Useful Links (weekly)

• Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers – Chronicle.com ”The rise of online media has helped raise a new generation of college students who write far more, and in more-diverse forms, than their predecessors did. But the implications of the shift are hotly debated, both for the future of students’ writing and for the college curriculum. Some scholars say that this new writing is more engaged and more connected to an audience, and that colleges should encourage students to bring lessons from that writing into the classroom. Others argue that tweets and blog posts enforce bad writing habits and have little relevance to the kind of sustained, focused argument that academic work demands*

• Doug Johnson Website – dougwri – Raising Good Citizens for a Virtual World – Lesson One A series of Doug Johnson’s lessons on digital citizenship. A great move in the Ethics direction abnd how we might help our children be safe and ethical internet users.

• Education Week: 10 Ways to Move Beyond Bully Prevention (And Why We Should) 

• Survey: Teens ‘sext’ and post personal info | Larry Magid at Large – CNET News 

• Literature-Map – The tourist map of literature Literature Map provides a web of authors you might like based on authors that you already enjoy reading. To use Literature Map just type an author’s name into the search box and webbed list of authors will be displayed. The authors’ names closest to the author whose name you entered are the authors whose work you’re most likely to enjoy.

• Young Readers – US Book Shop and Online Bookstore – Penguin Group (USA) 

• EduPic Graphical Resource for Educators EduPic Graphical Resource is a teacher designed free image resource for use by teachers and students. All images contained within are free for use by educational professionals and the students they serve without permission. All other use is by permission only. All other rights are reserved.   

• BBC – raw – Home RaW is the BBC’s biggest ever campaign that aims to help adults across the UK read and write better. Offers skills for everyday life

• MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages This is a very SIMPLE comic creating website. It might be quite useful for younger children and those who are struggling with written language. It may to be too bland for the more able students, compared to the many other sources available for use in the classroom. However, because it is written with children as the focus audience, the likelihood of stumbling onto inappropriate material appears nonexistent. There are a collection of characters (black and white drawings) where emotions, speaking and thought bubbles, and text can be added. One drawback is that the cartoons must be emailed or printed as there is no saving option. 

• ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Comic Creator Very simple tool. Create a one, two, three, or six panel comic. You type in your captions. You can select your backgrounds and clip art. 

• GoAnimate – Create your own cartoons and animations easily. Our tools are free and you don’t need to learn Flash. Create your own cartoons and animations easily. The tools are free and you don’t need to learn Flash. 

• toonlet: web-comic blogging in minutes Create and share webcomics from your computer . No drawing required. 

• Free Drum Loops Wav MP3 Aif and Midi Sound Loops Free-Loops.com Free-Loops offers up thousands of sound effects, vocal loops, drum loops and a whole lot more and all for, just as the name implies, free. creativecommons

• Protect Your WordPress Blog From Password Hackers With Login Lockdown 

• http://www.wisdomcommons.org A collection of over 3,000 poems, fables, essays and more that you are free to use.

• Free Travel Stock Photos – Tourism images from around the World A photo archive resource filled with travel and location photos from all around the world that are free for your use.

• Geograph British Isles – photograph every grid square! This is an attempt by some enterprising souls to photograph the entirety of the British Isles, and they are being kind enough to release all of the photos as Creative Commons.

• Abstract Textures, Background Photos – free stock images An archive of over a thousand abstract backgrounds you can use for free or just for inspiration.

• Index By Car Make — Car Pictures This site contains thousands of Creative Commons licensed photos of cars, easily divided up by manufacturer so you can find exactly what you are looking for.

• Pictures of Animals — Animal Photos! Thousands of free to use animals photos divided up in to easy to browse categories. 

• Internet Archive Most people only think of Archive.org for the Wayback Machine, but it also offers up a huge selection of audio, video and text documents under the Creative Commons license.

• Tribe of Noise music community connecting artists, fans and professionals A social networking site built around independent artists uploading their music under a Creative Commons 3.0 by-share alike license.

• Free and legal music downloads – Jamendo Jamendo is a site filled with nothing but Creative Commons licensed albums that take advantage of all the various versions of the license. Before using any of them, make sure you understand which version the album is using.

• freesound :: home page There is no music at Freesound.org, just tens of thousands of various sound samples for use in sampling, all of them licensed under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. 

• ArtistServer.com – Free music, mp3 downloads, blogs, and more – join the community Over 7,000 free audio files as of this writing, all well categorized and easy to navigate. It also mixes in some social networking allowing to you have firneds lists, run a blog and more.

• Collagr.com – Create your own collage that you can use in your myspace.com profile or desktop wallpaper 

• Shape Collage – Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker 

• SparkleBox – 1000s FREE printable Early Years and KS1 resources – phonics, posters, labels, signs, activities and more!  The site offers a great many printables, posters, banners for classroom use Force unit it science. 

• The Digital Generation Project | Edutopia Keep track of the way digital learning is influencing the future of education.Today’s students are born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. Their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it’s about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment. The Digital Generation Project tells their stories so that educators and parents can understand how kids learn, communicate, and socialize in very different ways than any previous generation.  

• Digital Youth Network: Empowering Youth Through Media ”Digital Youth Network gives students tools to be engaged, articulate, critical and collaborative. Facilitate the ability to become creators – designers, builders & innovators”

• June 4 Webinar: “Engaging the Digital Generation: Insights from Kids, Teachers, and Parents” | Edutopia  This page offers the useful links talked about in the webinar.

• The Book Seer A very easy to use book suggestions website – enter the title and author of a book you enjoyed, and it will suggest similar books 

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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