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Google World Wonders Project

Explore the wonders of the world from the comfort of your living room or classroom.

Google World Wonders Project

Free Technology for Teachers: Google Tutorials

Tutorials on how to use a range of Google tools.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/google-tools-tutorials.html

SOLO resources

SOLO Taxonomy resources

David Didau has put all his resources for SOLO taxonomy in one place!  Thanks!

The Learning Spy - SOLO taxonomy

Michael Morpurgo on learning to read - link to BBC R4

Easy as ABC?

In the first of two programmes on BBC R4, Michael Morpurgo finds out just what Systematic Synthetic Phonics are and why some, not least Nick Gibb, the Minister for Schools in the Coalition Government, are so keen on them - while others, in the educational establishment and the world of children's books, are less enthusiastic.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hxh6w

Learning Spies and Detectives

Blog by David Fawcett with an article about using Learning Spies and Detectives and more SOLO articles!

http://reflectionsofmyteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/learning-detectives-and-spies.html

Interview about PJs!

Interview with Kevin McLaughlin about the personal journeys that his learners create.  Very inspiring and creative.

http://barbarabray.net/2012/04/10/kevin-mclaughlin-shares-pjs-personal-journeys/

Alex MacLean - Aerial photographer

Photos of Cities from a different perspective

http://www.alexmaclean.com/

Silent World

Video showing busy places with no-one there...Eery.

Writing resource or philosophical discussion starter?

http://www.etre.com/blog/2012/04/silent_world_1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+reaction+(Reaction!)&utm_content=Google+Reader

What happens in an Internet minute...

Stunning - and only going to get more crazy!

Insanely awesome projection mapping video

Just watch this!

http://tumblr.poptech.org/post/20969082934/vimeo-human-face-video-mapping-by-oskar

SOLO Taxonomy working well...again!

Another SOLO taxonomy success story...and resources.

http://taitcoles.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/solo-taxonomy/

Things every child should do...

A campaign by the National Trust in the UK...how many have you done?!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2129199/National-Trust-campaign-lists-50-things-children-theyre-12-years-old.html

Things you take for granted being a teacher in the UK

A list produced by Ian Gilbert of the benefits of teaching in the UK - don't blame me, but feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the list.

http://independentthinking.posterous.com/things-you-take-for-granted-being-a-teacher-i

World Stories

World Stories

World Stories is a growing collection of short stories. This collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories from around the world. The stories are available in the 21 languages most spoken by UK children. One in eight children in the UK speaks a language other than English as their first language. The stories can be read and listened to online, or downloaded. Everything is free!

http://www.worldstories.org.uk/stories/stories

Ipads in education - lots of links!

As David Miller puts it 'useful articles about the use of ipads in education and learning' - and you won't be disappointed!

http://www.scoop.it/t/ipads-for-learning/

Slow Motion Holi film - amazing!

Absolutely mesmerizing slow-motion short film about Holi, the Hindu festival of colors celebrating the beginning of spring, from production studio Variable.

http://exp.lore.com/post/21229598475/absolutely-mesmerizing-slow-motion-short-film

Introduction to...SOLO Taxonomy

Here's a treat for you - a link to a couple of 'introduction to SOLO taxonomy' powerpoints courtesy of David Didau (aka @ learningspy on twitter).

Link to SOLO taxonomy powerpoints

Ipad apps for education

Comprehensive blog of useful ipad apps for education.
http://bit.ly/K5Mjs9

Enterprise Challenge from the BBC

Trade your way to the USA - CBBC series with linked resources. 

Teachers pack and resources (free!) to aid Enterprise education.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/tradeyourway/

Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy...literally!

Slightly controversial suggestion that Bloom's pyramid is in fact wrong. Or at least upside down.

http://bit.ly/LkolvS

Perhaps Bloom's should be reorganised like this (courtesy of Mark Hurty):














Or like this:

http://creately.com/diagram/example/gv175xav1/Blooms

Panoramic images

Need panoramic images to help your learners write better?  Or just fancy looking at some nice photos?

http://www.panoramas.dk/

http://www.willpearson.co.uk/

Thanks again to @ideas_factory for the links.

Block Posters

Create huge posters from a single image.

Upload an image and create a multi page pdf for printing.  Oh the fun to be had!

http://www.blockposters.com/

Thanks to @ideas_factory for the link.

Hywel Robert's blog

http://www.hywel.Posterous.com

Hywel is a mantle of the expert expert. Read his blog for many tips and, if you haven't heard, he has a book out. There's a great video about half way down. Enjoy.

Games time!

A link to a blog of links to all the games a teacher will ever need!

Games-Puzzles

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

A Prezi presentation on combining Bloom's taxonomy with modern technology.

Bloom's by Joshua Coupal on Prezi

Animations for the classroom

A blogged collection of animations for use in the classroom. Amazingly animated version of 'Lost and Found'.

http://bit.ly/HxpVIm

More neuroscience resources and further mental wellbeing bits

Neuroscience resources and implications for schools and parents.

