http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/janetmb Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. 2007 Winner Best Education Podcast – Podcast Awards, and other awards too. janetmb Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:11:08 +0000 grammar english language podcast http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html This directory from the UK also ran a vote for Top 100 in 2007, and is repeating the vote in 2008 - tools that can be used for creating learning and performance support solutions as well as for managing your own personal learning. janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:01:40 +0000 web2.0 learning tools directory http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/11/best_of_the_web_my_most_useful.php I've compiled my exhaustive list of the tools I use most often in my classroom and in my life. These are my own and not endorsed by TechLearning or anyone else! If you use something else, share it! janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:56:33 +0000 http://www.criticalthinking.net.au/index.html For teachers of philosophy and critical thinking. General reading on the techniques and rules of critical thinking. Teachers of the subject Philosophy and Reason in Queensland, Australia have provided materials for distribution to support and help establish similar courses elsewhere. janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:53:18 +0000 philisophy critical thinking http://home.alphalink.com.au/~umbidas/ "for gifted and talent students & people with enquiring minds!... word puzzles; quizzes; creative thinking; creative writing; anagrams; homophones & homonyms; crossword puzzles; weird pictures; Aesop's Fables; fractal thinking; an ET hamburger; weird creatures; the amazing Mandelbrot fractal; proverbs and sayings; dragons; the Unpeople behind the dark; curious words and spellings...etc. Looks fun. janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:51:23 +0000 cretive thinking; activities puzzles language history http://www.austhink.org/critical/index.htm "A directory of quality online resources" created by Austhink, who say they "are leaders in argument mapping, the use of software-supported graphical techniques for handling complex argumentation. Argument maps help us comprehend, evaluate, produce and communicate complex reasoning on any topic." janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:47:25 +0000 critical thinking http://www.nexusproject.net.au/ The teachers' guide to this new website explains that it is designed to be a space where young refugees and migrants can improve linguistic and digital literacy. It is also designed to be a space for interaction, conversation and community. Young people from around Australia (and the world) are welcome to use the site to communicate with each other, share stories and practise language in context. janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:40:59 +0000 refugees literacy multiliteracy language youth music collaboration http://www.pictureaustralia.org/contribute/participants/Flickr.html Picture Australia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. When you do a search on Picture Australia, thumbnail images are retrieved from participating institutions on the fly and inserted into the search results. Now individuals can also add to Picture Australia via Flickr. janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:27:28 +0000 australia photos images commons http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/Sourcing+Content+to+Teach+and+Learn+With janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:10:36 +0000 collections resources open education http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/ Resources for teachers and learners interested in networked and blended learning janetmb Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:07:46 +0000 online learning blended learning