Concept mapping and note taking online

Great resource for seeing concept map of a topic you are investigating and assisting with note taking online:

instaGrok

The creator calls it a 'Search engine for learners'.

thanks to Free technology for Teachers site for recommending instaGrok. Free Technology for Teachers should be a site you 'like' and follow. Richard Byrne provides updates daily: some more relevant than others - you be the judge.

Digital tools for school

Ian O'Byrne and Greg McVerry's Digital Sandbox is a fantastic resource for teachers interested in using ICT for teaching literacy.

Ian's papers are available on his Mendeley site.

Google docs and Google presentations are also useful tools.

For a more 'interesting' presentation try Prezi.

Other tools and information can be found at LRA Cool Tools site. This was developed as part of the LRA study group session in 2011, a collaboration of a number of people. It was great fun and an incredible learning experience.

Online writing tools

Online Writing tools:

A wiki set up as an online resource for teachers. It is New Zealand based and has links and ideas. Check it out.

http://owt.wikispaces.com/Home

Interested in letter writing for students? Australia Post has a nifty online letter writing interactive in the multimedia fun section of their site for young children. There is an 'older' version but the only difference is the choice of banner at the top.

Glogster let's you 'brainstorm' in multimodally, creating a mash up of your ideas. The education setting allows you to set up your class in a 'safe' environment. This feature COSTS $. You can have free teacher account.