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Neat visual summary of how teachers are using social media. Comprises mainly one long graphic.

Hypocrisies in American opinions on teacher wage cuts

Most of the tips are relevant to higher ed, and each contains a decent paragraph description.

Listing with a brief description of smart phone use in the classroom. Some well known; some lesser known ideas.

"It's Big Brother, sort of, but with a good intent," said Tracy Hurley, the dean of the school of business. ... Hmmm???

The start of an interesting four-part series about how teachers can take students on a journey from consumption of media to curation, creation, and connection.

"The series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation." The ten innovations are: Assessment for learning Badges to accredit learning Learning analytics MOOCs New pedagogy for e-books Personal inquiry learning Publisher led mini-courses Rebirth of academic publishing Rhizomatic learning Seamless learning

The Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning ITEL project is conceived as a future-oriented and innovation-focused contribution to OECD's work on teachers and teaching. It focuses on the pedagogical knowledge base and competences of teachers and how they should be redefined to be in line with recent developments in understanding effective learning, as for example as hightlighted in publication: The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice.

From Jenny Gilbert in the OZ?NZ Educators Diigo Group: This is a must for those teachers looking for support and resources via online networks in twitter and Google Plus. Is this also a useful resource for Fac of Ed Academics?

A Google site which is full of tutorials on using Google Apps (Google Docs, Google Sites, etc).  I'm sure our team could use these when instructing others in how to use these tools.

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