1. Facebook with classes http://techtoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-project-template.html and http://tinyurl.com/y3p26rv farcebook http://lopezlibrarylearning.wikispaces.com/ and http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6025698 edmodo – similar to Facebook http://www.edmodo.com/
2. Check nla news – databases www.era.nla.gov.au Scanned newspapers http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/
3. One stop searching of science resources http://worldwidescience.org/index.html Science research http://www.scienceresearch.com/scienceresearch/search.html
4. Maths is fun geometry http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/constructions.html
5. 21st Century Workers Require New Skills – transliteracy – http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/21st-century-works-require-new-skills/
6. Research tools – Libguides http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/top-ten-reasons-i-love-libguides/ Mashpedia http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2010/04/create-authentic-web-based-research.html
7. Tool updates –
New features google docs http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/new-and-improved-google-docs/
Gmail does drag and drop attachments http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/drag-and-drop-attachments-onto-messages.html?utm_source=feedburner
Youtube does twitter http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_launches_twitter-like_channel_bulletins.php Myspace launches social calendar http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100415/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_myspace_events 50 ways to search twitter http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/189327?utm_source=delicious&utm_medium=twitter Ning refugees http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/16/grou-ps-and-grouply-welcome-ning-refugees/ I-suggest- put in delicious bookmarks http://classtools.net/twitter/tweet.htm?message=InSuggest%253A+Recommends+new+websites+based+on+your+delicious+links%2521+-+&url=http://bookmarks.insuggest.com/ visual understanding environment instead of prezi & powerpoint http://vue.tufts.edu/ Youtube filter- not very safe http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/is-youtubes-safety-mode-safe-not-very/
Vidinotes http://www.vidinotes.com/ Takes a video and creates a presentation based around still shots from the video
8. Fun with flip cameras http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/fun-with-flip-cameras/
9. Scrabble not changing – new game http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1568/mattel-scrabble-changes-confederate-history-month-controversy-blogs
10. Interactive to decide what Creative Commons licence http://creativecommons.org.tw/licwiz/english.html Copyright http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1021.pdf
These link lists you prepare and share are so packed with ideas and possibilities – thank you for them. Much appreciated. I’m showing just one of them in my staff development day presentation tomorrow (on personal learning networks) to show colleagues how just one blog post packs a bunch of professional development possibilities.
Ruth, Thanks for commenting, I love your blog too!
This is so timely. We have been discussing whether or not to block Facebook in my school. This will give us lots to keep the discussion going. Thanks!