Learning and Teaching Resources
This page has links to news and learning and teaching resources.
Links to education news & info in July 2011
- 9 Developments for Kinect in Education: www.kinecteducation.com/blog/
- 2011 U.S. Innovative Educators Forum Day 1 – A Brief Summary: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachertech/
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog: coolcatteacher.visibli.com
- Deforest Action: dfa.tigweb.org
- Creative destruction - Using wikis in education: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
- Do We Really Want Digital Textbooks?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Free Stuff From Microsoft #7 – Kinect SDK: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free stuff from Microsoft #8 – Worldwide Telescope: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free stuff from Microsoft #9 – Microsoft Tag: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free tools to create online courses: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- iEARN (International Education and Resource Network): www.iearn.org
- IEF Day 3 - Post-Reflection: kennetholden.posterous.com/ief-day-3-post-reflection
- Is Internet Education the Answer: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Kinect in Education: www.microsoft.com/education/products/kinect/
- Making it great in the classroom with PowerPoint: www.youtube.com
- Microsoft shows routes to cloud in 'School in a Box': www.agent4change.net/policy/ict-provision/
- Microsoft UK Partners in Education YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/innovativeteach
- Problem of 'Pedagogy' in a Web 2.0 Era: campustechnology.com/
- Situated cognition: en.wikipedia.org/
- South Korea to go ‘all digital’ for textbooks by 2015: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Teaching Kids Programming using the Intentional Method: blogs.msdn.com/b/socaldevgal/
- Windows Live Messenger improving feedback from students: chickensaltash.edublogs.org
Links to education news & info in June 2011
- Dare to be Different: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free stuff from Microsoft #2 – ICE , ICE , Baby: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free Stuff from Microsoft #3– Ribbon Hero & the sequel Ribbon Hero 2: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free stuff from Microsoft #4 – Photosynth: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free Stuff From Microsoft #5 – Kodu: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- More Free Stuff From Microsoft #5 – Kodu: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- West Hatch High School - becoming that step closer to being ‘’paperless’’: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links to education news & info in May 2011
- 7 Golden Rules of Tweeting: coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
- Boys Don't Read, Except When They Do: www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-london/
- Communicating and Connecting with Social Media: teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/
- Deep Zoom tutorials on MSDN blogs: blogs.msdn.com/search/searchresults.aspx
- How Teens Understand Privacy: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
- How To Twitter - First Steps and a Twitter Glossary: www.hanselman.com/blog/
- It’s Official - Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals - Australia 2012: blogs.msdn.com/b/ausdev/
- Learning Management Systems - Desire2Learn: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- Microsoft Interactive Classroom: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
- New academic year brings fresh new technology to Havant Academy: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Social media policy to encourage the use of social media by teachers in NSW: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- One in six schools block Wikipedia: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- Something for the weekend - free eBooks from Microsoft Press: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- Students and their devices: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- Teaching Students To Create Their Own Business: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Top 10 Education blog posts: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
- Using student performance data to support learning: blogs.msdn.com/b/education/
Links to education news & info in April 2011
- Free Stuff from Microsoft #1 for Schools – Simples: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free stuff from Microsoft #2 – ICE , ICE , Baby: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Innovative Students Create New Solutions with Windows 7 and Windows Azure: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
- Is Education still broken?: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Microsoft's Imagine Cup, Check Out What Students are Creating: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
- ’What?’’ ‘’Why?’’ and ‘’How?’’ of Cloud computing for schools: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links to education news & info in March 2011
- Essex Schools choose Live@Edu: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- How nonprofits can use the cloud, save money and increase impact: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftupblog/
- Imagine Changing the World: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/
- Microsoft Learning Suite - all free add on products in one brochure: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Evaluation (Download): www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Links in February 2011
