a complimentary service for iBooks Author that lets you add widgets to books

appropriateness, articulation, change, criticality, deviation, inconsistency, responsibility, revision, safety, schedule

Great source of images / photographs from past decades and centuries

via Sean McHugh

a collaborative non-profit research venture -- one output of which is the Inglehart Values Map

"In the last five years UK schools have spent more than £1 billion on digital technology. From interactive whiteboards to tablets, there is more digital technology in schools than ever before. But so far there has been little evidence of substantial success in improving educational outcomes. Something is going wrong. Nesta commissioned the London Knowledge Lab (LKL) and Learning Sciences Research Institute (LSRI), University of Nottingham, to analyse how technology has been used in the UK education systems and lessons from around the world. Uniquely, we wanted this to be set within a clear framework for better understanding the impact on learning experiences. Decoding Learning finds proof of technology supporting effective learning, emerging technologies that show promise of impact, and exciting teacher practice that displays the potential for effective digital education."

If you missed Hands on Literacy, here are the slides (and links) from Joyce Valenza, one of the keynote speakers.  Well worth going through her slides. 

how-to manage iPads in educational setting - instructions / advice

choose your side, guys....

Leonard Ng

This is a great way to display images from a Google Presentation on a website, e.g., a Google Site. Go to: library.uwcsea.edu.sg to see how we are using this.

a blog post that contains some interesting book-related writing prompts - I particularly like the idea of having students read some forewords to books and think how they would introduce a text that they love. Relevant to both primary and middle/high school teachers.

These are the 10 movies that will be playing in the secondary library during the week of the Global Issues Network (GIN) Singapore conference in November.