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"Imagine hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids. Imagine them rated and sorted into a giant Directory, making them simple to find. WatchKnowLearn is a non-profit online community devoted to this goal."

Heartfelt reflections from a student undertaking exams. Not specifically around technology however it does add to the debate and reinforce that notion of exams becoming more and more curious in their present form in modern society.

Great video of students parody on snakes with Lady GaGa song - would love to have seen it developed and filmed by kids though.

Love the idea of a Apps development club

Interesting development and some amazing data must have been captured be good to chat about this.

Great discussion starter around student priorities for environments

"As I lamented in my last post, many of the fabulous Web tools out there are restricted to users 13 and over. This limits what Elementary/Primary schools students can access online to create content to collaborate. To save others at school some time, then, I have compiled a list of popular/well known Web tools that can and can't be used by children under 13 - 1), so we are legally covered in what we are allowing our students to use and 2), so they know what is available. Please note that generally the sites that allow for under 13s still ask for parental permission ( even Edmodo if you haven't read the Terms of Use) so a solid school user agreement is needed to use these tools. Some of the sites are not US based so are not bound by COPPA and CIPA regulations. It still requires schools to carefully check out what can be viewed on these sites to ensure they are appropriate to access."

students journals

This list suggests some readily available digital tools that could be useful for VCE Students. It is not a definitive list but rather one that is not too daunting but offers a few options in

"Do Now is a new series of activities for students to respond to current issues through the use KQED's award-winning online media resources and social media tools like Twitter."

A great summary of how to go about doing research online from Chris Betcher.

It's gone - did we really miss it?

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To go with my comments on other blogs and tweeters - infographic lacks any educational content about the application of these tools with students or teachers - this is just lazy blogging to get people to the site. Lift your game.