- Augmented Reality - The Future of Education: vimeo.com/2341387
- Cyberbullying Rates Across the World, and the Role of Culture: blogs.technet.com/b/privacyimperative/
Links in January 2011
- Measure 21st Century Teaching and Learning at Your School: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links in December 2010
- Does learning have to stop when the last bell rings?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Halving the cost of servers at Leicester College with virtualisation: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- How can High School Teachers provide students with DreamSpark Software: blogs.msdn.com/b/gautam/
- Licensing changes for schools - there's good news coming at BETT: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Microsoft Education White Paper - Baby steps into the Cloud: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Microsoft UK Innovative Education Forum 2010 – Resources and feedback: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Microsoft UK Innovative Teachers Forum 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Multiple-Mouse presentations: office.microsoft.com
- Primary school students learning through video conferencing: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- TEALS (Technology Education And Literacy in Schools): blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Using SharePoint and Office 2010 to analyse student data - at Marsh Academy: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links for November 2010
- “Bullying” Has Little Resonance with Teenagers: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
- Controlled Assessment and avoiding hundreds of USB sticks: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog: coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
- Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction: www.nytimes.com
- In class, texting is the new doodling: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Microsoft Academic Search: journalogy.com
- Need some support for deploying Windows 7?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Spelling tests with Microsoft Excel 2010: www.activedad.co.uk
- Student Skills for the 21st Century: www.kevinbondelli.com
- Teacher guides for Office Web Apps: blogs.office.com/b/office-education/
- The #msief Daily: paper.li/tag/msief
- Your complete guide to virtualisation as a free download: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links in October 2010
- Connecting Beyond Kinect: blogs.technet.com/b/rgode/
- Education by the numbers [infographic]: holykaw.alltop.com/education-by-the-numbers-infographic
- Educators share their thoughts on Bing's Our School Needs: www.bing.com/community/Site_Blogs/b/education/
- EDUCAUSE 2010 - The Next Generation Begins: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/
- Everybody... SHOUT!: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Framework for Teaching with Twitter: chronicle.com/blogPost/A-Framework-for-Teaching-with/26223/
- Future of Education Interview Series and Community Discussion: www.futureofeducation.com
- How Windows Can Make You School Proud: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
- How to take great pictures for Our School Needs: www.bing.com/community/blogs/education/
- Is it time to write to your head teacher about budget cuts?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Microsoft Free Tools for Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Microsoft Office 365 for Education appears on the horizon: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- New Bing Map App - “Shout!” Along with Our Partners In Learning: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/
- Practical Advice for Teaching with Twitter: chronicle.com/blogPost/Practical-Advice/26416
- REDU’s RE:FORM SCHOOL Follow Up: www.bing.com/community/Site_Blogs/b/search/
- Reducing the school printing budget by two thirds: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Schools spend more money on printer paper than on ICT: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Shout Learning - Explore. Connect. Act: shoutlearning.org
- Sir Ken Robinson gets animated: blogs.msdn.com/b/stevecla01/
- TakeITGlobal - Inspire. Inform. Involve: www.tigweb.org
- Teachers, Students and Facebook, A Toxic Mix: redtape.msnbc.com
- Teach Here, Teach Now - Bing Presents a new Teacher Map app: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- TED's Chris Anderson - "Video is Redefining the Spoken Word": www.beet.tv
- Too many teachers are “un-Googleable” - Will Richardson: www.edweek.org
- Top Curriculum Downloads from Microsoft Faculty Connection: blogs.msdn.com/b/bobfamiliar/
- UK Innovative Education Forum 2010 Keynote - Where Children Teach Themselves: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
Links in September 2010
- Advice For An Imagine Cup Team: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Best way to save schools money?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Bing launches REDU - Rethink, Reform, Rebuild US Education: www.liveside.net/bingblog/
- Blue-sky thinking on Kinect and Xbox in education: blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoftuseducation/
- Display fractions in a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheet: www.microsoft.com/Education/DisplayFractions.aspx
- DreamSpark – Software for Learning: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Favorite myth-making news articles about teens and social media?: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
