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Registrations are open for the 2013 PLN course. It's now 7 units long, and will help you get organise, find free PD, start blogging and connect with other educators. Registrations close March 4 so spread the word!

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.

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. "

Most of you have probably seen this wonderful resource. If you haven't, be sure to have a look!

See you digital footprint

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.

A great collection of books for educators to read

In a recent webinar, more than 90% of school leaders responded that they were leading an innovative school as a result of the implementation of technology. At the end of the webinar, when polled again, only one leader claimed to be leading an innovative school. The complete reversal was due to a presentation of the Six Questions that you will read about in this article.   This list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique added value of a digital learning environment.

Fascinating. And very helpful. Thanks Cally.

I will be passing this on to my curriculum coordinator and learning technologies teachers to think about. Thanks, the e newsletter subscription looks good.

On this site, you can see the ways fellow teachers are solving problems, leave a comment, recommend an idea, share inventive things you've done, and take on meaningful professional learning challenges.  We want to visualize and applaud how teachers can help each other develop as Learners, Sharers, Collaborators, and Influencers.  Watch your credibility amongst your peers grow while helping to build this shared professional resource.

Markus Zusak discusses the challenges of writing and why we should embrace failure. Interesting read.

Veezzle is a "free stock photo search engine". Exactly like google but for free stock photos ONLY. So instead of wasting your time by browsing 25 different sites, you can type a search and find results from all those websites, immediately.

For the first time, the World Report is being made available online in a fully searchable database, complete with graphical map interface. By clicking on a country's marker, you can either select "View individual report"

This link was in Springfield High's resources - a wealth of resources updated now we see with an infatuation with glogster! The new google search option "wonder wheel" feature will help students both expand and narrow their searches in a visual way. Note that if you are running an old version of Windows /Internet Explorer, you will not see this option in your left toolbar under "Standard view."

To celebrate International School Libraries Day on Monday 25 October, the School Library Association of Victoria invites you to join in an Elluminate session at 11.00am (AEDST) where we will launch the 2012 National Year of Reading.

Many of you will be pleased to know that the nominations are now open for the 2010 Edublogs awards.

You may remember reading about Whitefriars College teacher librarian Tania Sheko's collaborative learning project using Flickr. The project has now concluded and a few of the students have shared their thoughts, reflections and ideas about what they loved most about the project.

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