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Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 6 views

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Finland has vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around.
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Finland has vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html#ixzz1XxehtGtn

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Finland has vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around. Read more: <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html#ixzz1XxehtGtn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html#ixzz1XxehtGtn</a></div>

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Amazing Space - 2 views

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This site is an extensive astronomy resource. It uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate about the wonders of the universe. The Teaching tools index is a convenient doorway to all the teaching materials at Amazing Space. Educators get a special "overview" with every resource that suggests ways to use it in the classroom and provides links to related materials. Recommended astronomy resource

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This site is an extensive astronomy resource. It uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate about the wonders of the universe. The Teaching tools index is a convenient doorway to all the teaching materials at Amazing Space. Educators get a special "overview" with every resource that suggests ways to use it in the classroom and provides links to related materials. Recommended astronomy resource</div>

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Readict - Get most out of your reading on iPad - 4 views

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From Diigo - Readict is for those who take reading seriously. It is an iPad reading app that integrates highlighter and "read later" functionalities to provide efficient and effective reading experience. $5.49 in Australia

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Diigo - Readict is for those who take reading seriously. It is an iPad reading app that integrates highlighter and "read later" functionalities to provide efficient and effective reading experience. $5.49 in Australia</div>

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HowStuffWorks for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 3 views

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HowStuffWorks.com in a brand new way with the HowStuffWorks for iPad app! Access tons of new features and content, including a massive collection of articles, quizzes, podcasts and videos in a completely re-imagined experience

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">HowStuffWorks.com in a brand new way with the HowStuffWorks for iPad app! Access tons of new features and content, including a massive collection of articles, quizzes, podcasts and videos in a completely re-imagined experience</div>

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Gartner Adds Big Data, Gamification, and Internet of Things to Its Hype Cycle - 5 views

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This year, Gartner is adding big data, Internet of Things, gamification and consumerization to the Hype Cycle that weren't present in 2010. According to Gartner, private cloud computing has reached the peak level of hype, and cloud/Web platforms are slipping into the "trough of disillusionment" in the face of Platform as a Service (PaaS).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This year, Gartner is adding big data, Internet of Things, gamification and consumerization to the Hype Cycle that weren't present in 2010. According to Gartner, private cloud computing has reached the peak level of hype, and cloud/Web platforms are slipping into the "trough of disillusionment" in the face of Platform as a Service (PaaS).</div>

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21 Signs You're a 21st Century Teacher - 15 views

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Are you a 21st Century Teacher? 1. You require your students to use a variety of sources for their research projects…and they cite blogs, podcasts, and interviews they've conducted via Skype. 2. Your students work on collaborative projects…with students in Australia. (Substitute: other parts of the world for us Austns) This is a thought provoking list that has a link at the end to another article - becoming a 21st C teacher in 2 hours!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Are you a 21st Century Teacher? 1. You require your students to use a variety of sources for their research projects…and they cite blogs, podcasts, and interviews they've conducted via Skype. 2. Your students work on collaborative projects…with students in Australia. (Substitute: other parts of the world for us Austns) This is a thought provoking list that has a link at the end to another article - becoming a 21st C teacher in 2 hours!</div>

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10 Ways Open CourseWare Has Freed Education | MindShift - 5 views

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DataSift: Realtime Social Data Mining Platform - 5 views

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Curate and Data Mine the Real Time Web with DataSift. Aggregate, filter, record, and analyse real-time data from a variety of social sources using Curation Stream Definition Language (CSDL). Particularly relevant to sorting Twitter data by allowing you to aggregate value with sentiment, authority thereby making Twitter data more useful and searchable.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Curate and Data Mine the Real Time Web with DataSift. Aggregate, filter, record, and analyse real-time data from a variety of social sources using Curation Stream Definition Language (CSDL). Particularly relevant to sorting Twitter data by allowing you to aggregate value with sentiment, authority thereby making Twitter data more useful and searchable. </div>

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Avantis debuts first Android tablet aimed at schools - 1 views

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"The LearnPad is an interactive tablet computer designed specifically for use in schools. It's small enough to be portable yet large enough to be used as a standalone device with dedicated eLearning content, or it can connect to your school's network to access traditional online and Flash-based educational websites and online content."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The LearnPad is an interactive tablet computer designed specifically for use in schools. It's small enough to be portable yet large enough to be used as a standalone device with dedicated eLearning content, or it can connect to your school's network to access traditional online and Flash-based educational websites and online content."</div>

