Useful links

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• Cite a Book in APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, or Vancouver style – Cite This For Me A simple-to-use online citation tool.

• A Must See Interactive Graphic on Teaching Students about Copyright ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning This post looks at how you could use “this wonderful resource from Cyberbee. This is basically an interactive image which includes important information in the form of answers to questions students might raise when discussing the topic of copyright. To start using this resource all you need to do is to hover your pointer over a student to read the question then click on that student to read the answer.” Offers a guide to questions the students might answer before (as a test of what they know) and after or as they go through the information.

• Google PageRank: What Do We Know About It? | Smashing Magazine Google PageRank is the status of a site that is rated to 10. The higher the number, the higher the probability to be seen in the top of Search engines. Basically the high PR site ranks top in search engine finds. “PageRank is only one of numerous methods Google uses to determine a page’s relevance or importance. Google is also concerned with the authority of a website”

• Formative Assessment Infographic | WJU EdTech A formative assessment infographic to show ideas for assessment with and without the aide of technology.

• Let the Students Set the Rules | An Ethical Island Spend time the first class creating rules with the class. It starts the students thinking , bonding, and taking responsibility for their own education. The infographic here gives you a good framework

• http://www.knowledgeworks.org/sites/default/files/A-Glimpse-into-the-Future-of-Learning-Infographic_0.pdf Infographic that attempts to visualise the future of learning

• Learn Best Practices For Pinterest Account Management [Infographic & Insights] How to make the best use (and get the most from) Pinterest

• WordPress Infographic 2013 – A Visual Representation of Matt’s “State of the Word” | Elegant Themes Blog Wordpress is a wellknown and well used platform. This a run-down of its 2013 standing in the online world

• Qmee finds out what happens online in 60 seconds – mycleveragency – Full Service Social Another infographic that seeks to show how vast and how fast the online world is and how many are now connected to at least some part of it t

• A Visual Guide To Staying Safe On Social Media – Edudemic – Edudemic “The guide runs through some handy hints for staying safe when using social media”

• Free Technology for Teachers: 15 Things You Can Do With Edmodo & How To Get Started A great post from Richard Byrne about how teachers can use edmodo. Includes video

• Free Technology for Teachers: 15 Things You Can Do With Edmodo & How To Get Started A great post from Richard Byrne about how teachers can use edmodo. Includes video

• Agnostic, Maybe | the neverending reference interview of life New Jersey librarian, Andy Woodworth, blogs about libraries in general and technology when it fits with the life of a librarian. Has posted a few interesting discussions on e-books and licensing.

• TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics « News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics The Teleread blog covers news related to e-books and online publishing. The blog also includes a section specific to libraries, so readers can easily find relevant library news and stories.

• Learn to code | Codecademy If you need to learn JavaScript, Ruby or HTML? Codecademy provides free interactive online tutorials that will help you learn these languages and more. It’s great for visual learners, such as myself, and let’s be honest – who doesn’t like earning badges for completing a task?

• Kids can’t use computers… and this is why it should worry you – Coding 2 Learn “Kids Can’t Use Computers… And This Is Why It Should Worry You”

• 170 Online Ebooks for Young Kids | mattBgomez Some great options in more amazing curation from MBG. “Many favorite ebooks. Some of the ebooks are from YouTube. You can Safeshare to remove the ads and suggested videos from YouTube.”

• 10 Digital Resources For New Teachers – Edudemic – EdudemicLinks to all sorts of ideas that could help new teachers are offered in this post. Lessons plans, resources, bulletins boards and classroom management are just s few of the reas covered.

• How To Teach Math And Economics With Batman – Edudemic – Edudemic A great infographic that looks at Batman 1939 and now.Post discusses the comparisons about how much it costs to be Batman in both eras. Some suggested lessons in maths & economics that could be fun for students.

• Resources and Downloads for Teaching Critical Thinking | Edutopia

• Back to School: Goal Setting With Your Students | Edutopia A step-by-step guide to assisting students to set goals for themselves. A good explanation about “Model positive goal setting & how to have kids practice positive goal setting”

• Find The Best iOS And Android Apps For Your Children With The Help Of These 3 Websites MakeUseOf site discussion about how you might go about finding appropriate kid-friendly apps.

• Listen to the Web With the Vocalyze Android App Useful app that might also be useful for our international students as well as some of the visually impaired (and dyslexic) students.

• Best Science-Fiction Books Photo 20 An annotated list of “essential” sci-fi reading

• 5 Note-taking Android Apps for Students A helpful discussion (allowing for comparison) of 5 free writing apps that could be used by students of varying age groups.

• Move Over iPad, Here Comes Google Play For Education | MindShift   An interesting comparison of tablets and apps – and what it means for use in classroom situations.

• How To Tackle Digital Citizenship During The First 5 Days Of School – Edudemic – Edudemic This is offers a good outline for educators who want to teach students about how they can safeguard their digital identities as well as learn about their rights and responsibilities in the ever changing digital world. The information and ideas could be easily used and adapted for a range of classes. I particularly like the idea that on the first day the teacher and the students work to create an acceptable use policy in the classroom use a basic framework as a guide. This offers a great way for the students to explore their options and understand the choices they must make.

• The Best 10 Google Docs Tips For Teachers As They Go Back To School A list of 10 different ways to teachers use Google docs with some simple examples explained. These could easily be adapted for a variety of different classroom extensions

• Library Skills Instructional Support – Capstone Capstone helps to reinforce some key lessons with fun (and free) downloadable sheets with the basic skills students need to become savvy users and evaluators of information. Be it an animated video that helps you recap your unit on the Dewey areas or a quick worksheet to help you assess their understanding, these Library Skills options of some good resources.

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