Conference+Notes+for+Early+Childhood+2012

These are the notes taken from the attendees @ Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne Kinder/Prep Conferences for Pearson Professional Learning 2012. https://twitter.com/megsamanda @megsamanda
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Teacher Journals: http://www.aussieeducator.org.au/education/other/educationjournals.html
 * Technology:**
 * Great Web 2.0 Resources to share with teachers:** http://methow.org/staff-resources/web2-literacy-tools/


 * Literacy:**
 * Starfall:** http://www.starfall.com/
 * Studyladder:** http://www.studyladder.com.au/
 * Voicethread:** http://voicethread.com/ Recording audio in the Cloud.

http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/ Storybird: http://storybird.com/ StoryLine Online: http://www.storylineonline.net/ Interactive Books online: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children http://teachingliteracy.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/06/09/alternatives-to-the-traditional-big-book/
 * iSpy Material: Create your own visual dictionary and iSpy eBook:**

http://www.printmosaic.com/ Create mosaics from your photos http://www.befunky.com/ Great photo editor
 * Photo Tools:**

​**Mindmapping Tools:** Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/ Popplet (Mobile and Web): http://popplet.com/ Text2Mindmap: http://www.text2mindmap.com/


 * Ollie's World:** http://www.olliesworld.com/ Environmental Education
 * ABC's new education portal "Splash":** http://splash.abc.net.au/

Evernote (Web + Mobile): http://evernote.com/ (Look for apps that have Evernote integration) Edmodo (Online Management System for Classes) -Mobile + Web: http://www.edmodo.com/ Livebinders: http://www.livebinders.com/ OneNote (Look at the links on Onenote on this Wiki): VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/
 * Organisation/Productivity Tools:**

http://creativecommons.org.au/ Creative Commons Search - Audio, Text, Image and Video. http://search.creativecommons.org/
 * Creative Commons (Copyright) CC License**

Scribble Maps: http://www.scribblemaps.com/
 * Maps Tools:**

__**Mobile Learning**__


 * Just search for YouTube videos via Website (Safari etc). since no app in iTunes 11.**
 * Grasshopper.com**
 * Sunshine Online (Subscription):**

Haiku Deck: http://www.haikudeck.com/
 * Photo Slideshow Director HD App:** http://tiny.cc/toezow


 * Speech Apps:**
 * Talking Tom:** https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/talking-tom-cat/id377194688?mt=8


 * Talking Santa:**
 * Record of Reading:** http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4437 for Running Records.

Kanex Cable for Apple TV. (VGA to HDMI connection)- get the longest possible extension for this product. http://store.apple.com/au/product/H4637ZM/A/kanex-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-cable-with-audio-support-10-ft3-m
 * Appcessories: Belkin rockstar:** http://store.apple.com/au/product/TR433LL/A

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4437 Apple's Official Support Page for Air Play.
 * Airplay : What to do? Why to use it?**

http://www.londonderr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/accessing-mathletics-on-your-ipad
 * Mathletics for iPad:**

@langwitches (great person to follow) Also look at her blog for Digital Literacy materials. http://edudemic.com/2012/07/best-twitter-tools/ Great twitter tools to use.
 * Twitter Hashtags for**
 * mlearning:**
 * 1) slide2learn
 * 2) vicpln (Victorian personal learning network) http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/3600
 * 3) iPadined
 * 4) iear


 * Apps to use for taking notes;**
 * Pages
 * Evernote
 * Notability
 * Noteshelf
 * Audionote
 * Penultimate (for handwritten notes)
 * Inspiration (mindmapping)
 * Popplet Lite (mindmapping)

Project Gutenberg: http://m.gutenberg.org/ (The mobile site for this project) Librivox: (Audio ebooks) **http://librivox.org**
 * Apps for Reading eBooks:**

Drop it to Me : (Sends it to Dropbox) http://dropitto.me/ Class Dojo (Class Management system for Rewards) web based but also has mobile version http://www.classdojo.com/ iRewards: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ireward/id324643198?mt=8

Spectronics (Special Needs Website and blog): http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/online/ Pattern Blocks: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pattern-blocks-by-brainingcamp/id485065679?mt=8 Educreations: Online Learning Community for Teachers

Search Nathan Jones augemented reality: http://theipad2011.webs.com/apps/profile/68139994/ http://www.slideshare.net/nathanjones75/the-ipad-comes-to-life-with-augmented-reality Digicubes (online): https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/digicubes/id461795578?mt=8
 * Augmented Reality:**