Useful links

  by  Colette Cassinelli 

• No! You Can’t Just Take It! | Langwitches Blog A great post by Silvia Tolisano (@langwitches) about her frustration with teachers who are not taking responsibility and modelling good digital citizenship to their students nor playing fair with colleagues who share . We all need to be taking care to live by the creed of good digital citizenship as well as teach it to our students.

• Typography/Calligraphy A Pinterest board devoted to the above.It offers many interesting alphabets and letters.

• Forms and Things to Help You | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension Post from “Blogging the fourth dimension” by teacher Pernille Ripp. Gives links to many useful forms for teachers to facilitate the use of technology with students. Templates include: questionnaires, permission forms, preparation sheets, outlines, reflection, self-assessment, guideline contracts.

• Interesting Forms to Help you Use Technology in Teaching ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning Links to many useful forms for teachers to facilitate the use of technology with students. Templates include: questionnaires, permission forms, preparation sheets, outlines, reflection, self-assessment, guideline contracts. From Ed Tech & Mobile Learning

• Listly List – List of Free eBooks Website #ipad #android #books #free #mac #windows #kindle #ebooks #pc #download #freebooksfreedownload A long list of places on the Internet from where you can download free (and legal) eBooks. If we are aiming to have improved access, with everyone knowing and understanding how to access and find what they want to read, then we are opening up a new world for some an and using technology to create better readers. This is in a listly from Fasal Khan.

• What the Future of Learning Might Look Like | MindShift “Education and learning could look radically different in the next few years. The education foundation KnowledgeWorks has released a forecast on the future of learning, focusing on ways that technology and new teaching strategies are shaking up traditional models. Check out this snapshot of an infographic the organization created to depict a learning ecosystem that includes whole communities in education.”

• 8 Ways The Librarian Of The Future Will Keep Themselves Busy

  Post that contains an infographic that tries to explain what the librarian of the (near) future might be doing.

• The 10-Minute Guide To Bloom’s Taxonomy | Edudemic

• The 8 Digital Skills Students Need for The Future ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning A post that tries to make sense of data from PEW survey about learning and the skills our current students might need.

• Listly List – Infographics, Charting and Mapping Tools & Apps #stats #statistics #graphics #infographics #infographic #graphs #in #imagesinformation #datavisualization #maps #bigdata #mapping #charts #charting #datamapping Over 60 and growing – Listing Tools, Applications, Inspiration, Visualisation and Data Sources for making Infographics. Ideas, Software, Design, PSD.

• Internet Safety Cheat Sheet For Digital Media Use In Schools The infographic offers advice about how to set filters, etc on a variety of social media tools

• Flavorwire’s Ultimate Literary Calendar: A Bookish Event for Every Day of the Year – Flavorwire “A literary calendar, complete with a literary event for every day”

• Art Apps for Every Age | On Sarah’s iPad A post offering advice about the many painting and drawing Apps available for iPads and iPhones, “It is a must to have at least one of these on your device as they can be used in so many ways.  The trick is working out which to get.  Some are free, some are paid, some have very basic features and some have lots of bells and whistles.  In addition to some great apps for children, there are a couple of great Art Apps for the more serious artist.

• Why Stephen King Spends ‘Months and Even Years’ Writing Opening Sentences – Joe Fassler – The Atlantic An interest article detailing the thoughts of prolific writer Stephen King. “A book won’t stand or fall on the very first line of prose — the story has got to be there, and that’s the real work. And yet a really good first line can do so much to establish that crucial sense of voice — it’s the first thing that acquaints you, that makes you eager, that starts to enlist you for the long haul”It is especially true in YA literature. You need to hook the reader early if they are to continue to read the book.

• What Students Need to Know about Copyright ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. A great slide show that explains the concept of copyright in such a very easy and understandable style. Offers a great way for students to learn about the concept.

• 4 Important Graphics on Blended Learning for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. A post that links to a set of interesting graphics offer a great visual way to understand everything about blended learning

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

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