Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic
Critical thinking and Problem solving, Creativity and innovation, Collaboration, Teamwork & Leadership, Cross-cultural Understanding, Communication & Media Literacy, Computing & ICT Literacy, Career & Learning Self-reliance
1. Excellent archive of Webinar on 21st Century learning and reading from April 15- watch now
About http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/webcastsDetail/2140495210.html
Slides – large file 16 mb http://event.on24.com/event/20/15/96/rt/1/documents/slidepdf/summitlessonslearned.pdf
“Literacy is vital, but literacy is not the finish line. Literature is not just in the business of “See Jane Run.” Literature is in the business of helping us to imagine ourselves and others more complexly, of connecting us to the ancient conversation about how to live as a person in a world full of other people.” Source: http://www.sparksflyup.com/2008/11/speech-i-wrote-for-alan-conference.php
Webcast http://tinyurl.com/y4mwpay
Links
SARS inquiry http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00738/
Reading ladders http://lesesneseminar.pbworks.com/
Eastern Reading Program http://pomerantz.eastern.k12.nj.us/public/Independent_Reading/Welcome.html
How To Write A Reader’s Annotation: http://www.sjrlc.org/RAhandouts/annotation.htm
Photopeach for slideshows
Skillzone http://iskillzone.uwe.ac.uk/RenderPages/RenderHomePage.aspx
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
Organise bookmarks visually http://www.speedtile.net/
New apps http://www.iear.org/iear/category/high-school
What should students read? http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/index.htm
http://dschoolk12.ning.com/
http://www.clerestorylearning.com/
http://langwitches.org/blog/
http://www.resourceshelf.com/
http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/
Suggested YA & Children’s Book Blogs
Reading Rants! www.readingrants.org
A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy* http://yzocaet.blogspot.com
Guys Lit Wire http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/
BookEnds* http://bookends.booklistonline.com/
YALSA’s booklists & awards www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
AdbooksListserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adbooks/
Professor Nana* http://professornana.livejournal.com/
A Fuse #8 Production www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blogs.html
Planet Esme http://planetesme.blogspot.com/
ALSC Notables www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/index.cfm
Diamond Bookshelf http://diamondbookshelf.com/public/
2. Tech books – Professional learning http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/2010/04/16/ed-tech-book-club-changing-educational-technology-one-book-at-a-time/
3. Evidence based practice http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol4num2/hay_pt2.pdf
http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_69/school_libraries_making_a_difference_1.html
http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol3num2/hay.pdf
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/assets/pdf/researchcolumns21-1.pdf
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/schools/seminar_2007/seminar_2007_program.html
4. Kids search engines http://eyeplorer.com/show/
Commoncraft video http://www.commoncraft.com/search
http://www.twurdy.com (play on words “too wordy”) searches based on the lexical density of the website and the idea that sites with less words are easier for primary kids to read. Search results are colour coded for readability and labelled with word count.
Studysearch has a primary school search option http://www.studysearch.com.au/
How students search http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/technology/internet/26kidsearch.html?_r=2 so the “let me google that for you” search engine may help kids http://lmgtfy.com/
Searching tools for kids http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/KidSearch (check the other kids’ options on the left menu as well)
http://www.sweetsearch.com/
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/primary/pages/Default.aspx
http://quintura.com/
A good approach for kids is to teach them to use google more effectively, seeing they will often go there first anyway – see https://readingpower.wordpress.com/about/ Scroll to March 2 for some ideas about new google features.
http://www.infotopia.info/ search code for embedding infotopia is in top right corner
5. Social networking-seven deadliest hacks http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/09/social-networking-hacks.html
6. 2010 Horizon report http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/default.asp?id=30983&issueID=12099
7. Infectious diseases fun http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6726323.html?nid=2413&source=title&rid=17458595
8. Webinar – Response To Intervention- Making it Work https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=201526&sessionid=1&key=A36027C7B4524BBB242A7331FC5611D5 RTI powerpoint http://www.edweek.org/media/april15_rtiwebinar.pdf
9. Freeze ‘n Read http://freeze-n-read.weebly.com/index.html Read Kiddo Read Blog http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
10. You can’t get better quality education by testing Reconsidering America’s School System” – Podcast – Diane Ravitch http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201004140900
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