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You may have noticed by now that we love Evernote around here! Today we have two tutorials for you to supercharge Evernote. Learn how to use note linking to speed things up,and also see how to install the web clipper in Safari on the iPad. Novembe...

Storify is one of our favourite sites, as it takes a whole new approach to story telling. We use it for putting together tutorials, summarising conferences and we think it has some amazing possibilities in the classroom. November 30, 2012 at 01:23PM

With the weather improving many of your students might be heading out on excursions or city experiences. Take a look at our post on the seven reasons why Evernote is the perfect tool for your students as they are on the move (and one reason why it...

Creating interactive fiction (like the old Choose Your Own Adventure books) is a great way for students to think about story structure, pacing and character motivation. We take a look at Twine, an intutive way of making interactive stories. Decemb...

Great site detailing the history of information and writing. You can navigate through resources with a Timeline or Map view. 

"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.

"This year, I am not worried, I am not stressed, I am not anxious. I know that I have plenty of time to get my reports completed because I already have so much information already typed, personalised and ready to go about my students. I have Evernote."

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Via David Portelli from SLV, a great guide to installing an Evenote clipper on your Ipad.

The curators and the curated

An opportunity to participate in research on using Hunger Games in the classroom.

The SAMR model has been around for a while, but I think it is time for a revisit. Most of us have been working with some element or other of 1 to 1 access, but has our pedagogy - the way we use the technology to teach in our classes - changed or shifted in that time?

After a long wait, Google Drive is now available for the iPad with the full functionality of the web-based version of Google Drive. To refresh, Google Drive is the new name for the Google Docs Suite. This suite includes Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and Folders.

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

An interesting application that helps grade writing based on complexity and difficulty.

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Nothing but great articles and advice from Bright Ideas

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.