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Article which explains Reflector.  A tool which helps capture the live video screen of your iPhone, iPad etc. It captures audio too. Great for creating educational tech videos.

In the first post of new regular series about advocating for the importance of the school library and library staff, Catherine Hainstock takes a look at the value of writing a library mission statement.

Readlists is a site that lets you put together bundles of articles, share these articles with others and also download the bundle as an ebook.

"Copyright law is complex enough-throw in an instance of international remixing by young nerdfighters, and you have a real mess. But in the hands of author John Green, it's the basis for a pretty cool video. "

I strongly believe that technology is going to completely revolutionize the classroom. But when are we going to start addressing the negative aspects of the one-to-one classroom? When are we going to acknowledge the fact that just because every student has a device it does not mean that they will get a 36 on the ACT? I have seen videos of babies that can play with an iPad, but that does not mean that high school students intuitively know how to use one to effectively collaborate and communicate in the classroom.

A report by MindShift on a documentary produced in America exploring some alternate educational ideas and settings.

"SAN ANTONIO - Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks." They know when students are skipping pages, failing to highlight significant passages, not bothering to take notes - or simply not opening the book at all.

A great overview of some of the different blogs posted during Connected Educator Month from Smartblogs

While 'the internet' and 'manners' don't tend to pop up in the same sentence very often (at least not in the positive sense), there are a number of ways that manners really do matter when you're interacting online.

Some good news today from YouTube. I just learned about this gigantic step YouTube took by allowing people to download music for free from its new service called YouTube Audio Library. This is not a comprehensive library and don't expect to find every piece of music you want there but still it is a very good start and is one of the best platforms we can use with our students to access free music downloads.

Facebook can retain unpublished posts that you never intended to share. It is called self-censorship and it is done via your browser.

15 different images with advice from a range of authors.

An interesting collection of ideas for what parents can do at home to support the life-long learning of science

A great collection of resources associated with Google, particularly useful for those schools jumping on Google Apps for Education

there are now guidelines on how to cite social media using the MLA and APA standards.

An insightful blog by Jim Dillon on the problems with testing and how things need to be changed to accommodate a growth mindset for all students.

A discussion of the difference between Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles, as well as three tips for teachers: 1. Individualize your teaching as much as possible. Instead of "one size fits all," learn as much as you can about each student, and teach each person in ways that they find comfortable and learn effectively 2. Pluralize your teaching. Teach important materials in several ways, not just one 3. Drop the term "styles." It will confuse others and it won't help either you or your students."