This weekend saw the 3rd FOBISSEA ICT conference for Primary ICT leaders being held at TES, Taipei. The city was a great surprise to me and held vast appeal for a techie and for somebody who loves Asia but would require the polite orderly-ness of mainland Europe.

The Conference was again a relaxed affair with conversation flowing from one topic to the next. Below are a few snippets from the site we all contributed to and some of the links from last year's conference too. Lots of links and resources for teachers and pupils alike.

Flat Classrooms: What are they?

The Flat Classroom Project is a global Hands-on working together project for middle and senior high school students. It was founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay (Qatar Academy, Qatar) in 2006.

The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.

Below from Julie's site is a slide show detailing the Flat Classroom. The Flat Classroom Project will take you there.

Links, Resources and Goodies

The great thing about these conferences is the wealth of resources that come bundles with them. This year didn't dissappoint. Below are the list of web resources and applications that will undoubtedly go into this year's requisition.

Applications:

A review of lots of sites and progrms for learning - www.educationalfreeware.com

48 Free Microsoft Apps www.techr adar.com

Education City - online learning platform in modules for the Primary age range.

Busy Things - http://www.busythings.co.uk/

Aggregators

Make Use Of http://www.makeuseof.com/

Games

TutPup http://www.tutpup.com/

Moshi Monsters http://www.moshimonsters.com/

Fantastic Contraption - http://fantasticcontraption.com/ Similar to Armadillo Run (try embedding to avoid adverts)

Armadillo Run - http://www.armadillorun.com/ Simulations

Maths

Mathletics http://www.mathletics.co.uk/

Maths moves you: www.mathmovesu.com/ - a game like situation for maths

2diyarchive www.2diyarchive.co.uk/ excellent resources for 2DIY

Birchfield http://www.birchfield.co.uk/ - VLE content pack apparantly compatable with the majority of SCORN based VLE's.

Timelines

Capzles - http://www.capzles.com/

Dipity - www.dipity.com -timelines, goes back to about 100AD, dates, maps (great for explorers/adventures), children can comment, use flip books, youtube videos, give kids the same login so that they can do collaborative work from home

Presentation

Vuvox www.vuvox.com/ more ambitious than animoto, timelines, storyboard, glossary, hotspot

Prezi - http://prezi.com/ replaces powerpoint, timelines

Edu Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/ -Interactive posters, kids in the class can comment on friend's poster (you need a good internet connection) An example of using Edu.glogster - not a particularly good one! http://bertjacha.edu.glogster.com/school-council/

SSUU - http://issuu.com/ make it in word and upload, magazines, newspapers, scan as pdf and make a book, or make a flipbook and embed