Gateways Education's List: technology_early_years

Open Source Drawing Software for Children
Free, and for WIndows, Mac & Linux

Great for early years and for use with an interactive white board

www.tuxpaint.org - Preview

software opensource kids paint freeware creativity on 2009-03-17 and saved by 265 people

simple flash based interactive teaching resources for younger primary grades in both literacy and numeracy

www.ictgames.com/index.html - Preview

resources interactive on 2009-01-26 and saved by 11 people

From the ABC
Older site, but still has some good basic interactive games for counting and sorting.

May not play directly in browser therefore might need to go to the download section and download the particular game you need. (most downloads are between 200Kb and 1.5MB)

www.abc.net.au/...games.htm - Preview

math numeracy primary interactive on 2009-01-26 and saved by 27 people

teacher.scholastic.com/...index.htm - Preview

reading storybooks interactive K-2 clifford on 2009-01-26 and saved by 30 people

earth.google.com - Preview

google maps earth software map googleearth tools geography on 2009-01-26 and saved by 689 people

maps.google.com.au - Preview

maps google on 2009-01-26 and saved by 47 people

A unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species

www.arkive.org - Preview

animals science biology reference nature photography resources video on 2009-01-26 and saved by 324 people

Great interactive tools that can be used on IWB or individually on computer. levels from early primary to early econdary

www.readwritethink.org - Preview

reading writing literacy education english teaching on 2009-01-25 and saved by 729 people

Subscription based site,

but includes a huge range of great quality animations and interactive episodes.

The Jr. version is specifically for the younger grades. Try www.brainpop.com for the older primary and secondary content.

www.brainpopjr.com - Preview

science math interactive brainpop reading socialstudies education on 2009-01-25 and saved by 128 people

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

voicethread.com - Preview

web2.0 voicethread audio collaboration on 2009-02-16 and saved by 2430 people

Australian based interactive resources for each grade and state

www.skwirk.com.au - Preview

australian interactive on 2009-01-25 and saved by 7 people

Toopy and Binoo adventures and games.

Great interactive site for early grades. Go on adventures with Toopy and Binoo and have lots of fun exploring and interacting with the games and objects

toopyandbinoo.treehousetv.com - Preview

on 2009-01-25 and saved by 2 people

Kerpoof is a site where users can create custom art and annimations using the Kerpoof editors.

Very simple to use with a huge set of resource and elements.

Includes a teachers section and class login options

www.kerpoof.com - Preview

web2.0 digital storytelling creativity animation kids fun collaboration on 2009-01-25 and saved by 817 people

A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.

www.starfall.com - Preview

education kids phonics reading english literacy on 2009-01-25 and saved by 1169 people

A safe place for kids to explore and play hundreds of fun educational games with their favorite PBS KIDS characters.

pbskids.org - Preview

pbs education tv kids on 2009-01-25 and saved by 1046 people

Promethean is a global interactive whiteboard and learning response systems supplier offering resources, lessons and support.\n\nLots of resources, free registration

www.prometheanworld.com - Preview

promethean IWB on 2009-01-26 and saved by 35 people

16 Free Promethean Flipchart interactive resources for Primary Schools.

www.crickweb.co.uk/Promethean.html - Preview

promethean IWB on 2009-01-25 and saved by 27 people