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Excellent collection of links for supporting iPads in education

Discusses the merits of ditching the traditional research paper in favor of blogs. Some excellent points.

Inside recent changes to the Google algorithm. This excellent post gives an overview of recent changes (500+) made over the past few weeks.

Excellent search tools.  Great for visual learners.  Compfight even does Creative Commons.

Anne Davies has written an excellent blog post about the use of zeros.

Information on criteria for judging Correll Book Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text - What is Informational Text?

"hese are basically channels where you can have access to a wide variety of math videos and tutorials to help your students with Math. I have included only what I believe are the best Math channels out there. Check out this selection and share with your colleagues."

An excellent video on digital footprint from Cybersmart.

Walco solutions Providing excellent training of Automation,PLC,SCADA,HMI, Corporate,Bosch,Instrumentation,Electrical Systems,Embedded System Training Cochin.

Many learners enter further and higher education lacking the skills needed to apply digital technologies to education. As 90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills, improving digital literacy is an essential component of developing employable graduates.

Jennifer LaGarde (Library Girl) on how and why to use QR codes in the library....EXCELLENT

" One of the versatile tools teachers can use to teach students about web content evaluation is called CRAAP . The acronym CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, and Purpose. CRAAP is a test developed by the University of California at Chico to help students evaluate web content ( and any other content) based on those four dimensions. Below is a public domain document, a checklist, that teachers and  students can use to evaluate web content. Click here to download it."

An excellent guide to revision and study tips.

Excellent report on teenagers and digital identity

Seth Godin's marketing model interpreted to libraries. Very good interview. Excellent post.

7 points of information literacy: * IL as context specific and context sensitive; * IL demanding a variety of behaviours: not just searching, but also encountering, browsing, monitoring, managing and creating; * People moving along complex paths to meet their information needs: moving between the virtual and physical worlds, and using different sources and spaces; * IL in digital environments; * IL with people sources; * People being information literate individually and collaboratively * People being aware they are information literate: you cannot be an information literate 21st Century citizen without being conscious of the need to develop these IL skills and attitudes, and continue to update your IL through your life! Excellent article.

Wikipedia Manual of Style - words to watch for. Excellent treatment of language that can signal bias, racist content, editorializing and other linguistic flags.

Excellent, detailed book trailer rubric.