BSC ICT links

A great discussion of Danah Boyd's book 'It's Complicated' and the need for teens to connect.

A digital copy of Danah Boyd's new book on social lives of teens.

An interesting post on digital footprint and blogging.

An awesome introduction into Google Apps for Education from Anthony Speranza, which includes a really good presentation. Covers everything.

A great outline of where to start in regards to texts and resources associated with digital literacies.

A great outline of where to start in regards to texts and resources associated with digital literacies.

An interesting post from Steve Wheeler associated with 'Safer Internet Day' and how we can help children today.

An interesting application that helps grade writing based on complexity and difficulty.

A great post from Kath Murdoch in which she outlines how inquiry teacher teach. What I really liked about it is that even if you don't 'do inquiry' you can still take some of the facets of an inquiry teacher.

Using thinking tools is one way to "make thinking visible" and help our students explain their thoughts in a simple and explicit way. As the team from Project Zero themselves say "Visible Thinking includes a large number of classroom routines, easily and flexibly integrated with content learning, and representing areas of thinking such as understanding, truth and evidence, fairness and moral reasoning, creativity, self-management, and decision making. It also provides tools for integrating the arts with subject-matter content. Finally, it includes a practical framework for how to create "cultures of thinking" in individual classrooms and within an entire school."

A presentation on learning online from ICTEV12

Edmodo recently released a new look for their website. Many times when a website changes there's a ton of confusion about old features, new feature, and where everything is now located. Not with Edmodo! The simple and clear design makes it easy to navigate between all of the tools. So there shouldn't be too much confusion for existing users, and teachers who want to learn how to use Edmodo for the first time are met with a sleek and simple interface. Here are a few videos on how to navigate the new Edmodo site, and how to use the basic features for anyone interested in learning to use Edmodo in the classroom.

A good introduction to the different social media formats, including Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram. Induces discussion of what each provides.

A fantastic collection on documentaries available online. They have been sorted into various categories, from History to Science to Sport.

An interactive periodic table

A great resource in regards to all things associated with the WWW. It breaks the whole process down into three key areas: exploring, building and connecting.

A great resource from Mozilla in regards to developing 'web literacy' and going beyond 'coding' from Doug Belshaw.

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 -  the results of the 7th Annual Learning Tools Survey. Not only is it an interesting list, but a great place to start to look for new ideas and programs.