Back in 2011 – I used social bookmarking tool Delicious to capture and share useful learning resources. It captures my first exposure to retrieval practice and wider reading / links and intention to “follow up.” Purdue Newsroom – Research finds …
Free email newsletter service | TinyLetter A way to share department of school news? (tags: news newsletter)
Back in November I attended a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification webinar, although in this case it was delivered by Prodigy Learning (Microsoft’s Academy Service Provider – MASP). This morning, I continued the conversation with Andrew Griggs, Regional Sales Manager for …
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Sandra Day O’Conner
Students who understand intelligence is malleable rather than fixed are much more intellectually ambitious and successful. Carol Dweck from Stanford University Our abilities are not set in genetic stone. They are soft and sculptable, far into adulthood. With humility, with …
http://www.smarthistory.org/ Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook. We use multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art. (tags: arthistory learning reference)
YouTube – Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language Stephen Fry on language (tags: english, language typography grammar youtube animation graphics) Text messaging 'improves children's spelling skills' – Telegraph (tags: english spoken language aqa3c) Guess the Title: Quick wits and fast …
EmbedPlus – Youtube extender A free flash based tool for real-time reactions, movable zoom, slow motion, annotations, chapter / scene skipping, and more with embeds on your video site, blog, vlog, etc. < embed plus > (tags: youtube embed video …
