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"http://www.ted.com Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help."

Skype enables students to connect, collaborate, and communicate with other students across the globe. It creates an opportunity for students to learn from each other, to have authentic audiences for their work, and to meet others who can further their learning. And

There is a new timeline tool in town! Actually MyHistro is more than just a timeline - it has a  built-in mapping tool too.

Create your own downloadable newspaper. You decide the date, headline & story.

"Its been too long between posts about Evernote so alas, here I am again."

Good short overview of the connection between the cognitive, interpersonal & intrapersonal and "deeper learning". In careers classes & in career advice these are the sorts of factors the kids are taught determine success in life. Via Sara Wilkie Tweet

Purdue Universities Online Writing an incredible resource for writing that could be used by teachers in English, S&E, Rel, Media, Business etc.  This link is the Argumentative Essays to give an example of what is there    

The Research Cycle.  Interesting stuff from Jamie McKenzie which focuses on Questioning, planning etc which the use if ICT enhances.  Very good to understand some of the principles ICT implementation can be based on and to look into McKenzie's work. 

A lot of great Web 2.0 tools here.

There are a growing number of online tools to support students in need of literacy support. This new series from Catherine Hainstock talks about how text-to-speech programs can support students' reading online.

"It's been around for a few years now and had plenty of interest from around the world already, but Mr G Online has only just discovered Maths Maps. From first impressions, I am absolutely blown away by the idea. The brainchild of leading UK educator Tom Barrett, (now based in Australia), Maths Maps uses Google Maps as the launching pad for Maths Investigations. Barrett's vision was for teachers around the world to collaborate on building Maths Maps, examples of some seen in the screenshots on the left. Here is a brief description of how it works from the Maths Maps website. Elevator Pitch Using Google Maps. Maths activities in different places around the world. One location, one maths topic, one map. Activities explained in placemarks in Google Maps. Placemarks geotagged to the maths it refers to. "How wide is this swimming pool?" Teachers to contribute and share ideas. Maps can be used as independent tasks or group activities in class. Maps can be embedded on websites, blogs or wikis. Tasks to be completed by students and recorded online or offline."