A huge variety of resources (info-kits, tools and topic information) to support further and higher education. UK based and focused, but many of the topics will be relevant internationally.
Website of the Information Society Unit of the EC Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies project on use of Web 2.0 technologies in training and education - includes reports and case studies.
"The Assessment and Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) is a research project that proposes ways of assessing 21st-century skills and encourages teaching and adopting those skills in the classroom."
Educaplay enables you to create activities and then embed in your blog or wiki. You need to set up an account. The default settings are Spanish, so make sure you select English.
Ways to use this in a classroom:
- spelling word activities
- topic word activities
- shared book activities (as shown below)
- making crosswords about topics or books
- specific grammatical activities like changing tense, adding endings, plurals etc
- Comprehension activities
Website for the UK Learning Technologies Exhibition and conference - includes broader content and access to quarterly learning technologies magazine (online).
A resource site for e-learning and learning technologies, aimed mostly at the business, public and not-for-profit sectors (i.e. for training and continuing professional development)
An Aquaculture Community Site focusing on sharing learning resources and themed discussions. Run by the University of Hawaii using a social networking platform