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Very simple but powerful use of Wordle. Next unit anyone?!

Could be worth a serious look into!

The social part of social bookmarking works like this: you can share your links that you've saved through a service like Diigo with anyone else who uses Diigo. You can also use Diigo to see the interesting links that your friends and other people bookmark - this can be extremely useful for a team of teachers who like to share teaching resources.

Lynda lots of good tutorials on tech

"Each one of the "gems" listed here was recommended by an educator or someone who works in this field (or me!). They were selected as ones that are perhaps not as widely known as the Big Rocks like Flickr, del.icio.us, etc. Your goal here is not to analyze them all, just find one quickly that piques your interest. "

Another section, even more things to try!!

Core Routines The core routines are a set of seven or so routines that target different types of thinking from across the modules. These routines are easy to get started with and are commonly found in Visible Thinking teachers' toolkits. Try getting started with with one of these routines. What Makes You Say That? Interpretation with justification routine Think Puzzle Explore A routine that sets the stage for deeper inquiry Think Pair Share A routine for active reasoning and explanation Circle of Viewpoints A routine for exploring diverse perspectives I used to Think... Now I think... A routine for reflecting on how and why our thinking has changed See Think Wonder A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things Compass Points A routine for examining propositions

Teacher science through Inquiry course online

"I've previously posted about the Bloom's Taxonomy of Reflection that Peter Pappas developed. I just discovered that he developed this excellent Prezi about it. I'd also strongly encourage you to read his post that explains it further, as well as one by Langwitches giving an example of how to apply it in the classroom."

Excellent Prezi using Blooms for teachers, students and Principals.

Some excellent tech tips and links.

won't lie, loving word squared! there may be some language gems here!

Very cool

Like netvibes etc a collection of links

New Aussie initiative on getting ipads into classes. Worth a look around.

Sharing examples of what PYP implementation looks like in IB World schools

Teachers are finding new ways to use Twitter to engage their students, build stronger academic and professional relationships, and to share information in a richer learning environment, and they are using tools like these to bring more fun and functionality to the process.