Website also has useful info on mental health wellbeing.

http://bit.ly/xf4zYP

ICT Curriculum materials from NAACE

ICT Curriculum materials from NAACE - worth a good look if revising your ICT curriculum.

http://www.naace.co.uk/naacecurriculum

Epic Failures - who became successes

A useful and inspiring list of famous people who have failed, failed again, failed a bit more then succeeded. Resilience anyone?

http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/famous_failures

Search Education from Google

What you've always been looking for - how to teach pupils to search effectively!  Thanks Google!


http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/

Brainboxx - great resources

This is an absolute go to for thinking related classroom reources.

http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/

Interesting Ways? You decide.

A link to the Interesting Ways section of Tom Barrett's site - to quote 'a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas'.  Go source your own.

http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/

Teachers guide to using Google drive and docs

If, like me, you and your school make good use of the excellent (free!) Google apps then this guide is for you. If however you don't use them, read this and you probably will!

Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012 | Scribd

Influence of neuroscience on education

Interesting short summary of how neuroscience findings will impact on future education policy. Just don't tell Gove.
http://bit.ly/nGBjY7

Positive Psychology in the Classroom

Is there a place for positive psychology in the Classroom?  Link to a presentation by David Hodgson, courtesy of Independent Thinking (again!).  Could be an interesting resource for discussion in a staff meeting.

http://independentthinking.posterous.com/positive-psychology-in-the-classroom

The M Files

A way to liven up maths maybe, but you have to buy it...and I am not on commission!

http://www.sparkyteaching.com/resources/thinkingskills/themfiles.php

Teaching philosophy through film

What's the Big Idea?

A website set up to use film to introduce philosophy.

http://whatsthebigideaprogram.com/

Picozu - online free image editor

Whilst there are a host of online free image editors, this one looks very powerful and definitely worth an investigate.

www.picozu.com

Thanks to TeachMeet Clevedon for this link 

The world's best way to make comics online

This is very cool - and seems to be quick and easy and definitely fun!

www.pixton.com

Thanks to TeachMeet Clevedon for this link

Suicide, the biggest killer of young men

If ever there was a need for pshe and seal...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/03/suicide-prevention-campaign-jane-powell

What to do when a child makes a disclosure

Possibly the most important piece of advice.

http://bit.ly/IUstRm

Education 2.0

Bill Gates and his thoughts on teaching and technology

http://mobile.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Education/Education-2?WT.mc_id=3_9_2012_slides_tw&WT.tsrc=Twitter

Uplifting video of the week...

Turn the volume up loud and enjoy.

http://independentthinking.posterous.com/wonderful-video

All you want to know about the brain.

This is great.

http://www.brainfacts.org

Creativity in science

Clever video.

Science is the poetry of the real world - full-on learning

25 top education blogs

Mine isn't on the list. Yet.

http://zite.to/JFT7MO

10 Awesome Android Uses and Apps for Education

For those of us who haven't bitten into the poisoned apple...

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/03/10-awesome-android-uses-and-apps-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29

Six Vintage-Inspired Animations on Critical Thinking | Brain Pickings

Six Vintage-Inspired Animations on Critical Thinking | Brain Pickings

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/09/critical-thinking/

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe

The Cool Hunter - Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1)

Stunning photography of amazing places - use as a writing stimulus or just enjoy, or even plan your next holiday.  You teachers have so much holiday after all!

http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1957/amazing-places-to-experience-around-the-globe-part-1

Whitehall department savings scheme

BBC News - Whitehall department savings scheme overspent by £500m, says report

You couldn't make it up!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17276978#TWEET95006

An Easy Way to Peel an Orange [Food Hacks]

Eat oranges like a zombie eating brains

You know you want to!

http://pulse.me/s/6QpEX

Make Stop-Motion Movies With JellyCam 4.0

 Free Technology for Teachers: Make Stop-Motion Movies With JellyCam 4.0

Free software to make stop motion animation.  You could also try MonkeyJam 

 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/03/make-stop-motion-movies-with-jellycam.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29

Create Story Cubes

Free Technology for Teachers: Create Story Cubes With Templates from Read Write Think

Not used these personally but they might help someone!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/03/create-story-cubes-with-templates-from.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29

How effective is the professional development undertaken by teachers?

How effective is the professional development undertaken by teachers? | Teacher Network Blog | guardian.co.uk

Take this to your SLT...

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/mar/26/teacher-training-development

Proposed Changes to allow Schools to more easily employ Industry Experts to work as Instructors in Schools - e-Consultations - Department for Education

Proposed Changes to allow Schools to more easily employ Industry Experts to work as Instructors in Schools - e-Consultations - Department for Education

How can this possibly go wrong?!!!  Add to the consultation here:

http://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1815&external=no&menu=1

How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books

 How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch

A slightly lengthy article on the USA education system in comparison to Finland - there are many similarities between UK and USA sadly...

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/how-and-how-not-improve-schools/?pagination=false

Viking Name Generator - sometimes you've just got to know!

http://www.quizopolis.com/viking-name-generato

Learning Futures: increasing meaningful student engagement | Innovation Unit

http://www.innovationunit.org/our-services/projects/learning-futures-increasing-meaningful-student-engagement

Some interesting thinking here, and some resources too! 

