We are what we share

This is an interesting video thinking about the internet and the opportunities it offers us (as a learning community).  The theme is 'we are what we share' and this could be a way to think about how the eCentral teaching community can continue the gather in strength through sharing....

Digital Citizenship Resources.....

Some resources for looking at Digital Citizenship with students

12 Things Students should do on Social Media (adults too!)  These ideas could be some good starters for discussions with students.

Edmondo's Digital Citizenship Resource Kit is available from here.  Has downloadable PDF's that may be useful with students or can be used to glean ideas for working in the classroom.

This site has some resources and videos you might like to use for background for yourself or with students. 

Netsafe (NZ) has material on digital citizenship

Wiki Educator Digital Citizenship project - still a work in progress but plenty of resources (NZ led)

This site will come online next term  www.teachersandsocialmedia.co.nz

The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

An interesting video about current brain research .....

Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically “teenage” behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.

Teacher Expectations - QR Code ideas

We all know the importance of teachers expectations on student performance.  This article discusses this along with some suggestions (left hand column) for teachers to try.  Article here

Used QR Codes in your classroom yet?  Here is a web site with some ways they have been used - scan the code to go to the site (or click the link).

18 uses of QR Codes

This article was posted a year or two back but is still worth a read and follows on nicely from the article above  10 Steps for Better Student Engagement

Famous People and Ideas From the Students

Famous People Painting - this (digital) painting features famous people with links to wikipedia.  An interesting way to discover what famous people did and a great idea for the classroom.  Link here


How do we get students ready for the future and get them to think. This is a blog post about turning your classroom into an ideas factory from the Mind Shift blog - not all new but a good reminder.

Digital Dossier...

This clip is a reminder about how things have changed in the digital age.  Useful as background for teachers to have conversations with students around digital citizenship and their unavoidable digital footprint -  or maybe to use with students if you think it is appropriate.

(note the vid is from 2008 and we are moving fast digitally........)

Any thoughts.....

The Digital Learner - are we ready?

Interesting video about the Digital Learner (the "Voice of the Active Learner") - is it a thing to come or already here - if so are schools ready?  Could be worth sharing with staff.......

Any thoughts?