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As everything is online these days, loan can easily be applied by visiting the online lending market. When you are already down on the monetary front and scared of paying the heavy fees attached with the loan, relying on this deal will let you have an affordable choice. Looking for the different options and comparing them carefully will let you choose the most competitive option of all. No bunches of paper works are involved in the online process at all. Online lenders complete the application within few clicks and are destined to submit the loaned money in the bank account of the borrower without making any delays.

A good start for any teacher not already usig Pinterest. It explains how to set up an account, how others are using Pinterest, and a few places to fin some inspiration on this tool.

"This "Teacher's Guide to Flipped Classrooms", offers one place for a teacher to go to if they want to try changing their classroom focus. You get a good grounding in the principles and mentalities that a flipped classroom requires. "The following 10 amazing (and free!) resources will further ensure the flipped classroom is as successful as can possibly be"

"A gamified classroom has many benefits. Students are required to think critically, problem-solve, consider alternative solutions, and analyze information from multiple sources. Gamification, though, is no easy chore and you may need a lot of support along the way. Our best advice is to smart small, dive in, see what works, and tweak your plans along the way. We'd love to hear about your experiences with gamification in the classroom"

"The flipped classroom allows the class to dig a little deeper into active learning. It's a big misconception that the flipped classroom is about making videos and placing them online, sure that's one part of it. It's an important part of the puzzle as its forces you to focus on the explicit content you would like students to know. Making a 5 - 8 minute lesson isn't easy, but it certainly makes you consider what your learning objectives are . The real power of the flipped classroom is what happens the next day in class. The flipped classroom opens up opportunities. My main goal is to go deeper and have students participate in a richer active learning experience where I become more of a coach to guide their learning. The classes become much more collaborative in nature where students are solving complex problems with an emphasis on higher order and critical thinking skills."

"A picture's worth a thousand likes. Or at least more likes than a post without one. Numerous studies have shown that including a profile picture is essential to garnering more page visits, and picture posts are more visible on social media. There's an active online discussion around the perfect avatar or cover photo, but there is no comprehensive guide to visual engagement for your brand's entire social media profile."

This post on Edutopia offers a list of resources that includes tips and guides on classroom design and layout to help maximize the possibilities of the learning environment.

"Are you creating a learning space where your students have ample voice, engage frequently with each other, and are given opportunities to make choices.Some guiding Questions to help you reflect on the learning environment you design for students:"

"Digital Storytelling can transform your students' writing into a visual masterpiece that is filled with voice and emotion, while enhancing critical thinking skills. The iPad takes digital storytelling to a new level by making the process easier, and even more engaging for students of all grade levels as well as for their teachers. This site will help guide you in what you need for success in the iPad Digital Storytelling classroom."

WatchKnow has indexed over 15,000 online educational videos for children. Select from over 3,000 categories or search by subject and age level. Titles, descriptions, age level, and ratings are all added for usefulness. The site invites broad participation in a new kind of wiki system, guided by teachers.

From DERN NSW comes this collection of resources re digital citizenship. "The resources, templates and tools that make up this guide are designed to support schools to implement the Digital Citizenship program. The slideshow and school flyer can be customised by schools to suit their needs. There is also a guide for parents and carers as well as a professional learning course for teacher orientation to the program."

The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project attractively displays the text of Shakespearean plays, enhanced with definitions, images, audio and video to support and enhance reading of the play. The Canadian site has many extraordinary curricular features (and a couple of cool games!) including The Learning Commons offers a bounty of guides and courses.

"Revision is a critical piece of the writing process-and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader's Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way. On this page, you will find several reproducible PDF articles from Writing magazine filled with student-friendly tips and techniques for revision. You'll also find a teacher's guide that provides you with ideas for how to use these materials with Google Docs to create innovative lesson plans about revision for your classroom."

This site has been conceived and is being composed to support the activities of our staff and students, encouraging them to publish content digitally and take time to reflect upon their learning activities. We hope that other interested academics, learners or curriculum support staff will contribute to the content found here. If you fall into one of these groups, please get in touch and let us know how you might be able to contribute. We look forward to sharing the Mahara experience with you.

Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE

The Guidelines have been designed to provide a quick reference guide to copyright issues affecting Australian schools

This is a great Lulu published book from Silvia Tolisano. You can purchase a copy from Lulu for $8.15 or alternatively you can download a pdf version for free. As Silvia says ".... this guide was written especially for educators, who want to teach 21st century skills, such as collaborating, communicating, and connecting, through digital storytelling."

What is news literacy? It's considerably broader than the field of journalism education, where young people get a professional orientation to the field as a means to consider career opportunities. News literacy aims to address the needs of all young people, preparing them to be citizens who use news and information to guide their decision-making