TECHNOLOGY

TIPS FOR

PARENTS

Spelling Activities

Looking for fun ways to help your child learn their spelling words?

Why not try these sites out?

Interactive Spelling Bee

http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/

BigIQ Kids Spelling Program

http://bit.ly/9NKe4C

KidsSpell

http://www.kidsspell.com/

Scholastic Word Search & Scramble

http://bit.ly/dxRbc

Term 1

Week 11

Number Facts Here are some sites to help improve mental calculation speeds. Fun4TheBrain Quizzes

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/quizzes.html Math Magician http://bit.ly/cufjAa Sheppard Maths http://bit.ly/aoILMd

Term 1

Week 10

For ES1 and Stage 1 Gooey Games http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html Phonics and language activities for young chil-dren. Bright, colourful and engaging!

Stage 2

Bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/

English, Maths and Science lessons, games,

Stage 3 Calculation Nation

http://calculationnation.nctm.org Students can play online math strategy games that allow them

to learn about fractions, factors, multiples, symmetry and more, as well as practice important skills like basic multiplica-

tion and calculating area — all while having fun and competing against other children around the world! Students can sign up

for their own account or play as a guest.

Online Safety A website with plenty of information on how

to keep your child safe on the Internet. Webwise guide - http://tinyurl.com/4h3utzn

The Natural

World

Facts &

Figures

Videos and

slideshows

Interactive

games

Magic School Bus

http://tinyurl.com/486z2fn

Games, quizzes, activities and experiments to try at

home!

Term 1

Week 9

National Geographic Kids

http://tinyurl.com/2vjrebw

Explore the people and places

of the world through slideshows

and videos.

World of Maps

http://tinyurl.com/28dvwc2

Learn how to use a map and then test your skills out with

some fun mapping games

Great for

research

© Miss Chaffey 2011

Term 1 Week 8

This week I’ve focussed on some excellent

resources for improving literacy skills.

www.letters-and-sounds.com

Printable resources and games to help with

early phonics development.

www.spellingcity.com

Type your words in and then test yourself or

play some games!

newserver.iboard.co.uk/phonics.htm

Lots of games for early phonics.

www.wordhippo.com

Find synonyms, antonyms and rhyming words

ninjawords.com

The quickest online dictionary around!

Digital Rights & Responsibilities: Digital citizens have the right to privacy, free speech, etc. Basic digital rights must be addressed, discussed, and understood in the digital world. With these rights also come responsibilities as well. Users must help define how the technology is to be used in an appropriate manner. In a digital society these two areas must work together for everyone to be productive. Check out the Resources page on the Technology wiki to find examples of Children and Parent Contracts for responsible Digital Citizenship.

Term 1 Week 7

Looking for a quality website with Mathematics

games and activities to help your child?

Check out the Count Me In Too website designed by

the DET for students. There’s also a parent section

with practical ideas on how you can support your

child’s mathematical development at home.

http://tinyurl.com/4j76zp5

Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Users need to under-stand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are laws which apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading illegal music, plagiarizing, creating viruses or creating Trojan Horses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical. When completing school assignments students should never copy and paste chunks of information nor use images without the consent of the owner. Websites should be cited and only images which have been labelled as ‘available for reuse’ should be used. These are found on creative commons websites such as the ones listed below: Pics4learning - http://www.pics4learning.com Creative Commons Search - http://search.creativecommons.org Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org