Resources available to teachers

Learn:

Resources that provide us with access to existing knowledge, including:

• Games
• Ebooks
• Encyclopedias
• Forums and FAQs
• Curriculum-specifc resources (e.g. Mathletics) 
   

Create

Resources that let us express our knowledge in different and creative ways, including:

• Music makers (e.g. iTunes, Audacity)
• Video creation (e.g. Movie Maker, iMovie)
• Design (e.g. Sketchup,
• Comics (e.g. Comic Life)
• Construction (e.g. Scratch, Minecraft)

Share

Resources that allow us to share our knowledge with others, sometimes as a presentation, but often with the capacity for feedback and interaction, including:

• Presentation tools  (e.g. Prezi, Google slides)
• Communications tools (Skype,  Video conferencing)
• Blogging tools (e.g. Blogger,  Wordpress)

Check

Resources that provide learners with the opportunity to check on ‘how an I going’, often referred to as assessment tools, but focusing particularly on formative assessment strategies where the learning and assessment are interwoven, including:

• Portfolio tools (e.g. MyPortfolio)
• Quizzes (e.g. Make-a-quiz, OnlineQuizCreator)
• Rubric creators (e.g. Rubistar)