Art

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Beyond Geometry  http://www.lacma.org/beyondgeometry/index2.html

Beyond Geometry is an introduction to the “experimentation in abstraction” during the 1940s and 50’s.  Themes that are developed here include the object and the body, light and movement, repetition and seriality, the object redefined, and the problem of painting. Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Colour in Motion  http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/

In this animated and interactive experience students can investigate how colour communicates information and how it can be used as powerful symbolism in artworks.  Students can enter one of the three doors and discover these issues as well as how they can express emotions through colour. Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRRRR

The Great Buildings Collection  http://www.greatbuildings.com

This is one of the leading architectural reference sites on the Internet.  This gateway to architecture around the world documents 1000 buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies,  web links and more, famous designers and structures of all kinds.  Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Virtual Arts Online Workshops  http://www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.html

Students and teachers will find here a wide range of online tutorials dealing with a range of topics and themes.  Students can investigate sculpture, photography, drawing, construction, colour theory, installation art . . . .  and much more.  You can search the database via theme or age range to find the most appropriate resources to help improve your artistic capability and knowledge.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Rainforest Drawing Lessons  http://www.chunkymonkey.com/murals/murallessons.htm

In this set of online drawing tutorials students can learn to draw foliage, primates, insects and flowers.

Ideal for year levels 2-6 RRRRR

Imagination at Work  http://www.imaginationatwork.com/

Here we have an excellent technology application which is very engaging even though the final result that you can  create isn't actually brilliant.  You can use your mouse to manipulate different pens to draw on-screen.  I can imagine that for a reluctant artists this may be an excellent approach for engaging them in artistic pursuits.

Ideal for year levels 0-8 RRRR

Kidz Draw http://www.kidzdraw.com

In this online environment students are able to create their own unique art pieces as well as learn how to draw.  The site is divided into three different age groups with activities, ideas and concepts which are appropriate to each of the levels.  This is a well-designed for students to pursue their independent interest in art.

Ideal for year levels 0-10 RRRR

Kids Paint Online  http://www.worldkids.net/art/artpaint.htm

Using a simple online tool set students can create online works of art using the tools provided here.

 Ideal for year levels 0-7 RRR

Mr Picassohead http://www.mrpicassohead.com

This is brilliant - so simple but so powerful. Students are provided with an abstract Picasso head with a collection of abstract Picasso eyes, noses, lips, eyebrows, hair pieces, and faces which they can combine together in various combinations to build a unique portrait.  There is also an excellent range of tools in which to add colour, scale object up and down, rotate and bring forward or backwards. Ideal for absolutely everyone! RRRRR+

English Language

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Spelling & Grammar Revision   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/

Students can find here a collection of activities and tests dealing with spelling and grammar issues of compound and complex sentences, spelling and adjectives and adverbs. Ideal for year levels 1-5 RR

Word count http://www.wordcount.org/

Which are the words that we use most commonly in everyday language?  This wonderfully visual answer presents 86,800 of the most common words we use in everyday language.  The presentation of this information is brilliant and leaves a lasting impression. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Information Literacy Online http://infolit.unitecnology.ac.nz

Information literacy is now a core competency across many curriculum statements and with this comes many different models.  The model presented here – “The Three Doors to Info Literacy" by the author Gwen Gawith presents a three stage information literacy process for teachers and students.  There is also an excellent collection of information literacy readings here as well as an information literacy forum. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

Writing Revision  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/writing/

Students can find here a collection of activities and tests dealing with writing.  Students will find activities, worksheets and fact sheets dealing with story planning, beginnings and endings, factual writing, letter writing and leaflet writing. Ideal for year levels 1-5 RRR

Revising Reading  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/reading/

Students can find here a collection of activities, tests and worksheets dealing with aspects of reading such as deduction, poetry and non-fiction. Ideal for year levels 2-6 RRR

LuLu: Publish Your Own Work for Free  http://www.lulu.com/

If you have always wanted to publish your own work but could not find or could not afford a publisher then Lulu is the solution for you!  This web site provides you with all the tools you need to publish and retail your finished work to the rest of the world.  The world of the Internet allows you to do this simply and easily without any upfront costs.  Students can publish their work here and then sit back and see who is interested in reading their material. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

