i-SITS

LibGuides look handy, but you can put together the same functionality using wordpress.

# Digital Life # Privacy and Digital Footprints # Connected Culture # Self-Expression and Identity # Respecting Creative Work"

This looks like it would be a very good complement to our continuum.

a great collection of tips and how-to's

Wes Fryer's list of (nearly) all free software he uses to create podcasts.

Wes Fyer shares the software, websites, and other resources I utilize now to podcast, as well as an outline of the steps I follow in podcasting today.

"A free directory that connects teachers and helps them use Skype to enrich students' educational experience."

There are lots of amazing software here for download.  I was looking at Speed Reading 111 (Mac).    The text is small (I'm tutoring people with reading problems) but I set my screen to a different resolution and the print was bigger.  

Presents words in chunks.  No right to left tracking.

"Eyam plague -the story "

"Designed for students in Grade 7 and higher, the textED.ca website provides a fun, interactive platform for children to learn about the short-term costs and the long-term ramifications associated with texting."

"Not every educator should be expected to use all of these technologies in the classroom, but every educator should understand what these are, the potential they have in the classroom, and how their students may already be using them. "

"Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers."

"Preparing students for commenting with "wall blogging"."

y allowing students to bring their mobile devices to class, school districts provide the benefits of personalized instruction - without blowing their budgets. And they also pass on their purchasing power to families, who can buy devices from vendors at the district's discounted rate.

"In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish."

another Sir Ken Robinson TED talk - well worth watching and sharing with your staff.... I kept thinking about the principles of differentian as I listened.

The founding of Quebec

a collection of links for collaborative projects

Interactive map that shows world countries where child labour is used to make products.

Alec Couros' collection of resources

Alec has collected a series of digital storytelling resources that could be quite useful.

Some good writing and grammar tips.