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This article was recommended by social media guru Beth Kantor on her Facebook page. In my experience, if it is from Beth, it's great! It may be helpful in our blog set up and posting.

A collection of free education resources With the announcement that Open University course fees are about to increase massively, I've been gradually collecting alternatives using the excellent Evernote on-line tool. Every time I saw a link to a free course or other educational resource, I "evernoted it" (I believe "to evernote" is a verb now).

Very interesting. Thank you.

Muammar Ghaddafi. Saddam Hussain. Barak Obama. Fukishima. Sub-Prime Lending. What do these topics have in common? They are all important subjects that our students should be learning about, yet they probably don't appear in most textbooks in our classrooms. The moment a textbook rolls off the printing press, it begins to morph into a useless paperweight.

Great article. E-books have so much potential - for increased accessibility, lower costs, portability, currency, etc. etc.

I tried to leave this on the site , not intended for the group.....In order to reach our students, we need to think like "Digital Natives", not "Digital Immigrants" (thank you Marc Prensky). ...i think you have valid points and this can be a useful tool but why use these terms, Natives and Immigrants. I often find these terms can be used negatively and could be percieved as such. Although this may not be your intention saying you are now a Digital Native vs a Digital Immigrant to me sounds , negative. Its just a thought , but i do appreciate your take on text books and the usefulness of utilizing this tool to keep up to date.

In this article, InfEd explores: What is learning? Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process?

January 21, 2012 06:52 AM ET Computerworld - On Thursday, Apple made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

Thanks for posting this link. I can't wait to learn more about this topic. E-books are amazing! And once Apple lends its talents to this arena, you just know wonderful things are going to happen. I know there are pros and cons to e-books. But the accessibility, portability, lower cost and functionality of e-books are very positive factors.

Good information for principals and a chance to learn more!

The trick is do your kids think its cool for you to be on social media with them?! If you do it side by side then it can work but as a father with a teenage daughter it can be challenging...

Will you post a recording for this session?

Well, you've simply got to admire a blog/newletter/Twiitter feed with the name "Brain Pickings" http://www.brainpickings.org/

I am learning very slowly, just a little bit at a time

Flipped classroom

Great concept. His idea that publishing is a higher order thinking skill even than creating and that if students are publishing products and ideas, this will demand great rigour and learning makes a great deal of sense. Highly informative and short and sweet learning video.

Teaching and Learning using concept mapping

This is up my alley. Thanks

Good introduction but doesn't cover what I need explained - "how to pick the text / terms / action words" on the diagrams". Doesn't say why it's different from mindmap.

This blog raises great questions, Brainy Smurf, but I found your response posting most helpful.

InfEd explores informal education, lifelong learning, social pedagogy and social action

Here are two quotes for you: Economically disadvantaged students, who often use the computer for remediation and basic skills, learn to do what the computer tells them, while more affluent students, who use it to learn programming and tool applications, learn to tell the computer what to do. Neuman, D.

Is that why more and more companies are sponsoring schools and the movement of charter schools in the US is so popular? When the Gov't and big business start controlling the message and influencing policy and laws when it comes to sharing and distribution, thats not even a slippery slope thats an avalanche.

You've just got to love a website with the title "Enlighten us but make it quick"! Great content; thanks!