Using audio-conversations in assessment.

Great resource.

Assessment And Evaluation in the Age of Networked Learning

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Growing up digital

This film was created as the Keynote for Net Generation Education Project: http://netgened.grownupdigital.com/ and features the kids from Suffern Middle School who talk about education and their future.

Key Compentencies Professional Learning

When reflecting on Thinking (from NZC) this morning I discovered the following from Harvard University and the Active Learning Practice for Schools site. The Thinking Classroom, is all about the teaching of thinking. So far I've only skimmed the surface however it already looks like a great resource.

Hilter discusses ePortfolios and why he hates Comic Sans MS

Hitler disaproves the use of Comic Sans MS for his propaganda campaign.
The clip is from "Der Untergang" [The Downfall] owned by Constantin Film Produktion GmbH. The clip has become somewhat of a meme on YouTube with more than 25 mash-ups currently available.

Sustainability Education

Sustainability is the catch-phrase of the moment, as such there are many teaching moments available on the "inter-web":

• In an emotionally charged TED-talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx - and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy.
• Recent EarthHour photo-reportage form the Boston Globe in which more than 1,000 cities in over 80 countries observed on Saturday March 28th. Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs - which will fade between "on" and "off" when clicked.
• One Drop marked World Water Day '09, where there's a chance to start a ripple effect for the cause of Water. Watch the wonderful video into!
  
• Slightly more left-of-centre but lots of ideas - David Attenborough's BBC video
  'Tree of Life' via Richard Dawkins (dot) net [read through the reader comments].
• Related to the previous bullet is The Tree of Life web project. A collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world (over 10,000 webpages) on biodiversity, and evolutionary history.