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Khan Academy Vive les SVT The Listening Project The Listening Project is a partnership between BBC Radio and the British Library that invites people to share an intimate conversation, to be recorded and broadcast by the BBC and, if suitable, curated and archived by the British Library. These conversations will form a unique picture of our lives today, preserved for future generations. Visit The Listening Project website (BBC) and get involved. Throughout the Project, our experts will be discussing these conversations and highlighting related recordings in the archive, on their Sounds blog. Visit the Sounds blog and join the conversation. Sounds at the British Library Our Sounds website showcases over 50,000 recordings from our world-class collection of 3.5 million items. Listen now to over 50,000 sounds. Oral history and research Oral history in the classroom Our Learning website suggests many opportunities for using audio material in schools. And are you sitting or sat at a computer? The BBC and the British Library: in partnership

SAMR as a Framework for Moving Towards Education 3.0 Evolution, in its broadest sense, serves as a force to help humans move towards a better way of living given the current times or Zeitgeist. It follows, then, that the education field should evolve as new opportunities and forces emerge and present themselves. But in general, this is not the case. From the Time Magazine article, How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century There’s a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees. The evolution of education can be explained from moving from Education 1.0 to Education 3.0. Briefly, Education 1.0, 2.0. and 3.0 is explained as: Education 1.0 can be likened to Web 1.0 where there is a one-way dissemination of knowledge from teacher to student. Emerging technologies is, can be, should be a driving force of this evolution towards Education 3.0. Slides from a presentation given on this topic:

The biggest Internet Database about Cost of Living, Housing Indicators and many other informations about cities and countries! Numbeo is the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Numbeo provides current and timely information on world living conditions including cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution. Numbeo is a collection of Web pages containing numerical and other itemizable data about cities and countries, designed to enable anyone to contribute or modify content. Numbeo uses the wisdom of the crowd to obtain the most reliable information possible. Numbeo then provides you with a statistical analysis of the data collected. In addition, Numbeo provides a variety of systematic research opportunities for its readers with its compilation of worldwide information. 4,066,631 prices in 6,991 cities entered by 447,697 contributors

Using SAMR to Teach Above the Line - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - 1:1 program, Apple, edchat, EdTech, SAMR, technology For as long as I can remember I have been an advocate for helping teachers understand the stages of technology integration to help them effectively use tech as a tool for learning. I’ve adopted a few different tech integration models over the years, discussed the ideas with administrators for use as a starting point for tech integration, and kept the ideas front of mind as I invent and discover new ways for using technology as a tool for learning. Discussing the stages of tech integration has led to some thought provoking and inspiring conversations, but the ideas have not gained a lot of momentum in my face-to-face teaching environment until now. About SAMR Researchers have determined that technology integration typically moves through specific levels. The SAMR model is a useful tool for helping teachers think about their own tech use as they begin to make small shifts in the design and implementation of technology driven learning experiences to achieve the next level. Substitution

The London Sound Survey featuring London maps, sound recordings, sound maps, local history, London wildlife #PSP2012 VIDEO – KR | c f e d | cfee archives | @c_f_e_d Sir Ken Robinson concludes the morning sessions of “Teaching and Learning at Home and at School” by inviting educators and parents to collaborate in the design of a covenant of shared principles to transform our schools. First, Robinson identifies an agenda of issues on which we need to focus as we move forward: vexing economic, cultural, and personal challenges with which our education system has not caught up. Then, Robinson asserts that our current system is incapable of dealing properly with these challenges, owing to a ‘command and control mentality’ among political leaders, and invites stakeholders at the grassroots level — in our classrooms, and in our homes — to create an agenda not just for reform, but for transformation. Further information and related resources are provided below the embedded video. To advance the presentation to key transitions, drag the slider to the indicated timeframes:

Equality Day Gifts Inspiration from History = Amazing Gifts for Women Looking for an unusual, exceptional gift idea for her? Let the women's suffrage movement inspire you. In the United States, Women's Equality Day is celebrated on August 26th to commemorate the passage of the 19th amendment which gave women full voting rights in 1920. Women activists were called "suffragettes" which is derived from the word, "suffrage" meaning "right to vote". Suffragette Artists During the time of women's suffrage in American and England, several artists rose to prominence as they designed original artwork related to the movement. Nina Evans Allender (1872-1957) was a longtime member of the American National Woman's Party who studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and with Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, and impressionist Frank Brangwyn. Source: Sewall-Belmont House website Looking for a way to turn suffragette artwork into gift? Find out more about this program.

edutopia Plenty of students may know how to create digital media, but too few know how to produce engaging, high-quality content, the kind that makes them stand out not only to college admission officers, but also to potential employers. What does that kind of quality involve? We need to teach and encourage students to post original, outstanding content that will distinguish their unique identities in a sea of increasingly indistinguishable resumes -- which are going the way of the typewriter. To help accomplish this task, I model creating a positive digital footprint by making effective use of social networking and blogging. Facebook Educators do students a tremendous disservice by demonizing Facebook, which can enhance a student's online presence and real-world prospects. Twitter I also show students my Twitter account, which includes links to articles that I've written, content that I've enjoyed, and causes that I support. LinkedIn Snapchat Blogging

About the Thesis Whisperer The Thesis Whisperer is a blog newspaper dedicated to the topic of doing a thesis and is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn, Director of research training at the Australian National University. Would you like to write for the Whisperer? Here’s what we aim to do: We want to be concise. PhD students have to do a lot of reading so no posts will be longer than 1000 words We want to learn from people’s stories about doing a research degree – but we don’t need to hear about your topic. We are not a ‘how to’ guide to doing a thesis, but we are happy to dish out practical tips and techniques that work for us. We don’t want to just talk about writing – successfully finishing a thesis or disseration is about more than that. We want to stimulate conversations so our posts will always be opinionated, hopefully without being obnoxious. We want to hear your voice. We can’t pay you. Interested? Want to use our material? Who is Inger? Photo by @catspajamasnz Keynote lectures: Selected scholarly journal articles Theses