- Free tool for creating SCORM learning materials yourself (LCDS): blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Handy guide for teachers - Top Ten Tips for Mouse Mischief: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Imagine Cup – Solving the Worlds Problems Through Software: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Microsoft Australia launches SCREENed student film competition - 7 minutes about “7"?: www.istartedsomething.com
- NASA Announces High School Competition for Future Engineers - SPHERES: www.stemreports.com
- Office for college students: office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/
- Office in Education - New education blog helps teachers and students: blogs.office.com/b/office-education/
- "Own Your Space" – Keep yourself and your stuff safe online: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
- Philip Morant School in Office 2010 case study: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- REDU - Every Kid Deserves a Great Education: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Redu - Rethink, Reform, Rebuild Education: www.bing.com/redu
- Students And Intellectual Property Rights: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Support Education with the Bing Education Map App: www.bing.com/community/blogs/maps/
- Top ICT Cost Saving Ideas for schools: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/p/cost-saving.aspx
- UK Innovative Education Forum 2010 Workshops – Office 2010 in the Classroom: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Virtual Classroom Tour – a CPD portfolio and competition entry: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- West Hatch High School saves £12,000 a year with virtualisation: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Windows 7 deployment advice for school network managers: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links in August 2010
- Free Microsoft Office Add-ins for Educators: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Freebie time - Desktop Virtualisation for dummies booklet: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Making Sure Students with Disabilities Can See, Hear, and Use their PC: www.microsoftupblog.com
- Microsoft creates Office addins that take 1:1 education to the next level: www.zdnet.com/blog/education/
- Money Saving Tips Update - Bristnall Hall Technology College: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- New Microsoft Office Education Add-Ins: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- New Office resources for Back to School: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- New to Mouse Mischief?: blogs.msdn.com/b/mousemischief/
- Online Schools: www.onlineschools.org
- Parental Engagement – from vision to practicalities: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Saving money - how to get started with server virtualisation: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Thanks for the memories - Past students' work on school computers: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- What do you want in a Textbook?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
July 2010 links
- 21st Century Learning Alliance - Fellowship report : daviderogers.blogspot.com
- Critical Thinking Roundup - Howard Rheingold, Bing at ISTE: www.huffingtonpost.com/betsy-aoki/
- Developing Critical thinking skills with Bing: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Free tool from Microsoft Learning - LCDS v2.5: blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/
- Higher Innovation - Conversations in Learning and School Innovation: www.higherinnovation.com
- Homeschooling blahs? Energize your routine with Mouse Mischief lessons: blogs.msdn.com/b/mousemischief/
- Knowledge versus Learning: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Moving Tameside to web-based email - saving money and making users happier: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Rapidly Create Online Courses with Learning Content Development System: www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/training/lcds.aspx
- Saving money by effective power management: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Shall We Learn... Because Learning Matters: www.shallwelearn.com
- Things are changing fast in schools: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Top ICT Cost Saving Ideas for schools: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/p/cost-saving.aspx
- Translating a school website?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Twynham School and SharePoint 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Visual Thinking Archive: www.flickr.com
- What happens now that BSF has gone – the Rotherham story: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links in June 2010
- Adora Svitak on Critical Thinking and 21st Century Detectives: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Can you describe what SharePoint does in one sentence?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Critical Thinking: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Do Network Managers and Teachers have to clash?: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Drawing slides help students grasp and integrate information: blogs.msdn.com/b/mousemischief/
- Four out of five schools outsource their ICT –Things I Learned Last Week #7: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Free Microsoft software for schools, from the Fun and Free Friday event: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Internet Literacy and Credibility - How Adult and Children are Using Online Information - Part I: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Internet Literacy and Credibility - Part II: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Live@edu Implementation Guide: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Microsoft UK Innovative Education Awards 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Office in the cloud and on the desktop: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Office Web Apps – How do I get them? (via the Teacher Blog): blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- One third of head teachers don’t know how much they spend on ICT: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Preparing Teachers for the Digital Future: microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/
