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My Top Ten

 
Judy Beal

Updated January 2006
 

UPDATE: The old list is below but somewhat out of date - try these new ones
- a couple of glitches in old ones too

blockcad
http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm 		Still very reliable and loads of fun - virtual lego blocks - great for looking at perspective in diagrams and free to download
That COW!
http://www.fjallfil.com/english/ 		The cow - one of my favourites - educational merit somewhat limited but can be integrated for the sake of the fun and the creativity it generates and for the skills in developing routines - also worth looking at perspective in art forms.
Updates with old top ten: backflip has a few problems particularly with the shortcut bar with the 'Active X Control' blocking the fast backflip button - I have since been using 'blinklist' as a temporary measure which seems to be working ok. I will try to update this collection soon.
1 http://www.irfanview.com/   This is a great image making package that is free and will convert all the nice camera jpg files to bmp for kidpix in a batch conversion or rename them OR do an instant slideshow!
2 http://rubistar.4teachers.org Great rubric generating tool but also really good for developing collaborative projects - also checkout 4teachers.org generally - British
3 www.ash.org.au   Aussie School house - great place to publish on the web for teachers and students - check out the schools on the web section
4 www.backflip.com  Great place to set up account for any group, including classes, where cool urls can be shared - FREE!
5 www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/games/limericks/home.htm This is a really groovy activity for primary kids where they solve some interactive limericks
6 http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/  This is like a virtual version of the dictionary game and kids can also submit their own suggestions
7 http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap check out the new word map for local words
8 www.inspiration.com  very good support materials available for running workshops etc.
9 http://www.abc.net.au/splatt/
 		This has the most fantastic collection of student created gif animations - great inspiration
10 http://www.schools.sa.gov.au/schlstudents/  This is the departments list of sites and has great collections for kids
11 Just missed out list
www.fno.org, www.cegsa.sa.edu.au,
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
www.funbrain.com		 fno is the Jamie McKenzie site, CEGSA is the computer educators group of South Australia and discovery has Kathy Schrocks educational writing, yucky.com and has lots of wonderful lesson plans, puzzle makers and more
 Try the cool Quiz Lab which will also keep a grade book for class teachers when students complete quizzes - Now costs so not really using this so much