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Collaborative Google Doc for class to share infographics they've found and analysed.

"Prior knowledge is an essential part of the meaning making negotiated between interlocutors. In classrooms, too, students' prior knowledge is a key factor in students overall achievement and performances. Most often, those lacking this kind of knowledge always lag behind the rest. There are actually several ways teachers can determine how much prior knowledge students have in store before debuting a discussion or a lesson. The visual below created by Mia from anethicalisland outlines some very practical ways that you can use in your class to check for students' previous knowledge. Check it out"

Confession:  I have never been speed dating. I just love the idea of it. In 2012 I wrote about an activity we did in my AP English class that got everyone talking as we prepared for the AP exam. I ...

Hundreds of Cardboard apps are available now in the Google Play Store.

If you are planning for a night out and want to hire to make it great & awesome then hire a limousine from Absolutely Fabulous Limousines providing first class service in and around Maidenhead.

How to create a flipped learning video for your class using Romeo and Juliet as an example.

A ready-to-use curriculum developed by ISTE and Microsoft, including detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, and class demonstrations.

New Canaan High School - This is a first intorduction to our new library catalog which includes a plethora of social features. We created this tutorial for English students selecting independent reading books. We were pretty psyched to find that independent reading selection classes were schduled with librarians on the very first full day of school this year!

By developing this wiki with reading lists, information on texts, study guides, rubrics, book trailers, book reviews, directions and general requirements, students in years 9-12 (and their parents) have a head start on the year's required reading for English classes. Well done to Joyce Valenza for supporting her students in this manner.

Excellent article on using cell phones in class. Links to research, templates for lessons, letter etc. This is a much read!

Not specifically geared towards librarians but so much useful information here it is a must read for all.

Diigo Educator Accounts, a suite of features that makes it incredibly easy for teachers to get their entire class of students or their peers started on collaborative research using Diigo's powerful web annotation and social bookmarking technology.

ntute offers a range of free resources to help students and staff in universities to develop Internet research skills that can support university work, and avoid some of the pitfalls of using the Internet for scholarly work. Also good web resources by subject area

Classroom teacher Nicole McMahon at St Luke the Evangelist School in Blackburn has developed a blog for her Prep class.

Very Cool new MS and YA authors website. See activities/contests and predessesors sites.

Sorry if duped, but new to me! and too cool!