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This site provides the viewer with information on design challenges and design competitions students can enter. Additional detail about design technologies as well as how to these technologies are integrated in out everyday lives.

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An excellent technology lesson, this website links technology activities with classroom discussion in order to foster knowledge and understanding.

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Technology in the Classroom: How Teachers View Technology
A survey of teachers about technology in the class rooms is full of useful information. The site contains information and articles on to incorporate technology into various subjects across the curriculum.

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This is a great interactive site for students and teachers for lesson ideas, including teaching and developing new concepts. It includes video clips for most subjects and is a fun way for students to get used to navigating around websites.

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This site has excellent links exploring many stages of problem based learning. It will be another great reference for future projects that require alternatives to traditional classroom learning.

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This is an excellent site for kids to learn and practice using computer and incorporates design and construction. It gives the basic understanding of many areas including redevelopment..

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Understanding the links and coexisting nature of education and other areas such as science and maths is an integral aspect of teaching technology. This issue is above primary levels but gives a deeper understanding of why it is important in life and a great perspective from a teacher’s point of view.

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This site had many examples and ideas of technology which I used to help me create my own concepts for both practicals and lesson plans and will be a great reference for the future. See a list of all the Design Technology ideas on the Teaching Ideas site

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An excellent technology lesson, this website links technology activities with classroom discussion in order to foster knowledge and understanding.

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This provides lessons plan for numerous subject areas and is a good place to look at the structure and process behind the construction of a well design lesson plan. The best source for lesson plans & worksheets reviewed and rated by teachers. 225,000+ reviewed lesson plans and worksheets in science, languages arts, math, social studies, history, music, health and more!

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Fairy Tale theme printables, worksheets, activities, word puzzles, coloring pages & more to supplement lessons and thematic units. This site has various activities associated with fairy tales for school aged children. Some of these activities could be used as an introduction to the practical aspect of the lesson.

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Fairy tales and fables from Hans Christian Anderson to Mother Goose can be explored on this site. Most of them condensed to get the moral across without the students loosing interest. Ivy's fables, fairy tales and storys. Aesop's Fables, stories by Hans Christian Anderson and Lewis Carroll and Mother Goose nursery rhymes..

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It’s not always keeping up with the active imaginations of children but this site allows your creative thoughts to flow and uses an ‘idea generator’ to inspire unique designs.

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A definition and brief history and understanding of fairy tales. It is important all students understand the basics of what they are learning so this is where I have chosen to start.

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This website provides lesson plans for all of the key learning areas. It also links technology with other units. This lesson links Science and technology together as students learn about tropical rainforests and then work in groups to research rainforests using a wide variety of technology tools.

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This website offers professional development, lesson plans, teaching integration, classroom resources as well as advice and information on school policies and procedures. As the website suggests this link really could be a teacher’s best friend. I have used this website for resources and lesson ideas during my practical experience and will continue to regularly check it for upcoming educational initiatives.

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Essential visual aid for classroom teaching. Ensures images are easily assessable and found quickly. I personally use this website to help solve personal and university related problems

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This website offers Professional Development for educators and students

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A New Zealand based website created for teachers. This site has unit and lesson ideas for all KLAs including technology education. Other educators are able to comment and rate lessons. I liked that there was a lessons of the week section which previewed lesson from all KLAs and year levels.

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Kids would love this website. This website enables students to watch, learn and engage during the channel ten television show and then research further by logging on to this site. The activities corner has fun games for all year levels, adults may even learn something as well.

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