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The Internet archive is attempting to provide "universal access to all knowledge". i.e it is storing as much information as it possibly can. You can find movies, audio, books, even websites via the Internet archive.

Announcement of 85,000 newsreel films covering events from 1896 through 1976 being released onto YouTube.

AITSL is the Australian authority on professional teacher standards. Here is the May eNews fyi. Worth following @aitsl

Australian Curriculum lesson plans

Argues that learning styles are a myth, but that students are different.

A description of how one school is helping all students develop a personal eportfolio using individual student blogs.

Personal Digital Footprint Calculator

Video and detail about use of an X-Box kinnect and any project to make any suface interactive.

An explicit definition and example of "digital leadership" as using technology to "improve the lives, well-being and circumstances of others". Reinforces the point that "digital citizenship" should be more than just being safe. It's about making a difference

Blog contains tabs which allow you to look at specific topics. The topics are News, Teaching, Inspiration, Personal Development, Tech Tips and Social Media Savvy 

Collection of posts around the use of blogging in the classroom. The first one in the list currently starts with the big point "There is more to blogging with your students than simply creating a blog and starting to copy and paste work that traditionally was done on a paper journal or worksheet"

Archive of lesson plans for Smart Boards

Article reporting on what is apparently the "first empirical test of the effect of reflection on learning". It found that learners given time to reflect performed 18% and 23% better than learners who were not given time to reflect on what they'd learned. The study also found that there was no significant difference between reflecting on what was learned and having to teach it to someone else. I do wonder whether the ability of the learners to reflect played any part in the improvements gained? Would guidance on how to reflect improve performance more? Obvious links to both this course and the learning journal, but also for you to ponder in terms of your own learners.

People from across the world share photos of what's in their fridge. I wonder what a resource/project like this could be used for in a class setting? How might it be modified? e.g. the article has a link to projects like "What the world eats in a day" and "What kids eat for breakfast"

Well this made me smile how people let the world into their refrigerators! However when I think about the class setting you could use it to investigate where products originate and the process they go through before they arrive in our refrigerators.