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Summarity is a software/website that condenses articles into digestible pieces it culls through the text and finds the sentences that seem most relevant. Summarity produces two types of results - block text of the summary, or a skimmed version that puts the summarized sentences in bold type. You can also use the Summarity bookmarks in your browser to block text or skim the actual website you are reading."
This Google Spreadsheet has a listing of all of the TED talks from 2006 through to 2010. It includes a short summary of the talk as well as listings by date, conference and speaker first name
"This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace."
"The Buck Institute for Education commissioned the cutting-edge advertising agency, Common Craft, to create a short animated video that explains in clear language the essential elements of Project Based Learning (PBL).
This simple video makes the essential elements of PBL come alive and brings to light the 21st Century skills and competencies (collaboration, communication, critical thinking) that will enable K-12 students to be college and work-ready as well as effective members of their communities."
Janetta Garton from Willard R2 schools has provided under CC licence resources for developing Inquiry Based Learning Units. The site contains an interactive to test understandings of the concepts that make up inquiry learning as well as an excellent handout, slideshare and other resources.
A better download site than the ACARA site for the new Australian draft curriculum guides is the Herald-Sun. Just scroll down and you will find the links on the left hand side near the end of the story.
This wikispace contains links to a huge range of search engines and tools. Some of the links have brief annotations attached and many links lead to other wikis and search engine lists. The most useful aspect is the comprehensive nature and categorisation of the list.
From Microsoft comes this latest guide to digital storytelling using microsoft products. It includes links to a pdf download that has heaps of links to examples and other material associated with Microsoft products including PowerPoint, Photostory, and Windows Moviemaker amongst others. The page also inlcudes templates and other resources for teachers wanting to start out with Digital Stories.
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has announced its "Top Ten in '10" education technology priorities for the New Year. These priorities offer policy makers and educators a prospective framework for consideration as legislative and funding decisions are made.
This is a very comprehensive list of links to Internet Safety Resources under a range of headings: Online Predators, Cyberbullies and Harassment, Identity Thieves, Filters, Sexting, Searching, Safe Surfing, Phishing, Fraud, Gaming, Gambling, Addiction, Scams and more.
Pew have interviewed almost 900 internet stakeholders on their perspective on how the internet is affecting human intelligence and the ways information is being shared and rendered. This page contains links to the report downloads.
Scott McLeod poses the question of what's wrong with the edublogosphere and the answers are in the commentary responses. A really important read and exactly the way we would wish most blog posting would evolve.
This neat video from Google looks at how the Google search function works from the spiders though to the software algorithms that search the index of Search Terms that makes up Google. The only drawback is the self promotion tacked onto the end of the video.