Educational Origami

This is another Rubric I have been working on. This is focused on two aspects of a threaded discussion.
The first aspect is related to a simple reply to a post question or discussion. This is focused on the Bloom’s “Understanding” level.
The second aspect is more complex and is looking at replying to a post or [...]

I read this Educause publication on the issues facing higher education with interest. It is easy to draw parallels with Secondary teaching.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EDU07332A.pdf 
Diana Oblinger and John Campbell identified 10 Teaching and Learning issues as they move to “Instruction 2.0”. These are echoed in Secondary and Primary education and in some cases I would hazard that these [...]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ 
The BBC continues to amaze me with the range of part and sections on this site. This a useful site for teachers  and students alike. There are wide array of materials and resources.

Quizzes and Exams
Grammar and Vocabulary
Business English

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http://www.teacherleaders.org/index.php 
On top of being a site for school leaders, this is a useful resource site for teachers and leaders. There is a diverse range of resources that are also available:

Teacher leadership
coaching and mentoring
professional communities
21st Century Learning
Education policy
Classroom practice

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7130325.stm 
Article: Students ’should use Wikipedia’
A while ago (2 years round about) I would have clearly said that students should not use wikipedia because we want facts not opinions. However, times they are a changing, and with them is my opinion of wikipedia.
While Jimmy Wales obviously has a vested interest in students using wikipedia “Jimmy [...]

http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html 
This is a great site with an amazing resource video. This is a great video to stimulate and challenge students. This is looking at the process of producing an object from start to finish. Its about 20 minutes long
You can download the movie – in .mov format or watch it online
This is a very good [...]

http://opencontent.org
http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page 
I found this while I was foraging around for game resources to use with my students (they are just finishing their game maker unit and having a great time testing, playing and modifying other peoples games)
I love people who share like this – opencontent is a blog, wiki and a number of other things.
It also [...]

http://www.wildlifedirect.org/index.php 
This is a good resource for up to date information on conservation in Africa
Its a not for profit organisation with regular (blog posts are RSS’ed to this site) on conservation activites, updates, poaching etc.
A very interesting resource to use and a good way for students to make contact with people on the front-line of African [...]

I have been working on rubrics for some of the elements in Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.
I have written two. One for social bookmarking/favourites (remembering) and one for Blog Journaling as reflective student practice (understanding).
I have include exemplars within each of the two rubrics.
Comments?

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http://www.visualthesaurus.com
This is a cool product. Type in a word and hey presto it links to alternatives, you can then click on these and the process continues. Its very visual, drawing lines and relationships between terms, and as such iswell suited for the visual learner . It also has an audio function that pronounces the selected [...]