"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."

"how 15 Design & Technology (D&T) students (aged 15 years) participated in three stages of the design process in a technology mediated environment"

Companion website with video tutorials

150 CC photos + inspiring quotes

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"

CosmoLearning is a free educational website for students and teachers.

Marzano's 9 Effective Instructional Strategies tied to web tools

Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson? A Comparison Table

A list of free, fully resourced workshops and courses

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

2009 ANZ Horizon Report

My talk today is about social media. I'm going to begin by dissecting this silly term and then we'll get down and dirty with how social media is being used.

Platforms for Participation

When students let their minds drift off, they're losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation

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.

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

Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technology