Here are my favorite resources of the week, curated from my Twitter account.
Social Media Resources, Policy tools and How To’s
Best practices for confronting employee sexual harassment – by Judy Greenwald
15 WordPress Plugins For A Better Facebook Experience – 1stwebdesigner.com
Social Media News
Underground Industry Aims to Dupe Social Media Users – by Tom Simonite
Canada’s Tories to take questions in inaugural Twitter town hall – CTV news
What Insurers Could Do With Your ‘Social Media Score’ – by Sheryl Nance-Nash
Adult Literacy and Essential Skills
Computer Use Tip Sheet – HRSDC
Writing Tip Sheet – HRSDC
Reading Tip Sheet – HRSDC
Tips on Working with others – HRSDC
Oral communication tips – HRSDC
Children’s Literacy
Reading Companion – Great literacy resource by IBM
Robert Munsch’s Reading Website for Kids
Starfall – Excellent literacy resource for children
Top 10 Tips for Teaching Basic Reading Skills – Worksheet library
Technology and E-learning
Bringing Speech Recognition to Reading Instruction – by Marilyn Jager Adams
A lesson plan to introduce YLs to blogging – by Dina Dobrou
Apps and software for students with language-based learning disabilities – by Inov8-Ed
Popular educational Twitter feeds live and streaming – from Splaysoft
Tip of the Week – Six Great Ways to Publish Student Work – Historytech blog
Tutpup – Competitive Educational Games – by Mark Brumley
10 Instructional Design Tips for e-Learning Development – TheNewLearner.com
The Gamification of Education: What School Can Learn from Video Games – Terrell Hick
Languages and Multilingualism
10 Myths you will be told about multilingual children – Multilingual Children’s Association
Christmas resources in 4 languages – LanguageNut
80 Apps to Learn a New Language – by Joshua Johnson
Elements Of Style Rap: Columbia Journalism Students Tackle Strunk And White Grammar Classic – Huffington Post
Education News
How the Left Side of the Brain Got Left Behind: A Hypothesis – GettingSmart.com
Online schools score better on Wall St. than in classrooms – NY Times
English Continues to Be World’s Most Influential Language, TalktoCanada Reports – SacBee
Teachers concerned about Inclusive Education Planning Tool – Alberta Teachers’ Association
Tech startups ride surge in online education – AsiaOne.com
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Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.
My latest article, published by Social Media Today, is “Social Media Literacy for Business Owners: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You” tells the story of a local business owner whose lack of engagement with social media hurt his relationship with his customers and his business. The article offers 5 tips for business owners to boost their understanding of what social media is and why it can help their business.
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