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Capture daily life On May 15th we ask you to photograph what is close to you. Upload a photo, share it, compare it and join others all around the world doing the same. Let a part of your life inspire generations to come.

One of my favorite video websites is TED. I know many of you are already acquainted with the name but to those who still do not have an idea what TED is all about I would say that you are missing out on an inestimable resource of great videos. TED has been internationally recognized and from different academic and professional bodies as one of the best educational websites. It features interviews with the smartest thinkers of our age. It touches upon every category from entertainment to education. I personally find it the right place to get the necessary inspiration and encouragement to improve and boost my self and professional development.

Excellent article. Short, punchy and often on the money.

sweet, text to voice qr code, add instructions to a qr code or an explanation of what to do. Limited to 150 characters so mini tweet it!

free pdf How can the ideas of the open source movement help foster learning? What are the most effective ways to bring learning to everyone? How does openness help the spread of knowledge? Part exhibition catalog, part manifesto, this is a concise, fun-to-read introduction to what Mozilla is doing to support learners everywhere.

A Great blog that collects 5 schools around the world and shares their world. Could we do the same?

Part social network, part goal setting/sharing network could be useful with our Grade 2-5's? What do people think?

$2.60 but worth it for the accessit brings!

If you only get to read one article this week/month, you would do well to give this one a go. Jamie offers some very clear ideas about questioning.

What a beautiful idea! Hello and welcome to my zoo. This zoo is unlike any other in the world. Here you can awaken your imagination and play under the light of stars. Together, we will answer the question: what do animals dream about? So if you want to play loads of creative games, read about amazing animals and create your very own, REGISTER below and become a Night Zookeeper.

One of the first steps to building a PLN is to join Twitter. But before we do the how, let's have a look at some of the why - 20 Second Twitter Stories I asked people in my PLN to record a short story about something that has happened to them on Twitter, or advice, or why they joined etc. Here is the result -

Great website!

I have decided to put together a step by step tuto­r­ial for installing Bud­dy­press for you do-it-yourselfers out there. How­ever, if this process seems to com­pli­cated to even attempt I will help any­one, that's right any­one install Bud­dy­press via a Skype ses­sion or two. That's how much I am com­mit­ted to open-source! If you are inter­ested in hav­ing me help you set up Bud­dy­press just con­tact me.

PhotoPeach allows you to easily use images and music to tell a story. PhotoPeach also allows quizzes and user comments. Start by defining the goals for the project. Do you want a visual way to communicate a topic? Are you introducing a new topic? Are students trying to demonstrate mastery of a subject? Begin by uploading photos or bringing them in from a website such as Flickr. Arrange them in the right order to tell your story and add your music, special effects such as zooming and captions. Save your project so it can be embedded into a blog, wiki or even Facebook.

What are kids at ISB doing?