Edge-ucators' Way

An infographic of Facebook's changes to default privacy settings over time: 2005-2010.

"What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher? (Ten Ideas)"

Great list for managing iPads in schools - syncing, etc.

Very cool way to quickly share files. I look forward to the upcoming iPad app.

Inspirational, lots of good ideas

"A year after seventh grade teacher Elizabeth Delmatoff started a pilot social media program in her Portland, Oregon classroom, 20% of students school-wide were completing extra assignments for no credit, grades had gone up more than 50%, and chronic absenteeism was reduced by more than a third. "

Great document (Word) with skills for students to become independent learners.

an excellent article by David Williams - truly one of our "Cutting Edge-ucators."

So, in the interest of preparing for teaching a new course next year, and wanting to sort TED out a bit, I've created the following list based on disciplines (organizing knowledge or research by discipline is, it should be pointed out, in stark contrast to the real objective of TED Talks in general). I really like this TED fella, and I hope he doesn't mind:)

Great if you want to download YouTube

New Mini plan could be for some schools

"I know it works, but is the theory valid? Common sense tells us that learning is enhanced by social activity, which is the basic idea underlying the use of Web 2.0 tools. But is there educational theory to support it? Of the three dominant theories, one strongly emphasises the importance of social interaction. The theory of Social Constructivism is well established. Vygotsky is considered the father of the concept. As the Wikipedia says in its excellent entry, "Where Piaget argued that people should create their own version of the truth, Vygotsky added the importance of discussing this version of truth with others, in order to, through the process of mediation, get to a higher order of truth that has also been socially tested (Derry 1999)""

Rupert Murdoch has declared surrender. The future defeated him