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MathsYear7 - wiki - 3 views

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On this wiki you will find links to problem solving pages, interactive activities and homework information for Year 7 Maths course. It's a gold mine of resources for middle years maths teachers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">On this wiki you will find links to problem solving pages, interactive activities and homework information for Year 7 Maths course. It's a gold mine of resources for middle years maths teachers.</div>

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Fukushima disaster Timeline - Dipity - 9 views

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Find, create and embed interactive timelines. Dipity is a free digital timeline website with a mission to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Find, create and embed interactive timelines. Dipity is a free digital timeline website with a mission to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.</div>

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The Internet in Society - RSA org's Channel - 0 views

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Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new RSA Animate adapted from a talk given in 2009, Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new RSA Animate adapted from a talk given in 2009, Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics. </div>

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Study: $75M teacher pay initiative did not improve achievement | GothamSchools - 2 views

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New York City's heralded $75 million experiment in teacher incentive pay - deemed "transcendent" when it was announced in 2007 - did not increase student achievement at all, a new study by the Harvard economist Roland Fryer concludes. "If anything," Fryer writes of schools that participated in the program, "student achievement declined." Fryer and his team used state math and English test scores as the main indicator of academic achievement.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">New York City's heralded $75 million experiment in teacher incentive pay - deemed "transcendent" when it was announced in 2007 - did not increase student achievement at all, a new study by the Harvard economist Roland Fryer concludes. "If anything," Fryer writes of schools that participated in the program, "student achievement declined." Fryer and his team used state math and English test scores as the main indicator of academic achievement.</div>

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Tools for the 21st Century Teacher - 16 views

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eBook with simple instructions for using a range of popular Web 2.0 tools

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">eBook with simple instructions for using a range of popular Web 2.0 tools</div>

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Speaking Image [application] - 4 views

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7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes | EDUCAUSE - 6 views

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QR codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and that often feature URLs that direct users to sites where they can learn about an object or place (a practice known as "mobile tagging"). Decoding software on tools such as camera phones interprets the codes, which are increasingly found in places such as product labels, billboards, and buildings, inviting passers-by to pull out their mobile phones and uncover the encoded information

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">QR codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and that often feature URLs that direct users to sites where they can learn about an object or place (a practice known as "mobile tagging"). Decoding software on tools such as camera phones interprets the codes, which are increasingly found in places such as product labels, billboards, and buildings, inviting passers-by to pull out their mobile phones and uncover the encoded information</div>

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QR Codes in Education: A Burgeoning Narrative | JAMES MICHIE - 7 views

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James Michie details how QR Codes can be used for learning and the tools to get there. In this post he shares and discusses a narrative of ideas, experiences and best practices. QR Codes are a fascinating connectivity tool for the distribution of ideas, information and connections.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">James Michie details how QR Codes can be used for learning and the tools to get there. In this post he shares and discusses a narrative of ideas, experiences and best practices. QR Codes are a fascinating connectivity tool for the distribution of ideas, information and connections.</div>

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Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture - The MIT Press - 5 views

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An occasional paper on digital media and learning. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An occasional paper on digital media and learning. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. </div>

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Gulf Oil Spill Information Center - Library Guides at University of South Florida Libra... - 2 views

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This is a comprehensive guide to some of the information and data concerning the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the clean-up efforts. Includes links to resources on the incident, economic, environmental and social aspects as well as background to oil industry in the region.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a comprehensive guide to some of the information and data concerning the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the clean-up efforts. Includes links to resources on the incident, economic, environmental and social aspects as well as background to oil industry in the region.</div>

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Beyond Social: Read/Write in The Era of Internet of Things - 6 views

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An excellent blog post tracing the transition of the Internet from its social identity into the semantic web. Emerging trends are the growth of data being uploaded by governments and business and the 'Internet of Things" involving all the devices and applications interacting online.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An excellent blog post tracing the transition of the Internet from its social identity into the semantic web. Emerging trends are the growth of data being uploaded by governments and business and the 'Internet of Things" involving all the devices and applications interacting online. </div>

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