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TCEA panel says Web 2.0 marks a complete shift from the old models of instruction ... and schools need to shift accordingly

Very interesting look at how schools are restricting cellphone use in the classroom and The AU policies in place

Join us and fellow ELT professionals from around the world to discuss, reflect on and develop ideas. The 43rd IATEFL Conference will offer many opportunities for professional contact and development. The programme offers over 400 workshops, posters, talks, panel discussions and symposiums by international presenters from over 60 countries.

I have always marvelled at being able to follow real great minds realtime

Push and pull learning vas formal and informal leanring

Very handy little tool very nicely descibed herer

The Websites listed here contain annotated links to resources that may be of interest to PD Professionals.

A great explantion of how a lecturer use Twitter as part of his course. It also gives us an overview of uses for twitter. Adding it to my Twitter motivation!

Alarmist article? Research evidence?

What are your kids learning while you're not looking?

Schools need to recognise that social networking is not just something kids are doing in MySpace or Facebook.

Good links to assessment tools for principles and teachers to emasure complaince in the 21st century

It took tens of thousands of years for writing to emerge after speech, thousands more before the printing press was invented, and a few hundred more for the telegraph to arrive. Today, new ways of relating are constantly created and a new communication medium emerges every time someone creates a web application-a Flickr here, a Twitter there. How can we use new media to foster the kinds of communication and community we desire in education? This presentation will discuss both successful and unsuccessful attempts to integrate emerging technologies into the classroom to create a rich virtual learning environment.

PinkyDinkyDoo.com - awesome early learning site!

Practical ideas with links to futher reading

"The biggest challenge we're presented with right now is how to take advantage of all the things the Internet has to offer without compromising our students' security or giving them access to things that are inappropriate,"

An updated way of looking at Bloom's Taxonomy