UWCSEA Teachers

Radiolab is a science podcast series from National Public Radio in the States that I totally recommend.... addictive listening...

Huge range of resources for your own learning of a language

"Media Store serves the education market with an unrivalled collection of DVDs, including latest releases, classics and difficult-to-source titles covering a wide range of subjects and audience age range. Media Store is well known throughout the market for its high stock levels, honest prices, speedy delivery and friendly service which makes it a one-stop shop for all teachers and educators who need DVDs to support their curriculum delivery.

a series of blog posts, videos, etc. from The Big Think -- all re Shakespeare for the month of April

resources from the earcos conference-on line courses etc

good list of places where you can find reviews of children's story apps

Handouts etc from the NESA conference for literacy coaches

"Poetry Month has begun! Celebrate by adding your voice to our poem, helping it soar around the world... The first version of our poem is a single line by wonderful writer Naomi Shihab Nye, visit litworld.org/poem to submit your own lines and watch our poem grow and change throughout April! "" I send my words out into the air, listening for yours from everywhere.""- Naomi Shihab Nye" Via LitWorld - An International Non-Profit Advocating for and Working Towards Global Literacy

"SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students.  It searches only the 35,000 Web sites that our staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved when creating the content on findingDulcinea. We constantly evaluate our search results and "fine-tune" them, by increasing the ranking of Web sites from organizations such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, PBS and university Web sites.  "

"wcsmusic, formerly i music, is an exciting concept aimed at widening access to musical excellence through the production of revolutionary interactive learning materials. Due to the generosity of our funding partners, our products are available completely - FREE OF CHARGE. These include our award winning software, The Virtual Javanese Gamelan, and our second module, Virtual West African Drumming. These materials will offer a full 'hands on' practical exploration of an aspect of music from a computer workstation, integrating performance, composition and aural perception. Follow the links to discover more about the materials we are offering. wcsmusic is the trademark of Wells Cathedral School."

Warren Buckleitner's selection

a British fantasy author who should be better known.... if you teach kids grades 5 and upwards, you should read some of her books so you can recommend them.... 

new wikispaces for the UWCSEA IT dept

"Watch YouTube videos without comments, suggestions, or the 'other' things."

Awesome prezi example - best one I've seen