F. Scott Fitzgerald http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html

1996 was the Centenary celebration for F. Scott Fitzgerald and this site is attributed to this well-known author. The web site presents a chronology of his works, the Fitzgerald collection, a brief biography, articles of essays, facts about Fitzgerald, quotations writings by Fitzgerald as well as voice and film clips. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

The Shakespeare Resource Centre  http://www.bardweb.net/

This encyclopaedic site deals with the man himself as well as his works and also includes plot summaries from all 38 works in the cannon.  The site also includes Shakespeare's will, debates over authorship, the history of the Globe Theatre, background information on Elizabethan England as well as a very interesting section entitled "a guide to the Bard's English". Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

Antagonyms  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html

You may well ask what an Antagonym is and you may be pleased to know that they are made up words to describe a word that has meanings that contradict each other.  For example the word apparent can mean not clear all certain "he is the apparent winner of the contest” as well as meaning obvious "the solution to the problem was apparent to all". Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRRR

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Interactive Guide to 21st-Century Learning  http://www.21stcenturyskills.Org/Route21/default.asp

The skills required to be a successful 21st-century learner or teacher are radically different to those that we applied in the 20th century.  The migration from one paradigm to another will be slower than we would like as it will involve a change in teaching and learning culture.  If you are looking for an effective guide to this process then this online resource will provide your staff with an excellent insight to the new skills, competentcies and and knowledge bases that  both teachers and students will require in this century in order be successful community members.  Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Free Bibliography Creator  http://www.sourceaid.com/

Teachers and students can download from here a free bibliography creator and set of citation tools to help you cite sources with speed, accuracy and understanding.  With plagiarism becoming a major issue now this process needs to be part of basic ICT training.  This is an excellent, free tool for students to make use of.

Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

The Centre on Reinventing Public Education  http://www.crpe.org

The Centre on Reinventing Public Education studies major issues in education reform in order to improve policy and decision-making  in K-12 education.  Many schools are focusing on reinventing themselves to better meet 21st-century demands.  Research and working papers are available from this site will provide excellent background reading and assist in this process considerably. Ideal for teachers RRRRR

Citation Machine  http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/

This is a free service.  Students are simply click on the resources that they wish to cite, complete the web form which prepares and then generates an automatic citation for students to include within their work. 

Ideal for all year levels RRRR

15,000 How-To Solutions  http://www.ehow.com/

Ever wondered how to . . . . . . You don't need to wonder any more. At this site there are 15,000 step-by-step how-tos covering every possible situation you could imagine, and probably some that you can't.

 Ideal for all year levels RR

Akiyoshi’s Illusion Pages  http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

These illusions are extremely clever and may have an almost hypnotic effect.  I am not sure what topic you could introduce them under, but they show how our eyes can be tricked into believing things that cannot possibly be happening.  Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

The National College for School Leadership  http://www.ncsl.org.uk

The United Kingdom has done some tremendous work over the past ten years in coming to understand the nature of school leadership.  Much of this work is presented here online, at no cost for all school leaders to learn from and experiment with. There is information here on managing your school, leadership development, research and development, the knowledge pool as well as excellent interactive discussions. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Fun & Games for Thinking Students http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/emerson/Staffpgs/AlixPeshette/fun.htm

Students and teachers can find here a collection of links to web sites that encourage students to engage extrinsic thinking processes. Ideal for year levels 3-10 RR

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Marijuana: Special Report  http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/marijuana/marijuana.jsp

Only one thing is certain about the great marijuana debate: whether you are a prohibition focussed politician, or an ex-stoned hippie from the 70’s wanting to give out the drug for free, you are likely to have a lot more opinion on board than fact.  The focus of this web site is to introduce quantifiable data into the debate.  There are numerous reports quoted here that can contribute considerably to the debate. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRR

McGruff Child Safety Centre  http://www.mcgruff.org/

Teachers will find here an excellent collection of child safety resources will dealing everything from web safety, fire safety and personal safety.  The material is presented in an animated and very child friendly environment and contains a wide range of resources. Ideal for year levels 0-6 RRRRR

Cricket 365 News, Fun, Scorecards & Coverage http://www.cricket365.com

If you are looking for information on any aspect of cricket, on any cricketing nation then you will find plenty of information here as well as background information on major tournaments and cricket paraphernalia.

Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRRR

Cyber Safe Schools http://www.netalert.net.au/01375-Cybersafe-Schools.asp

This Internet safety program is designed to help teachers and students with the safe use of the Internet.  It provides a range of teaching materials to assist in educating students effectively. Ideal for teachers RRRR

The Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/programsandtools/index.cfm

The Mayo Clinic provides an excellent set of resources here on a wide range of diseases and conditions as well as resources for healthy living and a wide range of health related tools.  You can also find here a wide range of calculators on everything from heart disease, skin type, calorie calculator etc. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Tobacco.ORG   http://www.tobacco.org/

This organisation is dedicated to making sure that the general population understands the long-term effects of the choice to smoke, as well as pursuing the tobacco companies to ensure that those who purchase their product are fully informed of the potential dangers as well as holding them to account in the courts.  There are plenty of headlines as well as background information on smoking and the effects on health.
Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRR

Sun & Skin  http://www.biorap.org/tg/tgsuncontents.html

Rising skin cancer rates have triggered a more recent boom in skin research and related fields of science and medicine. This web site investigates what contributes to help the scheme, the effects of UV radiation and the depletion of the ozone layer, research from the lab and in the fourth lesson the reality of skin cancer.  This is an excellent collection of lessons/resources on this topic. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRRR

The Muscular System  http://webschoolsolutions.com/patts/systems/muscles.htm

This excellent and highly graphical site deals with muscle cell types, the musculoskeletal system-tissues, how we move, muscles by name, muscles by function, motor developmental milestones as well as extension activities.

Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRR

Real News About Drugs & Your Body  http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/headsup/

In this drug education series the site introduces the brain, drug facts, personal stories, as well as activities and contests.  There is also an excellent collection of lesson plans and teacher support material and teaching strategies are also provided. Ideal for year levels 7-10  RRRRR

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Anim8or  http://www.anim8or.com/

Anim8or is a 3D modelling and character animation program that has been written, not as a commercial endeavour, but rather to provide a free software environment for people to explore the process of animation.  With over 120,000 downloads of this excellent software no doubt there are lots of new animation companies being established! - without doubt, many of these will be run by children who are still at school!  Students and teachers can download this excellent software from here no charge  Ideal for all year levels RRRR

Open Source Blogging Software  http://www.opensourceblog.com

Blogging has become  phenomenally popular in a very short space of time. Blogging has allowed an individual to launch their own web site to the rest of the world without necessarily understanding any of the underlying technology.  You can make your views known to the rest of the world, share your insights on almost any topic and comment on other people's insights simply and easily.  From this site you can download free software to run this service for your students. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

DeskPort   http://www.deskport.biz/

This free downloadable software provides you “browser-less" access to a wide range of resources such as maps and directories, search engines, travel, movies, television schedules.  Nice idea and excellent for United States users. Ideal for all year levels RRR

The Centre For Digital Education: Converge  http://www.centerdigitaled.com/converge/

This digital online magazine features articles and news about aspects of Digital Education.  It is in the form of an online blog and presents up-to-date information on evolving applications of Digital resources to the education market. Ideal for teachers  RR

SiteSucker  http://www.sitesucker.us/

With this Macintosh application you can automatically download and save web sites from the Internet onto your hard drive.  It does this by copying the site web pages, images colour backgrounds and other files to your local hard drive.  Simply enter a URL, click a button and the software will download the entire site for free. Make sure that you have permission of the site's author before doing this.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Ambleweb School Web Site  http://ambleweb.digitalbrain.com/ambleweb/ambleweb/index.htm

If you are looking for motivation and ideas for your school web site then this one will provide you with plenty!  With over 1000 pages on the School web site there is plenty here to keep everybody interested.
Ideal for year levels 0-7 RRRR

A Guide to 21st-Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/Route21/GuideTOC.asp

