Vocabulary Games

These games suit from Kinder - Year 12

What a way to build vocabulary..great ideas to support learning

Try some for homework-students without computers at home 

would be most welcome in the library to try these games.

Analogy Games
Syllable Games
Contraction Games
Parts of Speech Games
Spelling Games
Compound Word Games
Homophone Games
Foreign Language Games
Root Word Games
Context Games
Antonym Games
Synonym Games
Prefix Games
Suffix Games
Word Play Games
Oxymoron Games
Hig Pig Games
Idioms Games 

There are  many games to choose from in each section. Try this one:

Break It Up: Place the line between the letters to show where the apostrophe goes in these contractions.

Where Does the Apostrophe Go?

Blogging can be a great tool to encourage a student to write.

 Young Emily from 3S (Blog Dogs) has now posted 7 parts to her story on her blog.

Emily's teacher, Mr Squires, introduced the class to blogging at the beginning of the year. 
Some students have now started creating their own blogs.

Have a read of her story:

The scary night – a choose your own adventure story. Part 1.

follow the rest of her story  from the blog.

Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World

Get a drink and put your feet up for this one.

Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World

View more presentations from Wesley Fryer.

Podcast350: Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World (Part 1 of 2)

Open publication - Free publishing - More 21st century

ACARA update: New genre in 2011 writing test

In 2011 NAPLAN writing test, students will be asked to write in a persuasive style.

The decision to change from narrative to persuasive was made by all Australian Education Ministers at a Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) meeting held on April 15, 2010.

For further details ACARA UPDATE

Tutorial on new tools in Notebook 10.6

Do you want to use Quest Atlantis with your class?

 "Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-16, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults. Explore our site and learn more about this exciting project."

For information on this program: Voices of QA -Official QA Blog

QA develops seven areas:

 * Creative Expression – "I Create"
* Diversity Affirmation – "Everyone Matters"
* Personal Agency – "I Have Voice"
* Social Responsibility – "We Can Make a Difference"
* Environmental Awareness – "Think Globally, Act Locally"
* Healthy Communities – "Live, Love, Grow"
* Compassionate Wisdom – "Be Kind"

Through participation in Quest Atlantis, youth will come to value their own communities and to recognize not only that their communities value them, but that even young people can make important contributions in their communities and in the world."

Face-to-face training at MacICT, Sydney10th June, 2010.

What’s Burning in eLearning?

 – What’s on the Horizon for P-12 schools?


WHEN: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 4 – 5pm

PRESENTER(S): Mark Richardson


SUMMARY: What will be the latest emerging technologies that will hit schools in the next few years? How pedagogically sound are they? How will these technologies enhance teaching and learning? Will schools, teachers and students readily take them up? Tony Richards from ITmadeSimple, will discuss the projections of The Horizon Report 2010 K-12 Edition, as well as sharing his ideas on the topic. What do you think of cloud computing, collaborative tools, game based learning, and mobile devices? These are rapidly becoming part on the school landscape. While others such as Augmented Reality and Flexible Displays may be just


over the horizon..

Click here for the SESSION LINK: