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
Related posts
Dr. Sarah’s favorite resources of the week (December 4-10, 2011)
Dr. Sarah’s favorite resources of the week (November 20- 26, 2011)
Dr. Sarah’s favorite resources of the week (November 13-19, 2011)
____________________________
Share this post: Dr. Sarah’s favorite resources of the week (Dec. 11-17, 2011) http://wp.me/pNAh3-15q
If you are interested in booking me (Sarah Eaton) for a presentation, keynote or workshop (either live or via webinar) contact me at sarahelaineeaton (at) gmail.com. Please visit my speaking page, too.
