Useful Websites
- The Internet Public Library for the web address of almost every newspaper in the world
- Great picture resources from the National Library
- National Council of Teachers of English. USA Some good professional reading, book reviews, literacy models and ideas for teaching
- 21St Century Skills – with a focus on literacy in the digital age; inventive thinking; effective communication; high productivity and glimpse of the 21st Century classroom
- Tech Learning from the Technology and Learning, California with articles and resources from teachers on topics like Digital Story Telling, Bringing Lessons alive with Digital Photos, Picasa for Student Creativity and many more.
- SchoolKit for resource modules across all faculties and all year levels and some good on line Professional Development – most schools subscribe to this site but not all teachers are given access to the password.
- Leadership and Learning with ICT – Voices from the Profession. A research project by Teaching Australia conducted by Kathryn Moyle, Associate Professor, University of Canberra. In essence, ‘Leadership matters’ and ‘Start with the pedagogies, not the technologies’.
- From Now On. A monthly free educational technology journal from Jamie McKenzie with a host of simple and usable classroom ideas.
- The Learning Federation. A Federal Government initiative for teachers with materials, ideas and research.