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 * Need to organize your class into teams**? I found this little treasure the other day when looking for another similar resource. Copy/Paste your class list, choose the number of teams required and a theme set of names. You can also edit the types of team names to suit your needs. The generator does the rest of the work for you!

And... While you’re at it ... The **Random Name Picker** allows you to copy/paste a class list and you can use the animated effects to, well... randomly pick a name from that list. The site lists another use with a keywords list and students play a guessing game by providing definitions to words. __[]__

This is a collection of SmartBoard resources. It is similar to Brain Age. Canadian teacher Bonnie Marples takes a few activities each day and projects them on the SMART board. The kids line up and go through the timed events earning points trying to beat their group’s high score. It is great way to start Math class. Note that you need to set up a no-cost account to access the resources. __[|http://www.lumosity.com]__
 * BRAIN GAMES **

[] A simple tool to help locate news headlines based on the date you enter. Quick Page will automatically generate a Time Capsule page for you. Advanced Page will lead you through a "wizard" that allows you to select specific headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, and books for your selected date. You can edit the information, or even add your own information to the final page! When you're through, you'll be presented with your own customized page that includes all the information you've chosen, plus typical consumer prices from that year, Academy Award winners that year, etc. Currently has data for the years 1800 through 2002.
 * dMarie Time Capsule – ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY **

**WHAT'S THE NEWS?** just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up... Double click the dot and the page gets larger - you can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. Also, if you look at the European papers, the far left side of Germany will pop up as The Stars & Stripes (European edition, of course).. AND, this site changes every day with the publication of new editions of the paper. What a great way for lessons on global perspective and worldwide interactions. [|**http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash**]

This is an update to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy which attempts to account for the new behaviours and actions emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's Revised Taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with Web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous personal and cloud computing. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy isn't about the tools or technologies rather it is about using these to facilitate learning. Outcomes on rubrics are measured by competence of use and most importantly the quality of the process or product. For example. Bookmarking a resource is of no value if the resource is inappropriate or worthless. __http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy__
 * Updated Bloom’s Taxonomy **

FREE Teaching and Learning Activities: look through the stimulating resources available to support your use of the Herald in the classroom. Across a wide range of subject areas they come in print-friendly format and are based on NSW syllabus outcomes. []
 * Sydney Morning Herald**
 * EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE**

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 * Here's a fun collection of paper airplanes** - something to enjoy in those final weeks of the school year. Not only does site owner, Alex, have comprehensive instructions but he has also made videos of each model to demonstrate how best to make the planes. This site will take a while to go through if you like paper airplanes...

Here's a fun bit of Actionscript. Place your cursor at the top of the photo. You will notice it is 6:10 PM. Bring the mouse down slowly over the photo without pressing the button on the mouse. Do not right or left click. Night time appears, the lights come on, and at 7:40 PM, it's dark! If you know how to set this up, I'd love to know! []
 * HONG KONG**

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/clock.html
 * IWB INTERACTIVE ANALOG CLOCK** - Here's a simple analog clock that would work well with interactive white boards…

This site is great! It gives you loads of templates for you to put your own message or sign in. [|http://www.says-it.com/]

Children's author Jo Hinchliffe has a wonderful website with lots of interesting pages and links. Jo is available for school visits and is highly recommended. []

Looking to IMPROVE your school? I have been involved in the past with Michael and Jane from[|//**Quality Learning Australia**//] and can highly recommend them. "Our aim is to help make schools and other organisations even better places to learn and work."

Looking for an Educational Conference? Visit the EdNa site for a full list of conferences and events in eduation across Australia []

[|QWIKI] I received this link for Qwiki from The Teacher List the other day.The best place to start is to view the first (top, left) video. About Qwiki from the site: "Qwiki's goal is to forever improve the way people experience information. Whether you’re planning a vacation on the web, evaluating restaurants on your phone, or helping with homework in front of the family AppleTV, Qwiki is working to deliver information in a format that's quintessentially human – via storytelling instead of search." If you are particularly interested, you might consider joining their Alpha group for further involvement as they get started. [| http://www.qwiki.com/]

How about this fun tool to create a fake newspaper clipping for a lesson. It's a great way to introduce a discussion on trustworthy news sources and how to question what we read or even as a writing exercise
 * [|The Newspaper Clipping Generator] **

Have a look at this fun site that experiments with HTML 5 and Google Chrome. I ran it in FireFox on a Mac and it worked well - so have a look. It's an interactive film that pushes some limits on what our browsers can do with a single piece of information - like your childhood address...
 * [|The Wilderness Downtown] **