Here is an excellent interactive online guide presenting a vision for the 21st-century school as well as background information on ICT literacy, professional development, the role of technology, 21st-century assessment and self assessment, capacity building etc Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

HTTrack Web Site Copier   http://www.httrack.com

You can download from here a free offline browser utility that allows you to download Internet web sites to your local directory.  Once you have downloaded the site you can use the site without being online.  Make sure that you have permission of the site's author before doing this.  This software can also resume interrupted downloads, is fully configurable and has integrated help system. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Foreign Languages (LOTE)

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Foreign-Language Rubrics  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/lang/rubrics/rubricindex.htm

Teachers will find here a set of of rubrics for scoring and evaluating student work.  By providing students with the rubrics before they prepare for a task, teachers communicate what  good performance looks like before the students are actually evaluated.  The rubrics provided here are based around issues such as interpersonal communication, culture,  presentation, written communication, constructive response as well as a rubric for the three P’s; Products, Practices, & Perspectives. Ideal for teachers  RRRR

Si Spain  http://www.sispain.org//

This interactive service promotes a free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development. The site presents a wide range of information in both English and Spanish dealing with geography, colour???, population, history, language, culture, colour politics, foreign affairs, economy, health, education, the media, travel . . .  Ideal for year levels 5-11 RRRR

Der Tagesspiegel Online   http://www.tagesspiegel-berlin.de

Providing language students with highly contextual translation exercises is important in order for them to understand the nuance and "common language" used in everyday life.  The use of online newspapers provides an excellent resource for doing such work.  This online German newspaper is very useful as it is very visual in nature with plenty of good photographs to accompany each story.  Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Learning Chinese Online  http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online1.htm

Teachers and learners of the Chinese language will find a wide range of resources here.  This site deals with both  spoken and written forms of the language as well as providing some good exercises, grammar and listening exercises, pronunciation and links to online schools. Ideal for year levels 8-11 RRR

Numbers in Chinese  http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/chargif/numbfram.html

Using animated Chinese characters this web site introduces students to counting in Chinese.  Whether or not the students are studying the Chinese language, this is a fantastic web site to introduce them to the complexities of Chinese symbolism in a fun and easy to relate to environment. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRR

The Chinese Language  http://www.afe.easia.columbia.edu/china/language/teach.htm

The goal of this unit is not to teach Chinese per se, but to create appreciation for one of the world's oldest surviving languages and to encourage students to see a connection between language and culture.  Students are introduced to the language through transliterations as well as lessons on pronunciation and writing guides.  This is a very well structured web site and excellent introduction to the Chinese language and culture.
Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRRR

Ressources de la Civilisation Francaise  http://www.urich.edu/~jpaulsen/civfrw3.html

Teachers of the French language will find an excellent collection of resources here dealing with everything from ancient French history, the Renaissance the French Revolution as well as contemporary France.  The site is in French  Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

The Japanese Page  http://www.thejapanesepage.com

There are thousands of pages here dealing with everything from interesting and strange Japanese words, grammar, Kanji, culture, electronic dictionaries, textbooks, magazines . . .  An excellent resource for the serious Japanese student as well as those wanting sufficient experience for them to be able to travel.
Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRR

Kanji Alive  http://kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/

This is a searchable, Web based tool to help beginning and intermediate level students read and write Japanese kanji.  It is free, cross platform and does not require Japanese fonts.  This is an excellent piece of software which will greatly improve the student capability in learning Japanese.  Highly recommended.
Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

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The Statistical Maths Race  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html

In this interactive game, students can see implications and applications of the concepts of mean, median and range.  By helping Pythagoras and Hypatia make their trains connect and arrive at their destination at the right time, students begin to develop conceptual understandings of these important concepts.
Ideal for year levels 5-9 RRRR

Revising Number  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/number/

Students will find here an excellent collection of revision activities, fact sheets, tests and worksheets dealing with the number system, fractions, percentages, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, using a calculator, problem solving and number patterns. Ideal for year levels 3-8 RRRR

