1. How the Internet is changing the way we learn....
More than 90% of teachers believe digital content can engage students more fully in learning, according to recent research published this week in The Atlantic.com. Read more about the impact of the Internet on learning at the magazine's online site HERE.

2. Screencasting Apps for the iPad... 
I always enjoy Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano's detailed posts on integrating ICT into the classroom. Read her latest post HERE.

3. 35 Best Web 2.0 Tool for the Classroom ...
Brainstorming, presentations, social media, audio and video tools .... just some of the possibilities in this list of web-available apps. Check out the full list HERE. The list includes some of my personal favourites including:

• Weebly (the web creation and hosting site I use to publish ReadWrite LearnWell).
  
• Slideshare - great for posting your slide presentations online. You'll find my Slideshare page HERE.
• Google Docs - Ditch the USB drive and upload your necessary files to Google Docs. I now rely on this 'cloud-based' service everyday.
• Diigo - my favourite social bookmarking site. Again, useful for teachers who want to access bookmarked sites they've found at home, but want to access at school.
• Wordle - I use this when teaching poetry, but there are lots of other creative possibilities. Check out an example of a Wordle image I created HERE.
• ReadWriteThink - This is an AWESOME site for English/Language Arts teachers, if you have not already discovered it. Parents and home schoolers will also find ReadWriteThink useful.
• Crocodoc - Upload documents and PDFs, annotate them and share them.

This morning I woke up to find the world had gotten smaller.

No, there hadn't been some kind of astronomical event (which I would likely have missed anyway ;-). No, I've simply begun to use Twitter.

I'm a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to tweets and retweets. In fact, I'm fairly new to the entire vocabulary and culture of the Twittersphere and how it can be a great space for teachers to share resources and ideas.

I'd avoided Twitter before because I saw it as a gi-normous time waster, kinda akin to reading the tabloid magazines at the doctors/hairdressers - but more copious in useless information.

But, thanks to educational consultant and edu-blogger, Shelley Terrell, who introduced me to other educators across the globe, I am now on my way to building my own Personal Learning Network, and seeing for myself the advantages of using this web tool as a teacher.

And, this morning I woke to find teachers from the United States, Canada, Britain, Singapore, Europe and Australia who were happy to 'follow' me on Twitter, and, more importantly answer questions, share resources and ideas, and generally form a professional/social network of people to help me teach more effectively.

WOW!

I was completely overwhelmed by the generosity of spirit of all of these people, and I'm looking forward to an online bouncing off of ideas and shared resources. Not to mention getting my head around the associated vocabulary, culture and etiquette. 

Richard Byrne, creator of one of the most useful websites for teachers,Free Technology For Teachers, has some excellent slide presentations on his website for teachers who are also interested in dipping their toes into the Twitter sea. Follow the 'Read More' link to see them for yourself.