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A very appealing introduction to the concept of Creative Commons suitable for students as well as teachers.

Designed to assist teachers to help their students, Microsoft offers this a free 37 page ebook entitled Developing Critical Thinking Through Web Research Skills. The ebook presents strategies for teaching Internet search skills and strategies for evaluating information. The ebook also links to many additional resources for teaching web search strategies. There are strategies and resources appropriate for students from in early elementary grades through high school included in the ebook. AOf course it has many references to Bing and other Microsoft products, but overall it is a good resource.

some rules of writing...

"Googlios", where free Google tools meet ePortfolios. This site is intended to be a collection of resources for those interested in using ePortfolios in Education.

"Listed below are 23 Things* (or small exercises) that you can do on the Web to explore and expand your knowledge of Web 2.0. You are encouraged to complete all 23 items on this list by March 23"

Looks to be a very pragmatic way to start the journey of Web2.0. Seems to be an excellent site for professional development.

An illustrated guide to creating and maintaining a Moodle site, from course creation, file management and adding resources and activities.

This page has a set of graphic organizers downloads in pdf form, many familiar and some not so.

"The Digital Diet demonstrates how online technologies can be utilized in today's classroom to foster enjoyable and productive learning."

Great teaching tools for teaching map skills and more. Also offers Teaching Tools link for activities across all content areas. The Reading Room is another good link.

Scratch resources

Some further resources for Scratch

Researchers have begun to understand more about the situations in which students learn best, they have found that "the structure and resources of traditional classrooms" are often inadequate and that "technology - when used effectively - can enable ways of teaching that are much better matched to how children learn"

"This list of 100 useful tools can help anyone with a learning disability like ADHD, dyslexia or test anxiety, as well as students with visual or hearing impairments, use the Internet and other technology systems to help them with reading, math, organization, social skills, and more."

Word Map is mapping Australian regionalisms - words, phrases or expressions used by particular language groups. Add your regionalism or search to see what others have contributed.

This is great! Perfect for my English Language class as we are studying 'Aussie' English at the moment. Thanks for sharing!

This handbook has been informed by the work of fourteen teachers who are interested in how technology is used in classroom teaching and who took part in Futurelab's digital participation project. Rather than being prescriptive, it aims to provide information which will help teachers to make the best use of their own expertise to support students' emerging digital literacy.

Interactive map-maker

Another interesting collection of apps organised under a range of headings via a dropdown menu. Click on the icons that appear and you get a review of the app plus where applicable a YouTube review video.

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.