Resources

Essential Agreement activity
 * etherpad (install on your server)
 * typewith.me
 * primarypad.com

Typing skills resources:
 * -TuxTyping (free, open source app - [])
 * -Flash tools on BBC website (dancemat typing [])

Moodle (moodle.org) - Blog, sharing homework, publishing lessons, posting files (no need to change forms ex. to jpeg), wiki, portfolio platform, calendar, parents, open source (free)... Inquiry learning/collaborative programming for kids: Scratch.mit.edu free online wesite/classroom - edmodo.com free easy to create (drag and drop) websites []

[] The digital microscopes we looked at

==**Electronic Sources** ==
 * International-mindedness: []
 * ICT standards: []
 * Inquiry and ICT early years: []
 * Voicethreads - this is a great site that allows for students to upload their own photos, videos, documents - students make comments and others can make their own comments in response to the images they view. [|www.voicethreads.com]
 * The musings of Stephen Heppell educational technology guru: []
 * For unlimited number of users in a collaborative space: [|iEtherpad]
 * [|Freemind] is a free mind-mapping software that allows users to export their mind maps in a variety of formats, such as JPEG, PDF and PNG.
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Bubble.us] is another more basic free mind-mapping tool that does not require installation on a computer.
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Taking IT Global - <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] - a fantastic site with an abundance of links to the PYP, from international-mindedness to action
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SIte looking at virtual world of Whyville - <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] - interesting in terms of implications for essential elements
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PYPICT blog - not active but has some good ideas <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tweet cloud of the ICTinPYP twitter posts <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]

==<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font: normal normal bold 20px/normal Arial; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Print Sources** ==
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Primary ICT and E-learning Co-ordinator's Manual, Book 1: A guide for new subject leaders by James Wright. Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007. ISBN-978-1-4129-3562-3
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Primary ICT and E-learning Co-ordinator's Manual, Book 2: A Guide for Experienced leaders and Managers by James Wright. Paul Chapman Publishing, 2008. ISBN-978-1-4129-3560-9
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teaching Information and Technology Skills: The Big6 in elementary schools, by Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz, Linworth Publishing, 1999, ISBN-0-938865-81-1.
 * <span style="color: #114488; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|ICT workshop BINGO.doc]
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet Power Research Using The Big 6 Approach, Wolinsky, 2002
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using Google and Google Tools in the Classroom, 2009. Teacher Created Resources. ISBN 978-1-4206-2222-5
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Primary ICT and E-Learning Co-ordinator's Manual: Book 2. Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-4129-3561-6
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn, Kim Malenoski, ASCD and McRel, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4166-0570-6
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's Elementary! Integrating Technology in the Primary Grades by Boni Hamilton, ISTE Publications, 2007
 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms by Grace E. Smith and Stephanie Throne, ISTE Publications, 2007