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Mount Eliza Secondary College Librarian Lynn Swannell has developed an excellent presentation for her staff on how using Web 2.0 with students can help 'protect, nurture and grow'.

This video is the first part of a two-part presentation. To learn more, view the second part.

This is a useful PPT presentation for giving students a brief overview of the issues involved with plagiarism.

This is a webquest designed by Camilla Elliott. "A new tourist company, 'Antarctic Tours', wants to establish monthly trekking tours in the Antarctic for four months from November to the end of February. They plan to take 400 trekkers to Antarctica during this four months each year. The Australian government has requested that an Environmental Impact Team explore the impact of this tourism proposal on the animals and natural environment of Antarctica. The Environmental Impact Team will be made up of a Tour Operator, an Environmentalist, a Scientist and a Politician. This Team will present a report to the government with recommendations to either support or argue against giving the go ahead for 'Antarctic Tours' to begin operations in November this year"

Important summary of how social media works for youth and adults, and how five properties and three dynamics have a systematic affect that we all must deal with.

Diigo in education

Great K23 Online Conference Presentation on copyright, fair use, & Creative Commons for teachers

"The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. The Big Read answers a big need. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, a 2004 report by the National Endowment for the Arts, found that not only is literary reading in America declining rapidly among all groups, but that the rate of decline has accelerated, especially among the young. The concerned citizen in search of good news about American literary culture would study the pages of this report in vain. "

"Collect all kinds of images, videos from over 30 video sites, slideshare presentations, scribd documents, pdfs, links, rss feeds and much more."

good slide presentation on marketing

Great way to promote Google Docs.

Thomas' infographic shows the current size of major social networks as well as the other well-known online services we use on a daily basis relative to their peers. It also overlays the present size of each company's mobile user base. You'll see Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, MySpace, LinkedIn, and more. You can also check out the agency's infographic from last year to see the relative changes. Notable differences include: The rise of Chinese Qzone and Twitter, the fall of Myspace, and the stasis of Friendster.

A library of presentations on using technology in the classroom

"A compilation of thoughts, ideas, and resources on how to use Twitter in it's fullest capacity as a news and information source, a learning platform, and a source of personal and professional inspiration."

This presentation was delivered by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of learning technology at the University of Plymouth, during his keynote address at the eAssessment Scotland Conference.  Well worth a watch!

Shakespeare's classics presented as short animated videos.  This is the preview, the actual videos are coming soon.

"Dropbox, the app we all (at least many of us) know and love, has a plethora of advanced uses to make life so much easier in managing data between multiple computers and online. We've posted several roundups of tips and tricks for Dropbox and now we present our ultimate toolkit and guide."