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This report makes for excellent reading highlighting key drivers of change and then mapping from this future work skills. It further suggests the implications for education, business and government policy makers. 
I like to use Pinterest myself to create reading lists for students, here is a great collection of ideas for learning and iPads that Lisa Johnson has collected. Via JP Hale focuses on public libraries but key trends very relevant for school libraries, especially worth noting OER open educational resources, increasing importance of staff competence and skills and the forming of new identity for libraries 
some excellent links here to broadening your use of Google Docs 
Start a Question & Answer page for any video on YouTube.
Share it with your classroom or share it with your friends.
Grockit Answers (beta) lets you search for Youtube videos (only Youtube at this point) related to your teaching subject. You can then create questions which are linked to different parts of the video. Nice feature - when you start typing in a question the video clip is automatically paused. You can then get a unique weblink to share it with other teachers and students. They can answer the questions you have posted and/or create their own questions.
Simple, easy-to-use and a great resource to go with all the Youtube educational stuff teachers have collected.
NOTE: BOOKMARK your Grockit Answer weblinks - there is a way of getting back to the video/questions you have created but it is not obvious - you have to click the activity feed button by your name at the top left of the window.
My rating: 8.5/10
Via Stephen Bright Historypin is a way for millions of people to come together to share glimpses of the past and build up the story of human history. ![Select & Speak: An Easy To Use Text To Speech Extension [Chrome] | 21clearning | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/cH-nESm_0mPN2cy9hNZ68zl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Select and Speak is a handy extension for Google Chrome that allows users to listen to text from almost any website. The extension has a list of voices (accents) to choose from; you can choose any of the voices that you recognize the clearest and the easiest. Via Nik Peachey TED Talks In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary projects-- and their route to a passion for science. these short clips are excellent for highlighting and teaching aspects of digital literacy 
This website enables you to create short video conferences with upto 10 people. It also records them so you can watch again afterwards. This can be really useful for recording tutorials or collecting interviews for research.
Via Nik Peachey 
Your guide to FREE educational media. Find thousands of free online courses, audio books, textbooks, eBooks, language lessons, movies and more. this is one of my favourite sites for media, well worth following on twitter! 
Google+ with Google Apps makes for a very useful set of tools for the teacher |
This collection features free e-books, mostly classics, that you can read on your computer, smart phone, or Kindle. 
“Bring your own device” programs have transformed the way schools are delivering technology services to students. Adopters share what they’ve learned and predict what’s coming next. 
Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. This is a very helpful list to use in preparation for iPad implementation This bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach raises many questions, in addition Via Karen Bonanno 
TED-Ed's mission is to capture and amplify the voices of great educators around the world. We do this by pairing extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of curiosity-igniting videos. A new site, which will launch in early April 2012, will feature these new TED-Ed Originals as well as some powerful new learning tools.
Beginning today on a new, dedicated YouTube channel, TED-Ed will release 12 short, animated videos aimed at teachers and high school students. The TED-Ed videos will be shorter (3-10 minutes) than the normal 18-minute TED Talks and rely on animation more than a talking head.
While TED-Ed is launching with a dozen videos to start, Anderson says the goal is to ramp up to one video launching per day. Existing TED content will also be used and re-edited in the future. There will be no talking heads; the point of animation is not only an aesthetic value but also that it taps both styles of learning– both auditorially and visually. I think this is a great idea that will only get better as the library of videos gets larger - the two I've watched have been impressive.
Intially the small range of videos probably mean its just luck if you find something that fits your currciulum area.
My rating: 8/10 
This is a very useful free interactive whiteboard that works along side Skype for online teaching and tutoring. Via Nik Peachey 
always looking for ways students can be creative in telling a story? Try these apps for the iPad Presentation given at WebCom Montreal, November 16, 2011 by Corinne Weisgerber.
"Anyone can collect links, and algorithms can aggregate. But only trained editors have the skills to select and collect the best information and build a “ loyal audience." - Mark Briggs, Journalism Next Via Giuseppe Mauriello 
This guide has everything you'll ever want to know about Google+. Updated regularly. 
Discover the most intelligent video collections on YouTube. A great way to make educational use of the most popular video site on the web. 
a great list lots of suggestions for you to explore |
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