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"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."

A great interactive timeline creator which now has accounts for education. 

Excellent series of collaborative slides collected by Tom Barrett. Great ways to use the IPod touches

Phenomenal resources - go to the resources and tools tabs; student samples, tutorials, links

A collective (social) and currently growing compilation explaining and illustrating how educators can use online data-collection forms both in and outside the classroom

An Instructional Technology QuickGuide, complete with links to sites and tutorials!

"While every school knows the importance of safeguarding in our digital world, it's also important that they know and understand the most effective strategies to help safeguard their pupils online, both in and out of the classroom. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), have recently launched a framework which aims to highlight, across all key stages, the skills and knowledge children should have in order to feel safe, and act responsibly, online so that they are able to enjoy the online world."

We will discuss what schools are doing to prepare for possible closures, how teachers can work efficiently at home, how schools and colleagues can offer support, and how technology can help to keep learning happen.