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David Kassan's website featuring his fantastic art using the iPad app Brushes

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

Flickr group showing art created using the app Brushes

Brushes app - has great examples of what is possible using the Brushes app on the iPad

Guy Claxton great ideas learning to learn and metacognition

program to create myths and legends, has background and characters but you can also upload your own.

A great blog from a PYP Grade 3 teacher. Ideas for teaching Light and Sound.

Allows you to search the world for family names, shows you where the highest concentration is, shows you the top first names that go with that family name etc

A great list of excellent web tools for different learning styles.

blog post re developing a unit of inquiry on light and sound in the PYP - for grade 3 - see also their wikispaces wiki

"Timely, relevant news articles for kids, educators in the classroom and parents at home."

"Children who are taught how to think and act like scientists develop a clearer understanding of the subject, a study has shown. The research project led by The University of Nottingham and The Open University has shown that school children who took the lead in investigating science topics of interest to them gained an understanding of good scientific practice. The study shows that this method of 'personal inquiry' could be used to help children develop the skills needed to weigh up misinformation in the media, understand the impact of science and technology on everyday life and help them to make better personal decisions on issues including diet, health and their own effect on the environment. The three-year project involved providing pupils aged 11 to 14 at Hadden Park High School in Bilborough, Nottingham, and Oakgrove School in Milton Keynes with a new computer toolkit named nQuire, now available as a free download for teachers and schools. Running on both desktop PCs and handheld notebook-style devices, the software is a high-tech twist on the traditional lesson plan - guiding the pupils through devising and planning scientific experiments, collecting and analysing data and discussing the results."  Software is free to download

Video on people being innovative

Ideas from a consultant about using twitter in the classroom. Quite cool posters.