Online Sticky Notes

Found a great social networking tool that caters for the lower end of primary (that can get left out): PrimaryWall.  It’s a web-based sticky note tool where students and teachers can create or edit virtual sticky notes in real time.  The simplicity is probably one of the advantages as it there would be a very short introductory period for both the students and the teacher.  It would be a great tool for younger students to gather and save ideas and would scaffold their progression into the inquiry-based learning now required in the new Australian Curriculum (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2010; ACARA, 2012). There are a number of lesson ideas listed on the website so teachers can get straight into using PrimaryWall.  I can see that TLs culd use it as a visual resource list around a topic as well.  There is a slight cost but it is very low.

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2010) General Capabilities: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability. In The Australian Curriculum. Retrieved 2^nd February 2013 from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Information-and-Communication-Technology-capability/Introduction/Introduction

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2012) Draft shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Retrieved 12^th January 2013 from http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Draft_Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_Technologies_paper_-_March_2012.pdf

Primary Technology. (2012). Home. In PrimaryWall. Retrieved 2^nd February 2013 from    http://primarywall.com/