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** Web 2.0 Tools ** **[|Gliffy]** Gliffy is an interactive web-based tool that gives opportunity for students to create their own concept map in a professional-looking manner. This tool allows students to personalise their maps by experimenting with colours, fonts, size, shapes, layouts and images. Students work can be saved on-line and being a free software, can be viewed by other students, teachers and parents.  è ** [|Gliffy Easy-to-use online diagramming tool] **

** [|Wordle] ** “Wordle” is an interactive web based tool that allows students to create word clouds with words that they provide. The word appears bigger the more frequently it is written. For example, if you wrote the word ‘Vegemite’ ten times, it would appear much bolder than if you wrote the word ‘damper’ only once. This word cloud can be personalised by students by having the opportunity to experiment with colours, layouts and fonts. There cloud can then be printed out as well as saved to the gallery for others to view.  è **[|Wordle Tutorial]**

** [|280 Slides] ** “280 Slides” is a Web 2.0 Tool that allows students to create and share presentations online. Students have the opportunity to experiment with a range of features of this ICT tool. Some of these include types of text that can be added, themes and layouts and have the chance to add notes to the slide that can be most helpful for presentational purposes.  è ** [|280 Slides Tutorial Guide] **

** [|Blog] ** “Blogger” is an interactive web based tool that provides opportunity for students to communicate to one another by sharing texts online. Some features Blogger entails includes the chance to experiment with templates and their layouts, fonts and colour schemes, sharing images, texts and videos in a simple yet effective manner. Students can then comment on others blog posts in order to construct knowledge through a social context.  è **[|Blogger Tutorial - How to Start Blogging with Blogger]**

** Useful Resources ** ** [|Tips for Making Oral Presentations] ** This website contains ten important tips that students are encouraged of when making oral presentations. These tips are also important for students to develop appropriate communication and social skills and therefore promote life-long learner skills.

** [|Tag Galaxy] ** Tag Galaxy is an image browser that engages students in a 3D ‘outter space’ context. Students type the key word in the tag box and the software suggests a range of concepts (viewed as planets) that that are involved in that subject matter.. This tool is another source for finding images on the web and acts as a ‘viral spread of information’. This may prompt creativeness and ideas for students to be able to develop their knowledge construction of the topic. ** [|Ideas of Aussie Icons that will be familiar to students] ** This site gives a list of Australian Icons that are familiar to students as well as a brief description that teachers and students can use as a research tool to complete lessons planned throughout the unit.

** [|Research Skills for Kids] ** This site is a Kids Space and guides students of research skills to develop their information literacy skills most effectively and encourage their creativity skills to shine through.

**Suggested Songs and Film Clips** to use in the Tuning In phase. These suggestions have been made as they develop the ideas of Australian icons. These include animals, stereotypes, language, Australian heros, landscapes and environmental features, just to name a few. These clips are suggested to be displayed on an Interactive White Board for students to experience quality visual and audio text material. [|**Waltzing Matilda**]by John Williamson  [|**G’Day G’day**]by Slim Dusty   [|**They Don’t Make ‘em Like That Anymore**]by Troy Cassar-Daly   [|**Home Among the Gum Trees**]by John Williamson