Here are my favorite resources of the week, curated from my Twitter account.
Social Media
Schools would be wise to adopt Granville district’s social media policies – Newark Advocate
How to hide Twitter #hashtag chats from your followers by Dave Larson
The Rise of the Connected Non-Profit from Mashable
10 Things I Learned On My Twitter Journey To 100,000 Followers by John Paul
How 5 Top Brands Crafted Their Social Media Voices by Lauren Indvik
“Don’t do as I say, do as I do” – the role of leadership in promoting the use of social media by Don Ledingham
7 Secrets Of Highly Effective Twitter Power Users by Lauren Dugan
10 Steps to Kick Start Your Twitter Network from Edte.ch Blog
Proposed social media policy has this school committee in a huff by Sherilynn Macale
Literacy and Essential Skills
Reading to your kid: even more important than you think – The Globe and Mail
How Canadian contemporary authors inspire youth – Imaginaction
Language Learning and Teaching
Chicago Public Schools teacher Kickstarting ESL program through song by Alyssa Vitale
Scaffolding Academic Learning for Second Language Learners by Karen Sue Bradley & Jack Alden Bradley
E-Learning
Activities for online courses: The Beginning by Nicky Hockly
How To Be a Top Learning Organization by Tiffani Murray
7 Things You Should Know about Google Apps from Educause
For some kids, a book is just an iPad that doesn’t work by Ivor Tossell
62 things you can do with Dropbox from MacWorld
Education Resources
Tools for Teaching: Authentic Assessment from the Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies, Royal Roads University
Flipped Classroom Full Picture: An Example Lesson by Jackie Gerstein
Google Scholar Citations Now Open to All by Ryan Cordell
Education News
Dyslexia may explain my school failure, says Annabel Heseltine by Julie Henry
Ministers of Education Report to Canadians on Official Languages in Education – Canada Newswire
A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners from Voice of America
Alberta education minister welcomes input on overhauling system via social media – Metro News
Year-round school: An idea worth exploring – The Windsor Star
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
Stop Breaking the Basic Rules of Presenting by Ned Potter
App for Speakers: A presentation timer by Takuya Murakami
Secrets from JFK’s Speechwriter by Peter Temple
Writing
How to Write, Launch and Sell Your Informational Ebook by Alexis Grant
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Dr. Sarah’s Favorite Resource of the Week (Nov. 13 to 19, 2011)
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Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.
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