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Cambridge Digital Library is a great resource for educatos. It, as its name suggests, is an online digital library that holds some of the best available papers. These papers are not publsihed anywhere else and are unique to Cambridge library

It does take time to build up something like this, but it can grow organically just by registering on a few sites and then putting in 5 or 10 mins whenever you have time. In the long run, that’s far more time economical than going to a conference and certainly much cheaper, and best of all the network you develop is one that is absolutely specific to your own needs, so what could be better.

"The best way to learn anything is to teach it to someone else

Students of all ages can create tutorials.

Social media is now being embraced by even the hardiest traditionalist as perhaps the best way to get messages to the masses and individuals. First seen as somewhat of a fad, Facebook is now the most used search engine on the web and even figures like Barack Obama and The Queen have a page.

Bullying is a worry for any student and indeed their parents but research has shown that pupils are far more likely to be bullied on the school bus than they are on any social media site.

What is the best use of our class time? More precisely, how do we ensure that students do the most cognitively demanding work inside classrooms?

blended” learning environments. Essentially the best of both worlds

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Nobody would dispute that the risks of children using social media are real and not to be taken lightly. But there are also dangers offline. The teachers and parents who embrace social media say the best way to keep kids safe, online or offline, is to teach them.

Connecting with others is a satisfying experience

Being connected is at best a conduit

What’s important with a PLN is not “what it does for me” but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world. Learning networks give us potential for action.