The New York Times

Flip through this book

Good for more background on Thinking Routines as related to the Look to Learn approach.

Routines exist in all classrooms; they are the patterns by which we operate and go about the job of learning and working together in a classroom environment. A routine can be thought of as any procedure, process, or pattern of action that is used repeatedly to manage and facilitate the accomplishment of specific goals or tasks.

What do you think? What would students say if they took this test? What would we say about ourselves?

How do you know if you're already addicted or rapidly tumbling toward trouble? The Internet Addiction Test is the first validated and reliable measure of addictive use of the Internet.

The Look to Learn post on how the world has changed from 1994 and the Web to 2009 and the "Sixth Sense" might prompt you to share the best sites you've found that give hints or cautions as to what might be in store for us, our students or education. See this: http://tommarch.com/l2l/2009/06/whose-future

Then add your comments and favourite links to this group and forum.

Handy things to know about using YouTube, including showing only part of a video. Consider combining this info with TubePrompter.

Here's a handy one screen Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 terms from the Wikipedia entry on that topic. Many of the terms are clickable to the entry on that heading. Good for use after exploring Web 2 applications to see if there's any jargon that still wants clarification.

Dipity timeline of "virality"

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Some wild interpretations created through Photoshop. Good springboards for identifying the issues, agenda and perspective.

Image of the planet caged and locked. Who is the "Master" and who is the slave?

"Some Playthings," by the distinguished John Hollander, a poet for whom serious and light verse, the formal and the playful, flow forth in equal measure.

Timeless treasures and contemporary presentations from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. As the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, we are the steward of millions of recordings dating from the earliest Edison films to the present.

Images from the week courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald