Getting the buggers to learn.....

I must mention a few books and resources that I have been using recently as they may prove useful to you:

Getting the Buggers to Learn: Duncan Grey

A great general book if you are interested in information literacy, learning skills, approaches to learning and learner centred environments. I found the part on information literacy especially interesting and this linked into:

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: Marc Prensky

You want to know why students behaviour is better in an ICT lesson than others. You want to know why the 5 year olds in front of you seem to have no fear of digital media, when colleagues in the staffroom actively avoid it? This guy has the answers. Very well thought out and easily accessible- tgis could be seen as the short history of digitilisation! Which leads to:

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms: Will Richardson

Richardson is an author who can explain complicated concpets in such a way to make them easily understood and accessible- the sign of a good teacher. His book gives loads of ideas and examples of how to use digital media in the classroom. I have found inspiration in his book and it has genuinely affected my teaching and the way I have used ICT in my classes.

Global ICT: Alex Savage

You want to see an example of building environmental awareness into your teaching- well try this- I have and it works! Alex is an AST from Notre Dame High School in Norwich and in addition to his excellent resources that are available from the school web site, he also publishes avery informative blog- there's nothing like putting your money where your mouth is! There is an RSS feed available so its well worth opeining a bloglines account and poiting a feed in the direction of Alex!