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ICT Capability Learning Continuum: Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks (ACARA, n.d., p. 12)

Resource type: Website

URL: http://edu.glogster.com/

Platform:  Any web-browsing device.  App also available

Cost/Licensing: Free

Age group suitability:  Year k-12

Description and Evaluation:
Glogster is a website that can be used to generate multimedia posters, allowing a combination of texts, images, graphics, audio, hyperlinks and video when creating a digital canvas (termed a “Glog”).  This resource contributes to students’ capability in creating with ICT by providing a platform for students to generate creative digital solutions to learning area tasks (ACARA, n.d. p. 12).  The multimodality of a Glog lends itself to being an effective and motivating learning and presentation tool for diverse learners (Cloonan, 2012, p. 176). The website is user-friendly, with a selection of subject-specific templates as well as an extensive collection of Glogs to use as inspiration.  The EDU version of the website provides a “gated” option that is free of advertising (Teachers First, 2016).

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ICT Capability Learning Continuum: Generate ideas, plans and procesess; Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks (ACARA, n.d., p. 12)

Resource type: Software

URL: https://www.smartdraw.com/

Platform:  Accessable across all platforms

Cost/Licensing:  $197 (once-off). Free 7-day trial

Age group suitability:  Years 7-12

Description and Evaluation:

SmartDraw is a creative software program which allows the production of many styles of visual/graphing/chart products. This is a very powerful program that is simple enough for a beginner user to navigate, particularly with the many templates available e.g. flowcharts, mind maps, Venn diagrams, as well as subject-specific creations such as molecule designs for Chemistry.  The price reflects the capabilities of this program, as it surpasses the free options available. Price may limit the use of this software by students, however the free 7-day trial does allow for students to explore use the program for creating and modifying creative outputs or data representations for one-off learning area tasks.  This way, the software could contribute to developing student capabilities in creating with ICT to generate solutions to learning area tasks; or as a creative solution to articulate ideas and concepts  (ACARA, n.d., p. 12).

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Generate diagrams from data and add data to shapes to enhance your existing visuals. You can connect to your AWS or Azure configuration, generate org charts from Entra ID, or import Jira data to jumpstart a brainstorming session.

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SmartDraw is a Unified Visual App | Diagramming, Whiteboarding, and Data Visualization

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SmartDraw is a unified visual app that combines diagramming, whiteboarding and data into one enterprise-friendly solution.

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ICT Capability Learning Continuum: Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks (ACARA, n.d., p 12-13)

Resource type: App and website

URL: https://www.ipadio.com/default.aspx?

Platform: IOS or Android options for the App; any web-browsing device to manage an account

Cost/Licensing: Free

Age group suitability: Years 7-12

Description and Evaluation:
Ipadio is a phone App and broadcasting website which allows a user create and share audio files from a phone to the internet, creating what are commonly termed a “phonecast” or “phlog”.  There is the option to create a live broadcast (posted immediately to the Ipadio website), selected social media or blogging platform; or record, review and published to a user account.  Ipadio is a resource that could contribute to students’ capability to create with ICT, by providing a platform to create digital solutions and creative outputs in audio format using accessible technology (phone).  It would be necessary to ensure that students are aware of privacy settings on the account before recording audio, as the default option is to broadcast live to the Ipadio website.  Also, the policy, Copyright: podcasting in schools (NSW Depatment of Education, 2006) should be consulted when recording podcasts with people other than the creator.

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ipadio takes any phone call and streams it live on the web, makes phonecasts and phlogs simple and immediate

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Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA]. (n.d.). Information and communication technology (ICT) capability. Retrieved from http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Pdf/ICT

Board of Studies NSW. (n.d.). Working Scientifically. Retrieved from http://syllabus.bostes.nsw.edu.au/assets/global/files/sci_ws.pdf

Cloonan, A. (2013). Multimodal Literacies: New Approaches and Traditional Concerns in the Suburban Classroom. In R. Henderson (Ed.), Teaching Literacies in the Middle Years: Pedagogies and Diversity (pp. 166-189). Sydney: Oxford University Press.

Glogster. (2016). Glogster interactive multimedia posters. Retrieved from http://edu.glogster.com/

Ipadio. (n.d.). Ipadio. Retrieved from https://www.ipadio.com/default.aspx?

Nemisys. (2016). Ipadio (Version 3.2.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from www.apple.com/au/itunes/

NSW Department of Education. (2006). Copyright: podcasting in schools. Retrieved from  https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/administrative/legal/copyrt_podcast/PD20060355.shtml

Office Timeline. (2016). Office Timeline (Version 3.7.3) [Computer software]. Retrieved from https://www.officetimeline.com/

Smartdraw. (2016). Smartdraw [Computing software]. Retrieved from https://www.smartdraw.com/

Teachers First. (2016). Glogster EDU. Retrieved from: http://www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?id=4733

Background image source: https://pixabay.com/

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ICT Capability Learning Continuum: Generate ideas, plans and processes (ACARA, n.d., p. 12)

Resource type: Software

URL: https://www.officetimeline.com/

Platform:  Requires Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Powerpoint

Cost/Licensing: Free (Basic); $49/private premium license (Plus Edition)

Age group suitability:  Years 7-12 and Teachers

Description and Evaluation:
Office Timeline is a timeline generator download available for integration into Microsoft Powerpoint.  A basic (free) download with the creator wizard allows for quick and effective creation of timelines, while a purchased upgrade allows for more features but which is not necessary.  This software could be a useful resource enabling students to use ICT for planning solutions, and may be a particularly useful digital platform for creating and presenting the plans required for mid-long term assessment tasks such as the Stage 4 and Stage 5 Science student research projects (SRP) (Board of Studies NSW, n.d. p 2).

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