- Professor Michael Eisenberg Talks Critical Thinking Today: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Protecting Kids from Cyberbullying: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
- Redefining Teacher Education for Digital Age Learners: redefineteachered.org
- Reminding teachers about some of the things that Office can help them with: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- School carbon emissions targets - Things I Learned This Week #6: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Subject snacks – Ideas for teaching Modern Foreign Languages: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- The Big 6 - Information & Technology Skills for Student Achievement: www.big6.com
- What happens when you ban pens, pencils and paper: daviderogers.blogspot.com
- Windows 7 is fast while Windows XP heads towards the retirement home - Things I Learning This Week #9: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
Links in May 2010
- Bing - Visual Search, teaching questioning skills: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
- Bring on the learning revolution (Sir Ken Robinson): www.ted.com
- Deception + fear + humiliation doesn't equal education: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
- Digital Technology, Children and Young People: olliebray.typepad.com/olliebraycom/
- Education IT savings–West Hatch School, virtualisation and £36,000: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Education Technology – Changing the Nature of Education, and Building a Bridge to Tomorrow: blogs.technet.com/microsoft_blog/
- Failure to upgrade software in education: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Literacy, ICT and CfE - Larbert and Currie High School: olliebray.typepad.com/olliebraycom/
- Microsoft Education Australia: www.microsoft.com/australia/education/
- Microsoft Office 2010 – Planting the seeds of ideas: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Mouse Mischief for PowerPoint released: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Mouse Mischief - put these templates to work: blogs.office.com/b/templates_and_images/
- OneNote 2010 poster - Your genius comes in many forms: blogs.msdn.com/descapa/
- OneNote is Office 2010's killer app in education: www.zdnet.com/blog/education/
- Point Them in a Direction and Get Out of the Way: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Teacher practice makes perfect – A viewpoint: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Teachers are in control with Mouse Mischief: blogs.msdn.com/mousemischief/
- Things learned this week #2: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Things learned this week #3: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Things Learned This Week #4: blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/
- Tom Johnson's Adventures in Pencil Integration: pencilintegration.blogspot.com
- Top 20 Education Blogs: www.eiaonline.com
- Universities opt for Microsoft's cloud email service over Google Mail: www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/
- What do teachers really want?: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
Links in April 2010
- ePals + Microsoft Live@Edu = K-12 game changer: education.zdnet.com
- Free Tools for Teaching – from Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Mapping the Filter - What do you Block?: weblogg-ed.com
- Microsoft and the Cloud – what it means for education: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Microsoft Multipoint Server 2010 demo: www.youtube.com
- New and easy ways to integrate Office with your Moodle learning platform: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- On your blogs... get set... Go: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- OneNote 2010 for teachers and students: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Times Education Supp writes a scary Information Security headline: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- UK Partners in Learning Video Channel: www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach
- UK Partners in Learning YouTube Channel launched: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- What’s new in PowerPoint 2010 for teachers: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- What’s new in Word 2010 for teachers: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- When too much security means less security: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
Links in March 2010
- A high-tech route to smarter kids?: www.bendbulletin.com
- Accessibility Guide for Educators: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
- Australian class ahead of the world: ow.ly/1pYPi
- Easy = True - Cognitive Fluency: www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/
- Homegrown Talent Keeps Tech. Repairs In-House: www.edweek.org
- Innovids Competition – Latest News: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Making the Case for Social Media in Education: www.edutopia.org
- Meet the Innovative Teachers coming to Berlin – Part 2: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Microsoft Mouse Mischief - Make you Office PowerPoint presentations interactive: www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/
