Updating…
The collection of resources and links are currently being moved from the old website to this new site. You may find that some of the links are out of date and do not lead anywhere.
EdTech, as is life, is a journey with many dead ends.
| edusim3d.com | A downloadable 3D Virtual World builder designed for KS2/3 to use on whiteboards. Quite tricky to use at first, but there is a great guide under the help menu to see you through. Download will begin straight away once you click this link. |
| www2.shidonni.com | Shidonni is a colourful and bright Virtual World for children to play games and make friends. Basic account is free. |
| miamiopia.com | A cross curricular virtual world designed to feel like a platform game. Get your alien avatar to solve problems and play games. |
| mingoville.com | A superb virtual world for children for learning English. Move your flamingo around completing games and missions. Basic account is free. |
| poraora.com/home.html | This is a MUST TRY site. It’s not often that I’m amazed by an educational resource, but I am with this one. Pora Ora is a stunning educational virtual world for Primary school aged students. Play truely fun educational games which practise skills in English, maths and many other subjects. The graphics and useably is superb. Online safety is at the heart of this site. The parential admin account can set the student’s account to free chat with everyone to completely locked down where they have the world to themselves and everything in between. The site has a language filter and users can report any incidents of trouble. Also, the first task requires the user to complete an online safety task. The site is free with a few premium features coming out later. You have got to try this one! |
| tinkatolli.me | This is a fun, cute, social 3D island world designed especially with children in mind. Children make an avatar and follow a quick tutorial and explanation of safety rules. The children can take their characters on quests, play educational games and interact with other users of the site. A fabulous feature of the site is that users are encouraged to ‘make and do’ offline as well. These activities can be uploaded to a scrapbook and multimedia blog. Offline activities also generate points in the game. The scrapbook is defaulted to private and no photos of children will be approved by moderators if the scrapbook is public. All the usual safety features are in place, including a ‘report’ and ‘block’ other users button. The basic account with most features is free, but there are optional ‘paid for’ extras. |
| skoolbo.com | This is a must try site which provides an amazing 3D world which teaches English and maths core skills. Players race against two other randomly chosen online players of a similar level. The questions start out very easy and adapt to the performance of the player. The questions are read out and some are displayed on the screen. The player just clicks on the correct multiple choice answer to increase their speed. There is a download for PCs and Macs as well as apps for iPad and Android. There are teacher accounts which allow you to make logins for lots of children quickly. When there log in students will be asked to design an avatar. Because the resource requires a sizeable download it takes a little time to set up, but because it runs on your local device game play is very smooth and quick. |
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