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A great teacher resource for virtual historical artefacts. I used the painting of Abel Tasman in the section "Finding the land down under" during a Year 4 unit on European exploration of Australia.

"This post is a summary of the ideas. tips and resources shared during my presentation for the 2013 Reform Symposium e-Conference on digital curation." This is a very good explanation of what digital curation can mean in education and an exploration of some of the tools you can use.

"This post is a summary of the ideas. tips and resources shared during my presentation for the 2013 Reform Symposium e-Conference on digital curation." This is a very good explanation of what digital curation can mean in education and an exploration of some of the tools you can use.

From Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching by Anita L. Archer and Charles A. Hughes. Copyright 2011 by The Guilford Press. All rights reserved. It A very useful and accessible explanation of the phase of explicit instruction in the e5 model. The chapter explores the underlying principles of explicit instruction, the evidence supporting this and also the concerns about explicit teaching,.

Good game ideas to suggest to students (and teachers).

Good article for assisting students explore research tools.

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.

This paper draws on many other research papers to explore the vital work of curating and managing data. The paper highlights the importance to scholars and the general public alike of creators or curators using a sustainable, lifecycle approach to digital curation.

Kathleen Morris - Primary Tech blog covering research skills

Great post from Kathleen Morris Lynn. Great to see the sharing of resources happening in the comments too. Many hours worth of exploring in all the links!

This site covers many, many aspects of the research process. You will find tools, tutorials, and all sorts of resources to help you successfully navigate the research process. It's worth exploring the many tabs. Ergo also has a spot! It was last upated 21 Oct 2013

The Panda Book Awards reading initiative encourages young people to read quality books selected by international librarians throughout China and invites students from participating schools to vote for their favorite book published in 2013-2014. The Panda books are carefully chosen to represent an international selection. The panda holds a special place in the hearts of the Chinese people as it is a symbol of peace and a token of forging friendly ties. Students will explore some excellent books and be able to share their views on this wiki that will connect the participating schools, creating a learning environment that will go beyond classroom walls and bring together students from international schools across China.