- Research confirms brain link for words, music: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Study delves deep into school cybersecurity curriculums: blogs.msdn.com/securitytipstalk/
- Virtual Events for Educators and School Administrators: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Links in February 2010
- 2010 Winter Olympics Teaching and Learning Extravaganza: learning.blogs.nytimes.com
- AutoCollage – a simple Workshop: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- AutoCollage Workshop #2 – classroom ideas: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Creating school websites – guidelines on usability: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Curriculum Resources for Educators - Expression Web and Expression Design: expression.microsoft.com
- Danah Boyd on Digital Revolution: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Digital Citizenship and Creative Content Instructional Program: www.digitalcitizenshiped.com
- Digital Literacy Curriculum: www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/
- Digital Storytelling in the Classroom - Free eBook and other resources: www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/
- Digital story telling tools from Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Educate yourself with Microsoft Flashcards: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Expanding Education’s Access to Technology with Windows Multipoint Server 2010: blogs.technet.com/unlimitedpotential/
- Finding good practice with ICT around the world: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Flashcards by Microsoft Education Labs - Browse, Create, Play: flashcards.educationlabs.com
- Flashcards - New resource from Microsoft Education Labs: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Get off Facebook, Dad, I need to finish my homework: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Home Access – tell your parents NOW (UK schools): blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- HP MultiSeat - Double the Number of Classroom Desktops: h10038.www1.hp.com
- Internet Safety – how to get support in school: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Microsoft ships new Windows server optimized for shared educational use - MultiPoint Server 2010: blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/
- NASA Be A Martian Pathfinder Innovation Challenge: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Ofsted report The safe use of new technologies: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- One-to-one computing programs only as effective as their teachers: www.eschoolnews.com
- Physical Education Learning Resources - 2010 Olympic Winter Games: Vancouver, Canada: www.teachervision.fen.com/olympic-games/physical-education/
- Privacy 101 for Schools: blogs.msdn.com/schoolofthefuture/
- Saving money with Schools ICT – Answering the real question "How much money will I save?": blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- School ICT - Upgrading and virtualising to save money: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Teacher Guides in the Classroom: www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 11 – Part Two of Saving Students Money: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 12 – Save money on upgrades: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 13 – Save your old computers: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 Things You Can Do with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010: www.microsoft.com/windows/multipoint/
- Transforming teaching and learning - a teacher's experience of the Partners in Learning Network: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
Recent links since January 1 2010
- 5 Amazing Downloads for Students and Educators: research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/csew/
- BETT 2010 wrap-up – and New Parental Engagement materials: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Education trends to watch for in 2010: blogs.msdn.com/microsoftuseducation/
- Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity: www.ted.com/talks/
- Microsoft at BETT 2010 – the world’s largest Education IT exhibition: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- New InnoVIDS now available – videos for teachers by teachers: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- New way to add interactivity and quizzes to PowerPoint presentations: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- New ways to show off your kid's schoolwork - the digital fridge: windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/
- Off-the-wall ideas for a brave new world of global connections: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- School Closures, Snow Days and Learning Platforms: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 1 – Server Virtualisation: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 2 – Cutting your electricity bills: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 3 – Switch to Low Energy PCs: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 4 – Switch your communications: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 5 – Switch the way you do remote access: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 6 – Stop buying every laptop: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 7 – Stop printing so much: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 8 – Stop buying so much software: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 9 – Stop your email servers: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 ICT Money Saving Tips – 10 – Save Students Money: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Twitter in Action in the Classroom: dougpete.wordpress.com
