Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Digest(ive) where I endeavour to bring together some of the more interesting goings on in the educational blogosphere to save you the hassle of trawling through it all. Please send me links that you think our colleagues will find of interest either by commenting on this post, emailing creativeeducationltd@gmail.com or tweeting me @creativeedu
No doubt you’re aware of the ‘The Importance of Teaching’ the new government white paper on education – but maybe you’ve not read all 95 pages (you can be forgiven if not). In today’s digest I’ve included links to a summary and several responses:
- White Paper Summary – The Importance of Teaching – easy to digest bullet points
- White Paper Response from a governor’s point of view
- White Paper: Black Future
- What We Think Is… (white paper response)
- The Importance of Teaching – statement from CILT, the National Centre for Languages
Here are the rest of today’s highlights:
- 20 Top Educational Tweeters – great tweeps to follow if you’re interested in education
- How Twitter can Help Teachers Connect with Students and Each Other
- School Based Teacher Training – Yes?
- Lessons in 3D Promise Students Entry into New Worlds
- Must We Settle for Inadequate Teaching?
- Succession Planning for your Governing Body
- Digital Media Literacy – A Plan of Action
- ELT and the Crisis in Education – Digital Literacy
- Video Demo – Water Electrolysis – and a lot more great science videos on this blog
- An Educational Guide to Porn – A Leaflet Review
- Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning
- Top 50 Mobile Learning Resources
- Animating Your Lessons with some Drama
- Nevil Road Infant School in Stockport have recorded “The VLE Song” – great fun for a snowy day!
If there is anything you’d like to see in tomorrow’s Daily Digest please send me a link either by commenting on this post, emailing creativeeducationltd@gmail.com or tweeting me @creativeedu
Many thanks to the following who either wrote the blog posts above or pointed me in their direction:
@TheHeadsOffice @MBarek @TeachernetUK @sexedukation @Web20Classroom @ShellTerrell @SSAT @jimbo9848