Using Bloom's Taxonomy to ask questions about the Olympics.

An example.

http://twitter.com/thought_weavers/status/198023771251146753/photo/1

Thoughts and Crosses

A pan Atlantic approach to differentiation.

http://reflectivemathsteacher.posterous.com/thoughts-and-crosses-solving-equations-differ

100 word challenge

Give your writers a purpose and a challenge.

http://100wc.net/about-100-word-challenge

Teach Meet Clevedon videos

For those like me who couldn't be there...

http://www.youtube.com/tmclevedon

Michael Rosen: Letter schools could send home to parents about reading

 

http://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/letter-schools-could-send-home-to.html?spref=tw

 I'm tempted...

Tweeting for schools

How to. Etc.

http://zite.to/IIFNTA

9 of the coolest educational videos from TED-Ed

Cool indeed.

http://zite.to/IkYJuc

Student flatlining in class

If you weren't convinced of the need to change teaching and learning then you need to see this.

http://exp.lore.com/post/22253458606/graphic-evidence-for-the-dire-need-to-change

Visual literacy ideas

http://bit.ly/HxpVIm

What makes a good teacher?

In case you missed the Teach First mini conference you can listen to it here. Don't worry it's not too long!

http://j.mp/ISzX34

Sheer Intelligence vs. Motivation to Learn

So, which is the most important? Read on for the answers!

http://bit.ly/KOgpS6

Anxious brains have child-like circuits

http://bit.ly/IpCQeJ

Growth vs Fixed mindset infographic

Just in case you weren't sure if a growth mindset was worth it...

http://j.mp/KsvCDZ

Is TV damaging children?

Report from guest writer for Well Tree Learning:

http://bit.ly/JBtGKM

Pass me the remote!

Technology, romance, pop-ups!

Cool! Pop up romance book using augmented reality. What more do you want?!

http://j.mp/Ij7HLa

iPad As....

 Multiple suggested uses for an ipad.

 iPad As....

http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as

Oxford Brookes Presentation Links -Mr. Mitchell's Blog

Examples of how to use blogs very, very well...

Mr. Mitchell's Blog

http://mrmitchell.heathfieldcps.net/2012/03/07/bbc-presentation/

Graham Warnock: Extracts from OFSTED Briefing - 10 Feb 2012

Brief prompts for those yet to experience the joys of the new OfSTED framework

 Graham Warnock: Extracts from OFSTED Briefing – 10 Feb 2012

http://grahamwarnock.blogspot.com/2012/03/ofsted-briefing-10-feb-2012.html

Why It's Important to Talk Math With Kids | MindShift

 Why It’s Important to Talk Math With Kids | MindShift

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/03/why-its-important-to-talk-math-with-kids/

Growing a Growth Mindset to Boost Students' Achievement: The Neah Bay Secondary Program Example - MindsetWorks

Growing a Growth Mindset to Boost Students’ Achievement: The Neah Bay Secondary Program Example - MindsetWorks

http://community.mindsetworks.com/growing-a-growth-mindset-to-boost-students-achievement

Using Bloom's Taxonomy in the Classroom | thoughtweavers

 Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Classroom

http://thoughtweavers.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/using-blooms-taxonomy-in-the-classroom/

Explore - Rome Reborn - a magnificent tour of the ancient...

Explore – Rome Reborn – a magnificent tour of the ancient city.  Could come in useful.

http://exp.lore.com/post/19212396079/rome-reborn-a-magnificent-tour-of-the-ancient

Roy Leighton - The Butterfly Model overview by Roy Leighton on Prezi

The Butterfly model - from 'knowing' to 'being' courtesy of the esteemed Mr Leighton

Roy Leighton - The Butterfly Model overview by Roy Leighton on Prezi

http://prezi.com/rgksmda13x7r/roy-leighton-the-butterfly-model-overview/

Opposition Policy Made Simple - Independent Thinking from Independent Thinking

Concerned about current UK Education policy?  Wondering what the alternative is?  Look no further!

 

Opposition Policy Made Simple - Independent Thinking from Independent Thinking

http://independentthinking.posterous.com/opposition-policy-made-simple

Google Earth for Educators: 50 Exciting Ideas for the Classroom | Associate Degree - Facts and Information

 Google Earth for Educators: 50 Exciting Ideas for the Classroom

http://www.associatesdegree.com/2010/03/14/google-earth-for-educators-50-exciting-ideas-for-the-classroom/

Explore - TED curator Chris Anderson shares some fascinating...

TED curator Chris Anderson shares some fascinating questions with still-unknown answers, animated by Andrew Park of RSA Animate fame.

http://exp.lore.com/post/19687508854/ted-curator-chris-anderson-shares-some-fascinating

Real teaching isn't about data | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional

Guardian newspaper article - Teaching isn't about data!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/mar/17/teaching-data-ofsted

iPads in the Primary Classroom: Apps for Early Years & Key Stage 1

 Using Ipads in the classroom?  Early years?  Try these apps!

http://mrandrewsonline.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/apps-for-early-years-key-stage-1.html?m=1