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Advertising a School Event
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could design a hard copy or digital poster that advertises a class or school event. This could be a celebration of learning, sports event, or PTA fundraiser.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/ad_school_event2_e.php

All in Together
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could use presentation software to recreate simple poems to communicate messages and ideas.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/allin2_e.php

Creating Class Newsletters
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how a teacher could use learning technologies to produce class newsletters with students.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/webpgs_e.php

Creating Cloze Exercises
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, is about creating cloze exercises using drop-down boxes in a text document.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/cloze_excersizes_e.php

Creating Slideshows
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could create multimedia slideshows intended for other students, parents/care givers, wider community. Examples of programs that could be used are KidPix, HyperStudio, AppleWorks Slideshows, Power Point.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/slides_e.php

Creative Logo Designs
In this ICT integration idea written by teachers, for teachers, students discover the purpose of a logo and what makes a logo effective. Students search for existing logos, and utilise various painting applications to create a logo.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/dlogo2_e.php

Eye Spy Book
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how a class could use a digital camera to make an Eye Spy book.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/eyespy_idea2_e.php

Fridge Magnet Mania
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could create multimedia slideshows intended for other students, parents/care givers, wider community. Examples of programs that could be used are KidPix, HyperStudio, AppleWorks Slideshows, Power Point.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/magnetmania_e.php

Identification Cards
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could design and create their own identification card for student identification purposes.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/id2_e.php

It's Party Time
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how to integrate ICT into a 'theme' while developing higher order thinking skills.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/party_e.php

Learning Māori Vowel Sounds
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could use a presentation program to create a resource to help people learn Māori vowel sounds.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/vowelsounds2_e.php

Making Badges
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how a student could use digital images to design and create badges for students, friends, or family.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/badges_e.php

Morph Magic
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could use a morphing program to show a variety of processes, for instance, plants growing, the history of car styles, or generations of a family.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/morph_magic_e.php

Peer Tutoring Multimedia Presentations
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how senior students could design multimedia presentations for lower level classes.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/lower2_e.php

Planning a Class Trip
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could use ICT to design and plan a trip, including equipment/food lists, budgets, and organisational aspects.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/plan_a_trip_e.php

Powerful Publishing with Design and Layout
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could design and create appropriate material for a variety of purposes, including: school production, integrated technology, planning a party.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/desktop2_e.php

Publish It Locally
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could send prepared stories, articles, and information of interest to a local paper for publishing purposes.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/emailit2_e.php

Researching a Local Issue
This ICT starter idea written by teachers for teachers describes how students could use information communication technology to investigate an issue of importance to the local community.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/localresearching_e.php

Snazzy Stationery
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could create a classroom logo that could be incorporated into classroom stationery items, such as letterhead, fax sheet, envelopes, labels, and cards.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/snazzystationary_e.php

T-shirt Designers
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how students could design a T-shirt after a class visit to a local T-shirt company.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/teeshirts2_e.php

Wizard News
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes how a class could create its own newspaper with moving images. The idea takes inspiration from the way that the Daily Planet in the wizard world of Harry Potter presents photos and information in a 3-D manner.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ideas/wizardnews2_e.php