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"Post about how the SAMR model can be applied as a blueprint scaffolding your technology integration into education in the classroom. It offers a framework through which you can assess and evaluate the technology you use in your classroom. This framework is made up of 4 levels: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition"

"The Teaching and Learning School Improvement Framework brings together findings from research into the practices of highly effective school leaders. The focus of the Framework is not on everything that effective leaders do, but on those leadership practices that appear to be most directly related to school-wide improvements in teaching and learning."

A great way to explain how infographics can be used in education

"Nature sucks. Cheap plastic toys are great. Science education sucks. Commercialism is great. Field trips to see nature are boring. Running wild around a chain store is fantastic."

A useful post that give a lot of good advice about how to get the best from your Google searches. Google has become very good at understanding and providing relevant results for many popular queries, so there are a lot of people getting into bad habits and lazy with their searches and simply taking the auto-selected results. As teachers we should be teaching our students to explore more deeply and critically appraise all their results before coming to any conclusions or using the information. Students need to learn to use Google search modifiers. These manual commands can be used in any search queries and will allow you force Google to bring you the results you want.

"The director of Mrs Carey's Concert has revealed the film's star music teacher was devastated after being repeatedly criticised and threatened with dismissal before her shock resignation from MLC School."

Always looking for ways to offer students a way to show what they have learned by easily create something to share. Link to a simple template.

Some simple tips that anyone could use.

"On 5 June 2013, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Discussion Paper for its Copyright and the Digital Economy inquiry. The closing date for submissions is 31 July 2013."

"ADELAIDE, Oct 16 - A teacher has been stood down on full pay for accessing pornography on school computers, including an incident almost 10 years ago that was initially blamed on a student. "

"OLPC Australia is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping children enjoy learning. By making technology an integral part of education, we've already opened up a world of opportunity for countless children. And the best part? We've only just begun. "

"OLPC Australia is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping children enjoy learning. By making technology an integral part of education, we've already opened up a world of opportunity for countless children. And the best part? We've only just begun." "

"Australians are more concerned about their privacy than ever before, quickly abandoning companies they believe abuse their information, a new report shows."

"More than one in four new teachers are suffering from ''emotional exhaustion'' and almost burnt out soon after starting their careers, according to a Monash University study. The reasons offered include a lack of administrative support, onerous compliance measures and much tougher emotional conditions than they expected to face, particularly in economically depressed areas."

"The use of the internet by younger children, from 0 to 8 years, may have both benefits and risks. Research into how the Internet is used by young children and the effects on children's development is relatively uncommon compared to research about older learners. However, more and more young children are using the Internet yet so little is understood about the impact on their growth and development."