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The head of the IBO has been caught not attributing ideas in a speech which came from Sir Ken Robinson... and has been reprimanded.... Interesting example to show students.

Video clips from the documentary - The Pleasure of finding Things Out - plus links to other great resources from the BBC Archive re Science & Nature

"Fifty years on from his first novel and it's still unclear whether Alan Garner is in touch with an alternative reality or just the 'dream-maker' he claims. Here, he explains how he died three times and why spending two years in the foetal position is not the best career move"

"Opening Minds aims to help schools to provide young people with the real world skills or competencies they need to thrive in the real world. It is a broad framework through which schools can deliver the content of the national curriculum in a creative and flexible way so that young people leave school able to thrive in and to shape the real world. Opening Minds was developed by the RSA at the turn of the millennium in response to a belief that the way young students were being educated was becoming increasingly detached from their needs as citizens of the 21st century."

She died 20 October 2010 at the age of 85

"Welcome to Myths and Legends. This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. The British Isles is rich in myths, folktales and legends. Almost every city, town and village in Britain has its own special story, be it a Celtic legend, Dark Age mystery, strange happening or fable."

Take photos with your iPod or iPhone -- and upload to your Dropbox account.  If you then have your Dropbox account to automatically set to sync with your laptop, then in the classroom you can take photos of kids' work you want to highlight to the whole class and quickly have it ready to be displayed on your IWB/projector screen (assuming your laptop is plugged into your projector/IWB).

photo stories of different children round the world 

For younger kids - explores the lives of four kids around the world...

How maps affect our worldview - interactive whiteboard stuff

"At the heart of the project is the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 objects. 100 programmes, written and narrated by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, and focusing on 100 objects from the British Museum's collection. The programmes will travel through two million years from the earliest object in the collection to retell the history of humanity through the objects we have made. Each week will be tied to a particular theme, such as 'after the ice age' or 'the beginning of science and literature', and the programmes will broadcast in three blocks, in January, May and September. Deep zoom imagery of the British Museum objects on the site lets you see the detail up close while listening to the programme. You can also watch short videos of many of the objects and download podcasts of each programme as it is broadcast."

"Here are my free downloadable audio books - Enjoy!"

Hours of fascinating online footage are waiting to be spliced into your video - you just need to know where to look, writes Ben Frain

Resources from the BBC on animation.

NY times article showing the art of David Kassan - AMAZING - using brushes on the iPad

Guy Claxton great ideas learning to learn and metacognition

a good example of prime numbers in nature -- and why they are important, e.g., for a kind of cicada which has a 13-year cycle... "Because 13 and 17 are both indivisible this gives the cicadas an evolutionary advantage as primes are helpful in avoiding other animals with periodic behaviour. Suppose for example that a predator appears every six years in the forest. Then a cicada with an eight or nine-year life cycle will coincide with the predator much more often than a cicada with a seven-year prime life cycle. These insects are tapping into the code of mathematics for their survival. The cicadas unwittingly discovered the primes using evolutionary tactics but humans have understood that these numbers not just the key to survival but are the very building blocks of the code of mathematics."