INSPIRATION:
The pothole gardener
A GREAT WEBSITE:
Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT)
This website provides details and links to free resources about new trends, technologies and tools. You can keep up to date with what's new in this area, by reading the Pick of the Day blog as well as the Social Media for Working and Learning blog.
Pages that I find really useful and insightful are: The Emerging List of Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 (as at 03 August 2010) and TOOLS DIRECTORY: Image, Audio and Video tools
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: READINGS
Being consistent is the key to a well behaved classroom - find out how you can be consistent in the way you treat student behaviour.
Student engagement
Rearrange the Desks: Reposition the Students' Seats to Help Retain their Attention
What They See Is What We Get: A Primer on Light - Ten myths about lighting and color in schools.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: VIDEO
Big Thinkers: Katie Salen on Learning with GamesA professor of design and technology at Parsons The New School for Design talks about the value of games and the empowerment of play.
