Trove is a new discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians. It supplements what search engines provide with reliable information from Australia’s memory institutions.
If you are researching in the fields of the social sciences, literature, local or family history, or need inspiration for your school assignment, then this is the tool for you. This site is part of National Library of Australia with a wealth of information and resources.
Viewzi is a website search tool that offers results from Google and Yahoo in a variety of formats incliding Webscreen Shots, Simple Text, Google Timeline, Power Grid, Video x3, Photo Cloud and much much more. It is definitely worth looking at.
National Geographic Kids is a fun and educational site featuring games, activities, animals, photos, videos, stories and much more This site is great for both students and teachers.
The site is full of content that is both educational and fun. Highly recommended!
The Online College is dedicated to bringing you the best online educational tools and resources.
Here is a link to a great post on the Online College for 100 Great YouTube Videos for History . History teachers, students and buffs will enjoy using this link.
YouTube always up to the challege of providing thorough, accurate information by delivering channels from leading names in historical studies, from The Smithsonian to the Discovery Channel.
This blog site and post has put the top 100 links together in one place. Areas include General History, Art History, Music History, World History and much much more.
Spezify is a search tool that presents results in a variety of visual ways from many different websites. Spezify gives a good overview of the subject or topic. Spezify uses all types of media and websites such as blogs, videos, microblogs and images to build wholistic picture of the search.
Spezify collect websites and aim to use as many free, relevant and open API’s as possible to generate a diverse response.
Primary Games Arena – ”The largest collection of curriculum games in the universe.” Games are arranged by subjects, year and game types. This is a UK based site that cover many topics that can be used in Australian Schools eg “Life Cycles of Plants and Staying Safe Online” just to name a few. There is also a teachers section. All games are curriculum-based and worth a look.
It’s visualization and storytelling without slides. Your ideas live on stage and on the web.”
Prezi lets you present your thoughts as free as they come without the restrictions of a slideshow. It allows putting together your ideas with the use of creative thinking and technology expertise, Prezi is a living presentation tool.
There are biographies of musicians, over 100,000 scores, links to websites, information on copyright, over 100,000 sound recordings, videos, archives, pictures and more.
This is site would be suitable for music teachers, students and anyone interested in Australian music.
Welcome to our Blooksurf Blog. This space has been set up for our customers to share ideas on how they can use Web 2.0 tools in their library and in their school. We hope that it inspires you to think about how you can use some of the tools in your school.
We will be adding posts about Web 2.0 tools so that we can all learn from each other and develop and evolve how we use these tools in learning and teaching.
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I'm enjoying looking at your blog. Last week's information on the Flip video was very interesting and the Librarian's Song was great.
Keep up the good work!
Denise O'Brien
SMS Librarian
Trinity Catholic College
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