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New Spice, study like a scholar, scholar

Ummm, not sure I have anything to add ... For some reason the vid doesn't always appear till you click the play arrow below ...

Apps for mobile devices

I Education Apps Review
IEAR.org is a community powered review of educational applications for mobile devices ... Read more about this at Richard Byrne's 'Free Technology for Teachers' blog.

Writing web content

The 'Yahoo! style guide: writing, editing and creating content for the digital world' has been released. The on-line companion guide has a great deal of useful information including: how to write online content, writing strong titles, how search engines 'read' content and a glossary of words.

Click here for the on-line companion guide

Another useful resource is the 'Digital Journalist Survival Guide: A Glossary of Tech Terms You Should Know' and the most up-to-date version of this glossary is on the Hacks/Hacker website. You can read about this resource here.

Source: The Librarian in Black

Educational uses:
English teachers could use this when exploring different text types. It's also useful for any website users to know how web content is created (e.g. Why do certain pages come up first in a search?). Administrators could use this when creating web content for the school. The glossaries are a gold mine when trying to understand web talk.

Embedding digital curriculum resources

'Enhancing Teachers’ Take-up of Digital Content: Factors and Design Principles in Technology Adoption'
by Professor Michael Gaffney, Education Services Australia

This research was designed to find out what works in helping teachers embed digital curriculum resources into their teaching practice.

Click here for the Report

Student blogging

This is an interesting read, including the accompanying comments, for those of you who are thinking about blogging.
What you wanted to know about student blogging

Inquiry based learning

This article describes the introduction of a middle years IBL program at Matthew Flinders High School and its development over three years, focusing in particular on the impact of the IBL on the professional learning experiences of the school's middle years team.
Inquiry based learning

TED Talks

Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. Here's the homepage:
TED: ideas worth spreading


Sir Ken Robinson's talk about the importance of creativity in education: dance like no one is watching.
Do schools kill creativity?

Interview with Sir Ken Robinson: Huckabee - Sir Ken Robinson, Author of The Element (01-31-2009)

Ken Robinson has written numerous books, most recently "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything." This talk explores ways to connect peoples' natural aptitudes with their personal passions to achieve at their highest levels in education and business.
Sir Ken Robinson, Hammer Lectures