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Delving into the World of PLN's

http://www.pearson.com.au/community/in-conversation/jenny-luca-personal-learning-networks_part_1/

This article tells about PLN's, why they are important and the roles they play in education.  This article is in interview format and discusses ways to collaborate and research with other educators. 

 


Deskless Classroom


Development of writing skills

https://www.understood.org/en/image-viewer?image=/~/media/images/categorized/graphics/writingskillswhattoexpectatdifferentages.png

This gives the general progression of writing skills from toddlers to high school students.  Nice resource.


Digital Skills for all Educators

Digital Skills for All Educators

This website is more focused towards teachers, but has resources for students as well. It does not simply list the skills that teachers should acquire, but provides resources and links to help you better yourself in that area immediately. Some of the topics include tricks to using Youtube, screenshot capturing programs, use of online organizers, creating digital quizzes, and much more. This website could benefit everyone in some way. It is definitely worth taking a look through.


Digital Writing

Why Digital Writing Matters

This article discusses some of the concerns about how/what we are teaching students regarding writing and the incorporation of technology in the forms of writing we have students complete. It relates to some of the discussion that we had yesterday about formal research papers and the real skills we want students to develop.

Discipline issues decline when student engagement increases. From Learn Teach Lead

It basically talks about that when parents are more involved with their students the schools see a lot less disciplinary problems

http://ht.ly/ywZf301UEm9


Discovery Ed

https://twitter.com/DiscoveryEd

Supporting teachers by bringing the world of Discovery into classrooms to ignite students' natural curiosity.