Early Years

Welcome

Three Ice-breaking Activities

1. List baffling “techy talk”
2. Geek like an Encryption
3. Sorting Web Thing 1 & Web Thing 2

Why Use Technology?

• Look to Learn: Whose Future?
• Pedagogies for authentic learning: Intrinsic motivation & critical thinking

Playing with Web 2 Tools

• Glogster (edu version)
• VoiceThread (+ 17 Ways)
• Taggalaxy.com / Cooliris.com
  • Share your discoveries in this discussion

  Scootle download registration (Scootle link)

Finding Links through Social Bookmarking

• Social Bookmarking explained by Common Craft
• What is Diigo?
• Diigo Education sign-up
• Download Diigo Toolbar
• Join the Diigo Early Years Group

Start bookmarking to the Group!

Use the links below to find the best sites for your early years students and then save them to our group

• Skills across year levels
• BBC’s Early Years Links
• BBC’s CBeeBies Home
• Sesame Street Games
• ABC – Children
• ABC’s Count Us In
• ABC’s Dust Echoes Stories
• Literacy Center – Play and Learn
• PBS Kids
• Teachers TV – Early Years

Class RSS Feeds

• Early Years Pagecast
• Tutorial: Set up your Pageflakes Feeds

Examples of Class Blogs

• Manaia Kindergarten Blog New Zealand
• KinderKids’ Blog
• Tutorials: Get a WordPress Blog and Add a Post to a Blog

Podcasting & Audio

• Radio Willow Web – First Grade “Blast Off”
• Large Collection of Fairytales read online
• PodKids (Australia)
  • Resources for Podcasting
  • Podcast Booklet from Tony Vincent

Learning Strategy #1 – Look to Learn

• Look to Learn site
• About Look to Learn
• Sample Prompts
• Look to Learn Bookmarks Group

Helpful Pedagogy Documents

• 1-2-3 Pyramid RoadMap (pdf)
• 3 ICT Skills Levels (doc)
• CEQ-ALL Rubric (pdf)
• Handout with Web 2  and other resources (pdf)

Look to Learn – Featuring one of our own!