s Living Treasures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Living_Treasures Australian Identity http://users.tpg.com.au/adslsrxj/federation/national_identity.htm Australian Citizenship http://www.citizenship.gov.au The Australian Nation http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/guide/g2a_austnation.htm Famous Australians http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/reference_famouspeople.htm#aust Civics and citizenship http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=9295 Discovering Democracy http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/ddemo/html/resources.html Australia’s Community leaders http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2001/Default.htm
	Educational Authorities Queensland Studies Authority http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au Essential Learnings http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/qcar/essential_learning.html Education Departments: State and Territory http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/educstategovernments.htm Education Queensland http://education.qld.gov.au/schools Education Queensland Learning and Teaching http://education.qld.gov.au/tal Educational Portal http://www.education.gov.au/goved/go Queensland College of Teachers http://www.qct.edu.au Catholic Education http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au Edna a free service for communication and collaboration between members of the Australian education and training community. http://www.groups.edna.edu.au Learning Place. Curriculum Exchange http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/cx Dept. of Education and Training. Western Australia Resourcing the Curriculum http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum Victorian Education Channel http://www.education.vic.gov.au/schools Edna Online. Education Network Australia http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1.html Resource Bank Curriculum Corporation http://www.resourcebank.curriculum.edu.au Teaching Australia http://www.teachingaustralia.edu.au TRIP A technical resource for integrated learning http://www.trip.qld.edu.au/html/band3.htm Oz Teacher Net http://www.oz-teachernet.edu.au COPYRIGHT Learning Place Acceptable User Policy http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/help/policy.html Screenrights is the non-profit copyright collecting society to administer tv and radio copying provision in the Copyright Act http://www.screenrights.org Smart Copying http://www.smartcopying.edu.au QCEC Photocopying http://www.qcec.qld.catholic.edu.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10730 Copyright for Schools http://www.cecnsw.catholic.edu.au/default3.asp?ID=52 Copyright Aware http://www.copyrightaware.gov.au Copyright: What is intellectual property http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ip/index.shtml Copyright Council Education and Teaching http://www.copyright.org.au/specialinterest/education.htm
	CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Education Network Australia: Classroom management http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/search?qt=classroom+management&sr= Strategies for classroom management http://osi.fsu.edu/waveseries/htmlversions/wave3.htm CRITICAL LITERACY About English : Critical Literacy http://wwwfp.education.tas.gov.au/english/critlit.htm#whatis DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING Dimensions of Learning http://www.mcrel.org/programs/dimensions/whathow.asp Dimensions of Learning Graphic Organisers http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/%7Eelc/dolgraphicorg.html Habits of Mind http://www.habits-of-mind.net http://www.habits-of-mind.net/pdf/16HOM2.pdf GOVERNMENT State Library of Queensland Netlinks http://netlinks.slq.qld.gov.au Australian Government Portal http://www.australia.gov.au Educational Portal Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au ABS Education Services for Teachers ABS Education Services for Students includes TLF learning objects Queensland Government Education and Training Reforms for the Future http://education.qld.gov.au/etrf Connect to your future. Career Advice Australia. Resources for Youth http://www.careeradviceaustralia.gov.au/youth/toolkit.htm Education Network Australia (EDNA) http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1.html INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES Adobe digital school collection teacher resources Instructions for teaching Adobe software http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc Film Australia Digital Learning It features FREE FOR EDUCATION downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s remarkable archive—one of the nation’s largest and most historically significant collections. http://www.filmaust.com.au/learning/about.asp Scootle browser for the Learning Federation learning objects http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/p/home Yarra Plenty Regional Library. Learning 2.0 http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/Learning_2.0/index.htm Del.icio.us, A social bookmarks manager http://del.icio.us Digg. Share news, videos and images http://digg.com Flash Tutorials http://www.flashclassroom.com/cms/flashclassroom/index.php BBC Technology http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/default.stm Pivot stick figure animator and other free software http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/software.html Pivot Animation http://groups.msn.com/PivotAnimation Quack it. Webmaster Tutorials http://www.quackit.com Learning Place Acceptable User Policy http://education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/help/policy.html Marvin Spectrum flash game http://www.1888freeonlinegames.com/flash-action-games/online-marvin-spectrum-1088.html Wings 3d http://www.wings3d.com Wings 3d Tutorials http://www.wings3d.com/tutorials.php Art of Illusion. 3D freeware package http://www.artofillusion.org Blender is free open source 3D software http://www.blender.org Flash Classroom. Flash tutorials http://www.flashclassroom.com/cms/flashclassroom/index.php VoiceThread. “is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish.” http://voicethread.com/#home Powerpoint Tutorials http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials.html Learning Federation. Catalogue of learning objects http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/for_teachers/catalogues/catalogues.html Sample learning materials Scootle browser for the Learning Federation learning objects http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/p/home Learning objects through Australian screen http://australianscreen.com.au/education Learning Objects through Belts http://belts.cecnsw.catholic.edu.au Learning Objects through ABS Learning Objects through Catholic Education http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10715 Digital Learning. Film Australia http://www.filmaust.com.au/learning/about.asp BBC: Schools – games Http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games Education games vetted by the BBC Mindtools http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/default.htm ICI Tutorials. Education Queensland Help is out there in the form of a selection of sites to assist in the use of software. http://leo.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ict_tutorials Microsoft Online . Downloadable sounds, clip art etc. http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/clipart/default.aspx Create- a -scape The mediascape authoring toolkit http://www.createascape.org.uk Content Generator This site allows anyone to generate their own e-Learning quizzes, games and applications through our unique software. http://www.contentgenerator.net Comic Creator Comic Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html Paint Shop Pro Tutorial http://www.designsbyjoy.net/PSPTutorials1/index.htm Flash Classroom http://www.flashclassroom.com/cms/flashclassroom/index.php FlashKit Tutorials http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials NVU. Freeware authoring tool http://www.nvu.com/index.php YouTube http://www.youtube.com Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com Wikipedia. Youtube http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube On FLV converter (download from Youtube) http://vixy.net MP4 Converter. Convert popular video formats to MP4 Games in Learning http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=24029 Space Game http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/knp/space/space_game.htm Klik and Play Home http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/knp/default.htm Content Generator This site allows anyone to generate their own e-Learning quizzes, games and applications http://www.contentgenerator.net Gamemaker. Free software http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker/default.htm Atomic Learning: Resources for the classroom http://www.atomiclearning.co.uk/atomiccurriculum Professional Learning Information and Communication Technology Investigate how teachers and students can learn what it means to be informatio n literate through the exploration of these questions and activities. http://www.education.tas.gov.au/ictpl Shared E learning is a website directory developed by Curriculum Corporation that supports teachers' web use in the classroom. http://www.curriculum.edu.au/catalogue/elearning Resourcing the curriculum. Online Resource Modules http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/onlineactivities/resmodules CEGSA supporting South Australia's teachers to improve student learning through the use of Information and Communication Technologies. http://www.cegsa.sa.edu.au ACTEN software tutorials http://www.actden.com National Film and Sound Archives http://www.screensound.gov.au/screensound/screenso.nsf Wikis and blogs in the classroom. Connections http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/cnetw06/59wikis.htm Edublogs. Blogging for teachers and students made easy http://edublogs.org Create your own blog http://www.blogger.com/start Blog tools and how tos http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/barrios/blogs/tools/index.html The Edifier. Your teacher on the net. Blogging http://theedifier.com/blogging-blogger 7 things you should know about BLOGS http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7006.pdf 7 things you should know about PODCASTING http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf A guide to wireless networks http://www.teenangels.org/files/wireless.pdf