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"This site is for teachers at Brigidine College St Ives (Australia), and any others who wish to join us, as we search for and share information related to educational philosophies, classroom materials, digital resources, teaching ideas etc."

A list of free, fully resourced workshops and courses

Researchers have begun to understand more about the situations in which students learn best, they have found that "the structure and resources of traditional classrooms" are often inadequate and that "technology - when used effectively - can enable ways of teaching that are much better matched to how children learn"

A good, assistive resource for teachers using Bloom's Taxonomy. You can click on the various links to learn how you can use the revised cognitive domain categories to develop learning objectives, questions to challenge your students, and assignments.

The goals of this course follow. Participants will: better understand the historical role technology and media have played in educational & social change; become knowledgeable of social learning tools & FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) as tools for teaching, facilitating learning, & designing educational environments; become familiar with the wealth of open educational resources (OERs), learning-related content, & media available for teaching & learning; become knowledgeable of relevant social learning theories and philosophies that respond to learning in the digital age; better understand the many social, educational, political, cultural, and administrative issues often associated with technology & media in education and society; become critical consumers and producers of digital media and information; and, build sustainable, personal learning environments and networks.

Companion website with video tutorials

a handbook written by Futurelab and commissioned by Becta as part of a research and development programme aimed at supporting the delivery of the Harnessing Technology Strategy.

■Basic Language Literacy ■Visual Literacy ■Historical Literacy ■Cultural Literacy ■Information Literacy ■Political Literacy and News Media Literacy ■Scientific Literacy ■Mathematical Literacy

The assessment tasks are not learning and teaching units, but they do suggest, in broad terms, what learning needs to have taken place before students undertake the provided assessment tasks. Teachers make professional decisions about whether or not a particular task is suitable for their students

CosmoLearning is a free educational website for students and teachers.