Can we address some of the issues of teenage sleep patterns by thinking about the lighting at school and at home - rather than by shifting school day timings?
Prof Neil Mercer spoke at the NIE conference in Singapore (Jun 2013)
Inspiring talk - with quite a simple message: (paraphrasing) Humans are social beings - brains have evolved to work well with others. However, group work has to be well planned and involve 'exploratory talk' if it is going to make a difference.
Useful resources on 'information literacy' including a collection of definitions from different sources. Some aimed at higher ed though - may need to be adapted for schools.
A short read! White Paper from turnitin - reviewing research on sources that students use. Written to promote a turnitin 'solution' in the form of a 'rubric' to assess sources.
This is a test to see if we can access documents from a dropbox folder throught diigo.
This document outlines the 5 aspects of the strategy and the long term aims. The more detailed strategy plan can be found in the TWG folder in 'usebyall' and contains annual targets for each of the 5 aspects.
Talk by Dr Puentedura - developer of the SAMR model
the TPCK area is the interaction
of all three. This is where pedagogy, content and technology come
together in the creation of a particular approach to a particular topic
using a particular set of technological tools.