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An article exploring the amount of professional development teachers receive and the effect is has on the hardware  that is purchased for use in their classroom. Some scary statistics are also included in the article

This blog entry links to an article which promotes the use of webcams for improving children's reading fluency etc. Interesting stuff! Link to article here: http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2010/11/webcam-research-helps-kids-improve.html

If you want your students to use the internet for research, but find that sites such as Wikipedia can overwhelm students and contain too much information - then you might like to take a look at the Simple English Wikipedia. The Simple English Wikipedia uses simple English words and grammar to explain topics.  There are 70,000 articles on the site, a fraction of the 3 million articles that are on the main wikipedia page, but enough for most students. Check before you send kids towards the site that it contains the topics you want them to research. If it doesn't you could always create a page and add the information yourself - or make it a goal for the research project to write a page!

A nice list of articles to have a read of...if you can find the time...

Good article for secondary teachers

An interesting article about a small k12 school in Scotland who went from a 24 mac school, to a 1:1 iPad school. Shares some information about how they are managing the iPads, their approach to using them and some of the school's thoughts on their use. Worth a read. 

This article has a roundup of some of the best music websites for primary school students. 

This may be useful if you are looking for a good article to stimulate some discussion around the use of interactive whiteboards

good article

Comprehensive collection of articles relating to iPad use in the classroom. Well worth a look. 

Great article on relationship of reading and spelling

I quite like this article on assessing learning without tests - gives some good alternatives. 

Really interesting article that explores the interconnected social media literacies of attention, participation, cooperation, network awareness, and critical consumption. Good professional reading to share with staff

Just came across this post which has some great web-based resources for teaching languages, and links to an article outlining some important reasons for teaching a child a second language in the 21st century. 

Poses some questions to think about when planning all technology purchases for your school. Especially relevant to IWBs. The linked articles are also worth a look. One presents a very anti-IWB viewpoint however it does present some interesting ideas that may be worth considering when trying to ensure the success of you technology program.

A great article outlining some essential skills that we may take for granted, but that every student/teacher should know (but might not). Do any schools have a list like the one discussed in this blog entry?

great article on managing learning in a 1:1 classroom.

Student Blogging Guidelines - What guidelines does your school have for students blogging and publishing work online? This article provides a good starting point with some guidelines and questions that students can ask themselves before they publish their blog/work online.

is an article providing 10 reasons why teachers should setup and use classroom podcasts to engage learners.

A fantastic article worth reading that explores teacher vs student expertise in ICLT and it's implications with teaching an learning. The interview at the bottom is also worth a listen, it is an interview with Edith, a student in England speaking about ICLT in her learning. She recently spoke at a TeachMeet, and in the interview, explores many aspects of ICLT in the classroom, including wether ICLT should be treated as an integrated, or separate subject.

Group wise: How to turn conflict into an effective learning process. A really interesting article for leaders.