SuperMath Man  http://www.supermathman.com/

Here is an excellent collection of mathematical games which focus on building up mathematical principles of having a heck of a lot of fun at the same time. Bridge-It is a game which involves building the strongest possible bridge given a range of shapes and pillars.  Golf encourages students to estimate angles and distances in order to get their own hole-in-one.  The “Fraction Junction” builds up understanding and applications of  fractions while “The Decimal Detectives” go looking for a place to hide. Ideal for year levels 3-7 RRRRR

The Matrix Market: Algorithms for Linear Algebra http://math.nist.gov/MatrixMarket/

The Matrix Market is a visual repository of test data for use in comparative studies of algorithms for numerical linear algebra, featuring nearly 500 sparse matrices from a variety of applications, as well as matrix generation tools and services.  (No mention of the film of the same name; what were they thinking??).
Ideal for year level 12 RRRR

Revising Data Handling  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/

Students will find here an excellent collection of revision activities, fact sheets, worksheets and tests dealing with interpreting data as well as the concepts of mode, median and mean. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRR

The Function Machine  http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/fm/

In this online activity students are required to try and work out the relationship between two different variables.  The function can be set by the teacher and then the students can enter values and try and evaluate what the function is that has created this set of values. Ideal for year levels 8-10 RRR

Online Solver Graphs  http://www.math.com/students/solvers/graphs/graphs.htm

The graph section allows students to plot equations on an x, y axis.  Both the qualities can be drawn.  You can also plot almost any function or relationship using the online mathematics tool as well as plotting inequalities.
Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRR

Revising Shape, Space & Measure http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/

Students will find here an excellent collection of revision activities, fact sheets, tests and worksheets dealing with the topics of measurements, shapes and angles.  Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRR

Understanding Algebra http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/

The complete contents of this online algebra textbook are available from here.  This textbook is suitable for high school algebra or as a refresher course for students preparing for university or senior high school mathematics courses.  The full range of algebra topics are dealt with in this excellent text. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRR

Music & Performance Arts

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The Time Capsule: On This Day in History  http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

You can select a day in history and this web site will present to you specific headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys and books that featured in the news on that selected date.  You can select from the year's 1800 to 2002. Ideal for all year levels RRR

Pianopedia http://www.pianopedia.com/

This search engine is designed for piano teachers and students, as well as performing pianists.  It can be used to explore the repertoire insurgent WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? for new work and to learn and perform.  It also serves as a detailed reference source for the classical piano repertoire.  With over 861 composers, 49 countries represented, 5200 works and over 14,000 movements or excerpts available on the database it is an impressive encyclopaedia.  Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRR

Music Theory Online  http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/

This is a journal of criticism, commentary, research and scholarship associated with music theory. The site is fully searchable and also contains book reviews articles and commentaries. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Theatre Through the Ages  http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/7634/index.htm

Theatre is an eclectic art form, employing music and dance in the production as well as the talents of the leading artists from outside the theatre.  With this in mind this web site investigates the origins of theatre, the architecture and staging, the centrepiece of the dramatic performance, as well as mime and pantomime, the impact of medieval drama and the Elizabethan Playhouse as well as humanism, music halls and vaudeville. 
Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRRR

The Improv Encyclopaedia  http://www.humanpingpongball.com  

Here you will find tonnes of “stuff” related to improvisation theatre.  Look for improv games, handles, concentration exercises, drama techniques, character exercises, warm-ups, long form improv formats, improvised show formats, tips for improv workshops and much more.  Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRRR

The Stage Crew: A Technical Theatre Web Project http://www.thestagecrew.com

If you are putting on your own theatrical production you'll be able to find here excellent background information on lighting, scenery and safety.  As well as basic information there are also sections dealing with lighting control, basic electronics, colour theory, building scenery and which materials to use to greatest effect.
Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

The MIT Theatre Arts: Stage Management Manual  http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/theater/Manuals/StageManagement/

This online manual contains the full text of the MIT Theatre Arts Stage Management manual, as well as a few extras.  The manual is divided into three sections.  The first section looks at pre-production, rehearsals, performances and postproduction and dance productions.  The second section looks at the psychology of stage management and the third section looks at safety regulations, templated forms and a bibliography.
Ideal for teachers and years 10-12  RRRRR

Backstage: An Actors Resource&n