Recent links since Nov 17 2009
- Are teachers really losing confidence with ICT?: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Blogs for Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Computing Education Blog: computinged.wordpress.com
- Dangerously Irrelevant - Ruminations on technology, future of schools: www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
- Don't Understand Educational Colleagues Sometimes?: www.educatorsroyaltreatment.com
- EduGeek: www.edugeek.net
- European Safer Internet Day- 9th February 2010 - Free Parents Internet Safety Presentation: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- MediaSnackers - Understanding and effectively using social media: mediasnackers.com
- Microsoft bliink web design contest: www.bliinkcontest.com
- Microsoft Student Career Portal: www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/start/
- Plain English Guide to Data Protection (U.K.): blogs.msdn.com/ukhe/
- Putting an interactive map onto your school website: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Scaling up Innovation in Worldwide Partners in Learning Programme: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Technology in Education - Be Not Afraid: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Visiting Innovative Schools in Scotland: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
Most recent links
- 9 goals of education - Stuff we talk about but don’t do: ideasandthoughts.org
- 100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter: onlinecollegedegree.org
- $49.95 Windows 7 Student Upgrade Offer for TAFE and University Students (Australia): www.microsoft.com/australia/windows/offers/
- As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks Are History: www.nytimes.com
- Award Winning Innovative Teacher - Ollie Bray: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Award Winning Innovative Teacher – Mandeep Atwal: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Best Embeds for Educational Wikis and Blogs: mrssmoke.onsugar.com
- Beware Boring The Smart Kids: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Celebrating the UK’s Innovative Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Common reasons why Learning Platforms fail: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Create a Class Workspace: www.microsoft.com/education/classworkspace/
- Don't teach your kids this stuff. Please?: www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
- Edgalaxy - A blog for nerdy teachers: www.edgalaxy.com
- Education and Learning to Think: www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
- Education Blogs by Discipline: movingforward.wikispaces.com
- Education Innovation – Microsoft Education Labs: blogs.technet.com/rgode/
- Educational Jargon Generator: www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html
- Engaging Parents – Does your school have a good story to tell?: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- European Innovative Teachers Forum in Vienna 2009 - Enquiring Minds Project: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Free Creative Writing Software for young pupils - Kar2ouche: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Free Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from US Fed Govt: www.free.ed.gov
- Friday afternoon inspiration – ideas from Innovative Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- FutureLab Workshop Summary: photozoom.mslivelabs.com
- Green Living Ideas notebook for OneNote: blogs.msdn.com/michael_oldenburg/
- Happy Birthday to You – Free Resources for Teachers (Songsmith): blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Harri, just the boy next door: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Home Access Programme – the basics: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- How much do you trust your students?: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- How to Blog Better in education with MirandaMod: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- How to make a beautiful school SharePoint site: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- How will Windows 7 help schools – Part Five – Learning Resources: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- I Am What I Learn: www.ed.gov/iamwhatilearn/
- "I'm not good at math." "I'm not very good at computers.": www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
- Ideas and Thoughts: ideasandthoughts.org
- Improving teaching & learning in Kenya with 1:1 computing: blogs.msdn.com/microsoftuseducation/
- Information on security in schools – the detailed guidelines: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Information Security in Education and Two-Factor Authentication: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Innovative Teachers – Who influences your teaching?: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Interesting Silverlight examples: blogs.msdn.com/dougste/
- Keeping your teachers safe online: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Knowledge and Intelligence are not the same thing: blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/
- Learn more about learning more: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Learning Because You Want To: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Learning Event Generators: www.newtools.org
- Meet some innovative schools: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- National Broadband Network - Australia leading the world - 1:1 education: www.buddeblog.com.au
- New South Wales Connected Learning Schools Project: www.microsoft.com/australia/education/
