Useful+Links

[] A link to the blog with our digital narratives http://drmatthewclarke.wordpress.com/ A link to the blog with our fan fiction creations [] Colin Lankshear & Michelle Knobel's blog with PDFs of some of their books http://www.lessig.org/blog/ Lawrence Lessig's blog with PDFs of some of his books http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/ Steven Johnson's blog (author of the wonderful celebration of the riches of popular culture, //Everything Bad is Good for You//) http://angelaathomas.com/ Angela Thomas' blog with lots of interesting stuff for those interested in media and youth culture [] A useful site about critical literacy with resources [|http://critical-literacies.blogspot.com] A blog dedicated to critical literacy [] Another useful critical literacy site [] Guy Vedana's blog dedicated to media education and new literacies [] A blog dedicated to re-imagining adolescent literacies http://e-language.wikispaces.com/ Mark Pegrum's blog with useful links http://creativecommons.org/ A repository of copyright free materials for remix and other educational practices [] Many links for learning English - useful for students [|Qrious] A great blog on useful and practical technological tools for use in the classroom, such as, vocabulary videos and sending a "future me" email. (contributed by Amy and Serena as homework assignment) Using Second Life to Teach English as a Second Language []Lots of great ideas-research, educational philosophy, practical downloadable activities with creative commons licensing, great links. Second Life in Education and Language Learning [|http://artlessonsforkids.wordpress.com] A great website if you want art ideas for primary school kids. Each Project has step-by-step photos to help you see how the finished product was created! [] This blog has ideas for incorporating technology with Visual Arts. Also has a blog titled 10 Best Image Sources for Creative Projects which suggests some copyright-free or free-to-use image sites. This might be helpful especially as we were all concerned about the practice of remixing and issues of copyright. [] A website dedicated to teaching teachers how to use blogging for educational purposes and other emerging technologies in education. [|prezi]A presentation tool like powerpoint but without slides. Instead, you create a map that allows you to zoom around and show your ideas. [] Here's a web2.0 site that is quite cool and useful for students to design their own interactive posters. Teachers can use them too!