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Page from the Australian Government offering advice for how a school can go about implementing policies focused on safety and wellbeing. It has a particular focus on digital technologies and provides some links to related resources.

Important advice to keep in mind when working in a group.

Here you will find practical advice on how you can be even more effective in your role.

This is a website I came across on Terry Rees blog page http://terryrees.edublogs.org/ . She says one of the most important things for her is to develop a sustainable and quality Personal Learning Network (PLN) with other professionals with which she can share ideas, experiences, thoughts, and seek advice. If you are in need of resources and advice for starting a PLN this may help. Thanks Terry for putting me on to it. Hopefully others will find it useful too.

An Edudemic blog that gives great advice about using screencasting tools in education, and their cost.

Web page outlining how a particular teacher makes use of IWBs.

Kathleen Morris discusses the benefits of using blogs in classrooms. She has been an active 'blogger' for over 6 years now, and explains that she feels blogging assists students to make connections with their learning, particularly in primary school settings, with home, school, and global influences.

A primary school teacher's advice for using blogging in the classroom with students for learning.

Page from the eSafety Commissioner's website that provides links related to school policies and e or cyber safety. It includes links to a list of national and state education department policies; advice on implementing policies; and, classroom resources.

With almost 70,000 followers Vicki Davis was named one of "Twitter's Top 10 Rockstar teachers" by Mashable. Vicki is a full time teacher and IT Director at a small school in Camilla, Georgia. In her words, "my mission is to help you be a better teacher. I'm passionate about helping all teachers reach every student so I write a lot about teaching, staying motivated, and how to connect with other teachers." 'Coolcatteacher' has also been consistently named one of the top 50 blogs in education worldwide. What piqued my interest is her belief in using technology effectively as a teacher.

Questions should ignite learning. Curious kids never get bored. But why do young kids ask more than 100 questions a day and by middle school, they've stopped asking?

This teacher is preaching the "Teaching Gospel for Today"! Asking questions and promoting problem-based learning to students is how to teach students today. Thank-you for sharing this bernielou!

Attribution and citation - the difference and some advice

Post that talks about an embedded video based on a PhD thesis about how and if students actually learn anything from watching videos (often not) and offers some advice about how to create/identify videos that might actually help students learn (start by directly addressing common misconceptions)

Thanks for the bug fix Walter. Have fixed it in the 2014 version of the course.

An open book designed for university instructors to provide advice about teaching and learning in a digital age. Yet, still some interesting coverage of some topics that may be of interest or relevance.

See our list of top recommended early childhood education blogs that share ideas, insights, and advice with the teaching community.

Article from the New York Times talking about how some of their (quite amazing) photos can be used in a class setting. Lots of advice on how.

This blog is written by a secondary teacher, also a mother. The teacher blog posts are quite insightful, and offer much advice on managing the students and the classroom.

This website is set up for Early Childhood educators to make life easier. Its quote is "We all need to work together to make the Early Years Framework a reality". It contains links to interactive ICT websites and advice on the following topics: Being, Belonging, Becoming Reggio Emilia Learning through Play Social & Emotional Development Communication Skills Learning Literacy Learning Numeracy Equal Access for All Consistent Curriculum Smooth Transition Partnerships Quality assurance Activities for Little Kids ICT for Littlies Australian Early Years Framework Regulation Videos Other Early Years Links Recipes safe for kids

Its great to hear people say that we need to work together. I remember years ago a friend of mine (who was a Grade 6 teacher) told me of her frustration when she would encourage her students and they were alive with excitement to learn and explore and the work they handed in was exceptional from her point of view. However, six months into the next year she would be so disappointed because the grades of the Year 7 students would be declining and their attitude was one of apathy. What she wanted to do was to work with the Year 7 teacher so with a combined effort they could assist the students to continue their positive attitude throughout their time at upper primary school. The Year 7 teacher felt threatened and the sad cycle continued. When I read http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/blog-early-blog-often-the-secret-to-making-boys-write-properly-2211232.html as well as http://www.letthechildrenplay.net I was thrilled to hear what great progress is being made by teachers/schools when they collaborate. Thanks for the info.

I wanted to know how I could use IWB as my experience with them is more along the line of "projector screens" as cited in the article

"tips for interactive group games and note-taking"

Video of a teacher showing how to connect a computer up to a Promethean IWB including a few tips, tricks and troubleshooting bits of advice.