iPods in the Classroom

http://ipodclassroom.wikispaces.com/

MSC Differentiated Learning No 7

Here are this fortnight's (and last for the term) websites to assist you with differentiating the classroom:-

General
A white paper on staffing from the USA. A very challenging and controversial paper as to how school’s could be staffed in the C21st.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2009/08/a_research_group_pitches_a_new_1.html

Will PowerPoint ever die? Not by this site. Heaps of PPT’s created by teachers for your use for free. Regular updates.
http://www.worldofteaching.com/

An impressive website for creating quizzes, surveys, tests etc- http://yacapaca.com/
There are only currently two Australian tests on there, and both relate to music-
http://yacapaca.com/py/teacher/assignment/new/step3/subject/71/0/3670/

Hot Potatoes has been around for a long time and continues to improve. Make a variety of interactive tests and activities here http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Work in real time with your class. Don’t know how well this would work with large groups, but has potential. Here is an explanation of the site http://scriblink.com/index.jsp?act=about and to start click onto this link here-
http://scriblink.com/ You could also use this on an IWB, with class discussion and then print off a copy for student distribution. Has exciting potential!

A George Lucas sponsored site dealing with education. This video deals with M.I-
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-immersion-enota-video

Could be useful to staff running multiple social networking sites such as twitter/facebook-
http://seesmic.com/

Music.
Find the lyrics to almost any song here- http://lyricsfly.com/
Royalty free music here- http://soundzabound.com/
A whole heap of music lessons here. A generous site in terms of resources- http://musictheory.net/

English.
Students can create a virtual book online here- http://classtools.net/education-games-php/turningPage/

This site provides videos explaining the pronunciation, meaning and context of specific words in short animated videos- http://www.wordahead.com/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx

SOSE
Create or play the map games with an IWB here- http://www.umapper.com/

History and film- the inaccuracies of Hollywood.
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/14418.html

A simulation of what it is like to work in a ‘sweat shop’ is here- www.simsweatshop.com/game/

A geography mapping game to be used on IWB. By playing the game, water is charitably added in the real world- http://www.freepoverty.com/

This site calculates where a person is located on the world’s rich list. Unfortunately the $AUD is not included, but it could provide an opportunity to also work on exchange rates- http://www.globalrichlist.com/

Design a bridge to withstand an earthquake here-
http://eduweb.com/portfolio/bridgetoclassroom/engineeringfor.html


Art.
A site that enables online drawing to occur. Could be useful for IWB- http://www.imaginationcubed.com/
This is an online canvas that maps each stroke from beginning to the end. The examples of some artists here is totally amazing. Check out this example- http://sketchfu.com/drawing/94679-i-threw-a-marble-on-the-rainbow- The website is http://sketchfu.com/

Build your wild self. Great for junior classes http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Multimedia.
A step by step site for constructing videos for students- http://kidsvid.altec.org/

Maths.
Video guide on Maths problems can be found here- http://www.brightstorm.com/d/math

Percy Parker (no relation) has songs that deal with the Maths Time Tables. Suit Year 7’s and anyone struggling with 7X7- =http://www.percyparker.com/

Again, another site for Yr 7 Maths for use on IWB- http://www.learningclip.co.uk/

Maths Logic games are here-http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/calcudoku/rules

Maths worksheets that are free- http://www.ricksmath.com/

Numeracy and Literacy share this website with games for the IWB-
http://www.ictgames.com/
and
compete against other students here at http://www.tutpup.com/

Science
Science comic strips with teacher support are here- http://www.sciencecomics.uwe.ac.uk/

Songs to explain science are here- http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/

Junior school science experiments are here- http://www.captaincuriosity.net/

ICT
Scratch is a downloadable program that enables students to create their own games and stories. Here is an explanation of the site- http://info.scratch.mit.edu/About_Scratch

Build your own village; don’t know which area this would fit into-
http://www.bekonscot.co.uk/fun-and-games/virtual-village/

Upload your pic onto a fake magazine- http://www.magmypic.com/

PE
This site requires you to log in but has potential for PE resources-
http://www.sports-media.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage%26Itemid=1