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"The game Minecraft is an emerging way to teach and learn basic concepts of collaboration in the classroom. Minecraft rose to popularity due to elaborate pop culture recreations and the ability to explore other people's lands. With Minecraft, students can learn about survival, experience history digitally and create models of cells for biology class. If you are using Minecraft in your class, follow these magazines to get new ideas for your lesson plan."

Google, Google, Google galore! Via John Pearce on Oz Teachers. Great resources for all things Google. Now I can see a real use for livebinders.

"These are my favorites free tools to get your students and you collaborating! Included is a brief description and helpful links to facilitate using these tools more effectively."

Center for webinar and distance learning edtech resources and finding collaborators.

Wiki page about gamification concepts applied to learning and teaching. Links to resource pages.

Web site about digital storytelling as educational strategy with examples and resources at Ohio State U.

Web site about digital storytelling as educational strategy with examples and resources at Ohio State U.

Tom Barret's very useful "Interesting Ways" all in the one spot. Looking for a way to integrate some ICT into your classroom? You should find something here. If you have an idea that you would like to add contact Tom he will be more than happy to give you privileges to do so. Another great resource to pack into the 'old kit bag' 

This is a timeline of picture books. Great resource and discussion starter for teachers and students.

A nicely organised collection of web 2.0 tools & resources

Realllly extensive LiveBinder of resources to support the use of iPads in schools

This binder is an attempt to collect and organize Digital Citizenship resources by age (grade level). Often when we think of Digital Citizenship, we only think about the safety aspects of it but being a digital citizen is much more than just being safe. The nine elements of Digital Citizenship as outlined in the book Digital Citizenship in Schools by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey are: Digital Etiquette Digital Communication Digital Literacy Digital Access Digital Commerce Digital Law Digital Rights & Responsibilities Digital Health & Wellness Digital Security (self-protection) Source: http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html If you would like to collaborate on this binder, please send the email address that you used when signing up with Live Binders to stmcomputers@gmail.com.

"A new research project by the Open University explores the much-debated concept of "the digital native". The university does this by making full use of the rich resource which is its own highly diverse student body. It concludes that while there are clear differences between older people and younger in their use of technology, there's no evidence of a clear break between two separate populations."

Excellent resource for using Twitter in education

Wes Fryer's great Scratch resource wiki has tutorials video and an assessment rubric.

"So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. If you are contemplating beginning - it might help to look at links that interest you to get some grounding ideas."

Learning and teaching resources organized around the people awarded the Nobel Prizes. Note the serious games and video clips of interviews and lectures by Nobel Laureates.

Learning and teaching resources organized around the people awarded the Nobel Prizes. Serious games and video clips of interviews and lectures by Nobel Laureates. Inviting layout and easy navaigation design.

Blog articles that list many resources. This one is on serious learning games arranged by subjects.

Blog articles that list many "best websites" resources. This one is on serious learning games arranged by subjects.

Resources for Google Docs use in the Classroom.