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Home | London 2012 - Get Set The official London Olympics education site. You can register and join their blogging network. This is definitely something you may want to do with your students. The London games has a "get set" website which is their official educational platform for the Olympic games. I've just spent a little time looking at what you can do there, but you can register, blog about the games, and connect with others. This is the sort of global event where you can meet other classrooms and interact with others. tags: education olympics teaching flatclass MFL-Storybirds - home IF you are a foreign language teacher, you should take a look at this lovely wiki where teachers are sharing stories and students and teachers are writing them. Language is a perfect place ...

Myths and Legends - Resources - TES An introduction to “Myths and Legends” and “Mythical Monsters”. Text studied, Robert Nye’s “Beowulf”. tags: education engchat literature beowulf teaching lessonplans Home | London 2012 - Get Set The official London Olympics education site. You can register and join their blogging network. This is definitely something you may want to do with your students. The London games has a "get set" website which is their official educational platform for the Olympic games. I've just spent a little time looking at what you can do there, but you can register, blog about the games, and connect with others. This is the sort of global event where you can meet other classrooms and interact with others. tags:...

Miss Sweet Teeth This student for her 20% time project created a blog and Twitter account @misssweetteeth. I was able to teach her a lot about social media and blogging and she's been working hard on the project.  (students in Computer fundamentals spend 20% of their time working on a personal interest project. This student is interested in going into the dental field.)  tags: education news projects pbl passionbasedlearning Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here .

Portfolio - Morgie Rai Another nice student website. I bookmarked this page in particular because my precious student quoted me. Yes, I often say this but to have someone remember it - that means it is getting through. Such a sweet student. Her apps for autism project is amazing. tags: education news portfolio The Life of Destiny - Home This student has a lovely me-folio website. It is simple but one that she can build upon for the rest of high school. This one was built on weebly. tags: education news Miss Sweet Teeth This student for her 20% time project created a blog and Twitter account @misssweetteeth. I was able to teach her a lot about social media and blog...

China clears Google acquisition of Motorola, eliminates last barrier to Googorola bliss -- Engadget Looks like it is all clear for Google to buy Motorola. tags: news Google motorola mlearning Whole School: Personalised learning teaching resources - TES During post planning this year, discuss how you can incorporate personalized learning in your school next year. Here are some ideas for what teachers are doing now -- some are large projects and others are just planning tools. tags: education teaching lesson plans personalizedlearning Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here .

Google Further Integrates Google+ Profiles Into Gmail [VIDEO] Gmail gets even more Google plus integration. tags: news eduapp Google gmail Oracle Versus Google: The Database Kingpin Gets Desperate Unfortunately, the new business battlefield is the courtroom. The only people getting rich are the lawyers. Oracle sues Google over Java infringements. tags: news Google Oracle lawsuit TechWeekEurope UK » Apple Makes Its Maiden Data Centre 100 Percent Renewable Companies like Apple are starting to move to renewable energy. It is only a matter of time before people start eyeing schools. The though thing about it is how long the payback ...

Whole school Assemblies teaching resources – TES A list of assembly ideas indexted by topic and event. As you plan the end of the school, look at some ideas and improve what you're already doing. tags: education news teaching assemblies Whole School: Personalised learning teaching resources - TES During post planning this year, discuss how you can incorporate personalized learning in your school next year. Here are some ideas for what teachers are doing now -- some are large projects and others are just planning tools. tags: education teaching lesson plans personalizedlearning Whole School: Assemblies: School life teaching r...

Free Technology for Teachers: GoClass - Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads Another lesson deployment app for the iPad that you can compare to NearPod. Another one worth testing. tags: education eduapp edapp ipad flippedclass Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here .

PBL Program Shows How to Tap Local Expertise | Edutopia Fascinating overview of a PBL school. I would like to point out that now that I have a 20% time project where students spend 20% of their time in my class working on a technology-enriched project of their choice - that my students are doing many of these incredible things. Every school should have their students doing personal interest projects as a core requirement of what you do to graduate from that school. End of year portfolio websites should be something all students do on a platform that they can "take with them" after high school. This is all part of finding your passion. This is a great overview from Suzie Boss at Edutopia of this incredible high school in Georgia. tags: education news pbl ProfHacker: Projects with Instructables - ProfH...

PSHE Global Game - Lego - Resources - TES This game uses legos. Use this presentation and the legos to have a picture of how wealth is distributed around the world. This is a fascinating activity that I think you could do at all ages. tags: flatclass education globalcompetency Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here .

Discussion Toolkit - Resources - TES A toolkit to encourage discussion in the classroom,. Make sure students have things to do in these last days that encourage thinking. Many teachers complain all year that they don't have time to encourage higher order thinking but in the last few days of school, when they have freedom, they show movies. Have meaningful discussions. tags: education teaching discussion higherorderthinking The Graphic Classroom This website talks about comics and comic textbooks in the classroom by Chris Wilson, an elementary teacher. tags: education comics news teaching Manga Another Comic Format Worthy of Classroom Co...