- Next 100 - Australian's young and emerging leaders: www.microsoft.com/australia/about/onmyway/
- No Subject Is Boring With The Right Teacher: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Norway tests laptop exam scheme: news.bbc.co.uk
- Ollie Bray Deputy Musselburgh Grammar School: www.olliebray.com
- Online learning is better than face-to-face learning?: blogs.msdn.com/ukfe/
- Personalising learning - Enquiring Minds: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Planning for next year (Post #4) – Deep Zoom Composer – more ideas: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Planning for Next Year (Post #5) - Resources for Teacher Inservice Days: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- President Obama’s Back to School challenge – Movie Maker is here to help: windowslivewire.spaces.live.com
- Ready, Fire, Aim is not the way to buy computers: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Resources for Teachers by Teachers – Summer Camp: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Revealed - new teaching methods that are producing dramatic results: www.telegraph.co.uk/education/
- 'Robot' computer to mark English essays: www.guardian.co.uk/education/
- SchoolRack - Free Teacher Websites and Educational Blogs: www.schoolrack.com
- Shift Happens to students: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Sir, I’ve lost my memory stick: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Student Relationship Management – How New Line Learning approach it: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Teaching Faves of the Week: ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org
- Teaching Ideas - Blog Action Day 2009 – Climate Change: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Teaching Ideas - Climate Mystery has begun for students: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Teaching Ideas - Planning for Next Year - Ideas from the Internet: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- The New Literacy: www.wired.com
- The Rookies – Kids show us just how it is done: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Three things that you’d love to say to a chief education policymaker: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Top 10 Web sites for students: www.microsoft.com/athome/students/
- Walled World: kobold.loud.nl
- Twitter Links for Educators: www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/tech/socialnetwork/twitter/
- Using 3D Virtual Environments in learning: www.soulsolutions.com.au/Blog/
- Video ideas to help your teaching and learning (free resources): blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Web 2.0 and Other Educational Resources from Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- What It Is Like to be A Student?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- What Makes A How-Do-I Video Great?: blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- When teachers and students connect outside school: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
- Why did the chickenman cross the road?: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
Microsoft related
- 10 Microsoft Word Tricks Every Teacher Should Know: mrssmoke.onsugar.com/3033315
- Alex Pearce Sharepoint Blog for Educators: www.sharepointblogs.com/ajp/
- Analysing U.K. Direct School Grants Data in Excel: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Australian High School DreamSpark Signup for Free Software: www.dreamspark.com/highschool/
- AutoCollage – a simple Workshop: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Bing, Explicit Content and Safe Searching For Schools: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Create your own e-Learning - Learning Content Development System (LCDS): www.microsoft.com/learning/tools/lcds/
- Deep Zoom in the Classroom - Photo Sizes: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- DreamSpark High School Now Open: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Examples of teachers using OneNote in education: blogs.msdn.com/onenote_and_education/
- Free download of Microsoft AutoCollage for Educators on the ITN: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Free Posters for the Classroom: www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/posters.aspx
- Head back to class with OneNote: blogs.msdn.com/michael_oldenburg/
- Innovative Teacher Award Winner – James Kent: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Innovative Teachers Forum in Vienna: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Kodu Videos on Youtube: community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/kodu/
- Microsoft DreamSpark High School: www.dreamspark.com/HighSchool/
- Microsoft Education Labs: www.educationlabs.com
- Microsoft Innovative Schools Program Connects Outstanding Educators Worldwide: www.microsoft.com/presspass/
- Microsoft Launches Tools For Teachers: www.readwriteweb.com
- Microsoft Semblio Announcement: blogs.msdn.com/johnh/
- Microsoft Semblio - Create Multimedia Learning Material: www.microsoft.com/learningspace/semblio/
- Microsoft Semblio Community Blog: cs.mseducommunity.com
- Microsoft Student TV: www.microsoft.com/student/tv/
- Microsoft Surface in Education: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Microsoft Surface - learning for kids in 3 languages: blogs.technet.com/eileen_brown/
- Microsoft’s Student TV : blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Microsoft Surface at Churchend Primary School: www.youtube.com
- Microsoft Surface in Education - Finguistics HD: www.youtube.com
- Microsoft UK Education: www.microsoft.com/uk/education/
