1. Bee Bots
ICT in the Primary Years
Presenter: Paul Mears Firbank Grammar School
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2. Let’s Get Started
Create a reflection on today’s training as you
progress throughout the day using one of the two
web 2 tools
~ Todaysmeet - http://todaysmeet.com/ICTPrimYrs
~ Webnote – ideal for your personal notes
~ Ether Pad - web-based word processor that
allows people to work together in real time.
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3. iPads & touch screen
technologies
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5. Easi Speak Microphone / Flipcams

6. Google Earth

7. Pivot Stick Animator

8. Super duper Music Looper

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11. Google Picasa
Photo Filing System
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12. Sources of images
Flickr Creative Commons Images
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons//
Free Image resources
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_image_resources
Image*After http://imageafter.com/index.php
Google Images http://images.google.com.au/
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13. Free Images - Digital Story Telling
Power of image on learners – emotional intelligence – multisensory
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15. Browse some of the following tutorials to become
familiar with Photostory.
This is an excellent video based user guide. (Scroll
Down) Even suitable for your students to use.
Also try the following user guide Beginners Guide To
PhotoStory in MS Word format.
Some extra reading with ideas on Digital Storytelling
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16. Your task is to complete the user guide provided to
create a digital story. Don’t be scared by the size of the
manual there a loads of screen shots to help you along
the way.
Extension Activity
If time permits check out Rubistar – a free rubric
making site in which you can develop rubrics
collaboratively with your class prior to starting the task.
Children know exactly what you are trying to achieve
and clear expectations are established.
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17. Online / Cloud Based
Digital Story Telling
Web based Digital Story telling Tools
New tool from Flickr
http://www.xtranormal.com/
http://animoto.com/education
http://storybird.com/
Follow this link to a collection of Digital Story Telling tools with examples.
http://digistories.pbworks.com/w/page/17766468/FrontPage
This is another bank of Digital Story telling Tools - I am sure you will find a
few that suit your needs.
Commercial Digital Story Telling Software - Early Years
http://www.2simple.com.au/2createastory/

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19. Web 2.0 Blogs & Wikis
What is a wiki
Web 3.0
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21. Digital Content
Free Web 2.0 video sharing websites
TeacherTube
Youtube
PBS
Free File conversion website – Zamzar
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22. Youtube
• By Downloading real player you are able to
download YouTube videos as you view them
Follow this link to download real player
• You can also use keepvid to download clips
from youtube
• You can also connect directly to a youtube link
safely with safeshare. TV which will remove
distracting elements around YouTube videos.
It also allows you to crop videos before
sharing them.
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23. Social Bookmarking
http://del.icio.us/paul_mears http://del.icio.us/learnit
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24. Favourite Free Web 2 tools
• Monkey Survey: Create online professional
surveys in minutes. Students can capture a
wide audience.
• Wordle: Make word clouds in seconds
• Jing : Make screen casts and store them online
• Iethernet: Collaborative online Pad.
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25. Favourite Free Web 2 tools
• Penzu: Free and private online diary
• Voicethread: A VoiceThread is a collaborative,
multimedia slide show that holds images
documents and slideshows and allows people
to navigate pages and leave comments
• Glogster: Forget Blogging, try Glogging!
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26. 8000 Digital Items Resources for P-12
Australian & New Search images, audio files, movie
clips, Learning Objects
Zealand initiative
Free to all Australian and NZ Schools Learning Pathways
The Learning Federation 2001
Curriculum Corporation Manage the
resource

27. • Learning objects - Interactive, multimedia resources that
support learning of concepts and skills in a range of
curriculum areas in the P-12 years.
• Images - Historical and contemporary digitised
photographs, artworks, maps, posters and documents.
• Audio -Speeches, interviews and songs.
• Video -Short clips from
documentaries, advertisements, newsreels, feature films
and television programs.

29. Scratch
Video introducing scratch

30. Scratch Resources
• Scratch project cards
• User guides….. Getting Started
• Scratch short cuts / tips
• Screen shots
• Online support
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31. Scratch Resources
• Select a couple of project cards to complete
• Open one of the predesigned projects and
look at the coding to discover how things are
done
• Experiment with one of your own sprites
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32. Scratch Reflection
Video workshop scratch

33. Podcasting with Audacity
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34. Podcasting with Audacity
Examples of Podcasts used at Firbank
Yr 4 Joke of the week
Sandy House Radio
Ways to publish podcasts
Free Podcasting hosting sites - RSS
School Intranet
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35. Audacity online video tutorials
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36. Free Sound Resources
• http://www.soungle.com/ search for sounds
http://www.freesound.org/index.php
The Free Sound project
http://www.soundsnap.com/products
Soundsnap 5 free sounds per month
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml
Partners in Rhyme – free soundclips
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37. Podcasting with Audacity
1. Use audacity to record a favourite joke, read a
poem, sing you favourite team song, advertise
something you want to sell….
2. Experiment with some of the effects options
3. Create some music in super dupa music looper
4. Save this file and import into Audacity
5. Export entire file as mp3
6. Share with a friend
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38. Bee Bots
ICT in the Primary Years
Presenter: Paul Mears Firbank Grammar School
pmears@firbank.vic.edu.au
NewsMaker
The Learning Federation