Tux Typing and Kahootz

Resource 1: Tux Typing

DescriptionTux Typing is an educational typing tutor. The package provides self-paced lessons and games for students to practise word processing skills. It has different skill levels and is easy to use, and is useful for students who wish to improve their keyboard skills.

Level: Year 2 – 9

Subject: Digital Technologies

Strand: Processes and production skills.

Sub-strand:
2.4 Identify, explore, and use digital system (hardware and software components) for personal and classroom needs.

– Recognising and using hardware and software components of digital systems and experimenting with their functions.

Link to resource:  http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/

Cross curriculum priorities and General capabilities: Information and communication technology (ICT), Literacy (LIT) Numeracy (NUM) Critical and creative thinking (CCT) Intercultural understanding (ICU).

Links to other learning areas: English, ICT.

Classroom activities using this resource: This resource can be used as a stand alone activity to help students with their typing skills.

Resource 2: Kahootz

DescriptionKahootz is a software package developed by The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF). Students explore, create and invent in 3D. It enhances creativity and encourages problem-solving. Students can create multimedia productions for a range of learning activities they can also solve problems and display new knowledge in 3D.

Level: All year levels.

Subject: Digital technologies.

Strand: Processes and production skills.

Sub-strand:
2.6 Work with others to organise and create ideas and information in the form of text, images and audio using information systems, and share these with known people in safe online environments.

– Using difference types of data such as text, images and sound to create information for sharing.

Link to resource: Follow this link to access more details about the resource and to access the website that the resource can be purchased and downloaded from  http://www.animationforschools.com/kahootz-3.html

Cross curriculum priorities: Literacy (LIT), Information and communication technology (ICT), Critical and creative thinking (CCT), Personal and social capability (PSC), Ethical understanding (EU), Intercultural understanding (ICU).

General Capabilities: Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

Links to other learning areas: Literacy, Information communication technology, science.

Classroom activities using this resource:
Students can create models of the habitat of animals, homes of historical figures, Students can use this resource to create storyboards, movies and audio files, as well as wide range of other things.