- Monkseaton High School making news again – pupils learning at home: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Monkseaton High School – using OneNote to build a Connected Learning Community: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Monkseaton High School's story of innovation: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- New Microsoft.com student page: blogs.msdn.com/mspprogram/
- Office at School for Parents, Teachers, Students: office.microsoft.com
- Office Live Workspaces in the Classroom: www.microsoft.com/education/products/officeliveworkspaces/
- Office Live Workspace - Access your classroom notes wherever you or your group goes: ask.officelive.com/workspace/blogs/workspace_team/
- OneNote and Learning Styles - Dr. Ole Lauridsen: blogs.msdn.com/onenote_and_education/
- OneNote and Learning Styles: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- OneNote Classroom Examples from School of the Future: blogs.msdn.com/schoolofthefuture/
- OneNote Teacher Toolkit and Sample Notebooks: www.microsoft.com/education/products/office/onenote/
- Planning for next year Workshop – Deep Zoom Composer – An Introduction: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Planning for next year Workshop – Deep Zoom Composer – Create your own (Post#2): blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Planning for Next Year – Deep Zoom Composer Mosaics –(Post#3): blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Sharing OneNote notebooks between multiple computers: blogs.technet.com/wordonenotesupport/
- Songsmith in the music classroom: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Top 10 reasons Office 2010 is good for schools: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Using Office in the classroom – Free Learning Essentials download: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Using Twitter in Education and Business: 4rxt.wordpress.com
- Using Windows 7 Direct Access to connect teachers to your school network securely: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Webcasts from Microsoft in Education: www.educationwebcasts.com
- Windows 7 in North Leamington School in Warwickshire: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Windows 7 is getting closer: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Word 2007 Math Overview (Video): www.youtube.com
Learning and Teaching Resources
Here are links to news and learning and teaching resources:
- 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 and Internet Stats: www.thefuturebuzz.com
- 100 Recommended Resources on Gender in Science, Engineering and Mathematics: momox.org/10x10.html
- Are Teachers (Becoming) Obsolete?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- BECTA Self-review framework introduction - assess and improve school ICT use: schools.becta.org.uk
- Best of the tech that teaches - BETT report: news.bbc.co.uk
- BETT 2009 - ideas and impressions: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Education and Creativity - Sir Ken Robinson's Blog: www.huffingtonpost.com/sir-ken-robinson
- Great Barr School Website: www.greatbarrschool.org.uk
- How do you know a teacher will be good?: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum (U.K.): blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Innovative teachers recognised in NSW Parliament: blogs.msdn.com/augovtaffairs/
- Live@edu – mixing software and online services: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- London Grid for Learning’s new email service: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Making life a little easier - the Innovative Teachers Network Web part: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Next Generation Learning for 30p a year: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Nota Bene - Tips and Techniques for Microsoft Office OneNote: blogs.msdn.com/michael_oldenburg/
- Office templates - Flash cards: office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/
- Parental Involvement in Children's Education PDF Document (U.K.): www.dcsf.gov.uk
- Shireland Academy U.K.: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Stifled genius, K-12?: blogs.msdn.com/inside_office_online/
- Social Computing / Networking and Reaching Out To Students: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Songs for Learning using Microsoft Songsmith: chickensaltash.edublogs.org
- Stupid way to teach: blogs.msdn.com/inside_office_online/
- Take OneNote to class: blogs.msdn.com/michael_oldenburg/
- Taking a road trip - Great Barr School: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- TakingITGlobal - Inspire, Inform, Involve: www.tigweb.org
- Teacher Tech Tuesdays January 2009: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Teacher Tools: www.microsoft.com/australia/education/teachertools/
- The Edtech Forest - Seeking the big picture in education technology: www.edtechforest.com
- The World is Flat - Taking IT Global: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Virtual Classroom Tour – What on earth is it?: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- Where is School? Schools of the Future: where-is-school.blogspot.com
- YouTube, at first, for funny videos. Now a reference tool for homework: www.nytimes.com
School timetabling
- Constructing using Simulated Annealing (Citations list): citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
- School timetabling just got better using Silverlight: stulic.blogspot.com
- Timetabling an Academic Department with Linear Programming: www.unb.ca/centres/nbcea/lptimtab.html
- Using Parallel Genetic Algorithm to Solve: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
- Using Tabu search techniques: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
- WATT Group - Educational Timetabling: www.asap.cs.nott.ac.uk/watt/