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Take a look at our weekly Diigo bookmarks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Every week our bookmarks from Diigo arrive on the SchoolNet blog as a draft, posted by Diigo; and I normally just leave them there. But today I thought I would start to publish them weekly. Podcasting  <ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://podcasting-in-education.wikispaces.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">podcasting-in-education – home</a>: a lovely wiki full of ideas about podcasting</li><li><a href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/2009/03/checking-out-podcasting-in-education">Checking out Podcasting in Education | Emerging Education Technology</a>: A blogpost about the uses of podcasting. </li></ul>Social Sciences <ul><li> <a href="http://www.enigeo.org/en">enigeo</a>: Enigeo is a great way to learn countries, capitals and flags around the world in a fun way.</li></ul>Twitter <ul><li> <a href="http://www.ereleases.com/prfuel/whats-a-tweetchat-doing-it">What’s a “TweetChat” and Why Should You Be Doing It?:</a> Tweetchats are a very popular development in Twitter</li><li> <a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/03/is-twitter-the-driving-force-behind-upcoming-educational-change">Is Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change? | Online Universities</a>: The power of Twitter</li></ul>Virtual tours <ul><li> <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour">White House Interactive Tour | The White House</a>: Visit the whitehouse without paying a cent</li></ul>Presentations and brochures <ul><li> <a href="http://www.labnol.org/software/embed-web-videos-in-powerpoint/11119">Embed Web Videos in PowerPoint Presentations</a>: This is a way to show your videos straight from Powerpoint</li><li> <a href="http://simplebooklet.com/index-sb.php">simplebooklet.com</a>: a delightful way to make brochures online </li><li> <a href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/01/teachers-recommendations-for-academic-uses-of-5-fun-free-presentation-tools">Teacher’s recommendations for academic uses of 5 fun free presentation tools | Emerging Education Technology</a></li></ul>Videos <ul><li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation">TED Education's Channel – YouTube</a>: This is useful for educators – everything in one place</li></ul>Web 2.0 technologies <ul style="text-align: left;"><li> <a href="http://21stcenturylearningwithedmodo.wikispaces.com/">21stcenturylearningwithedmodo - home</a></li><li> <a href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/09/10-internet-technologies-educators-should-be-informed-about-2011-update">10 Internet Technologies Educators Should Be Informed About – 2011 Update | Emerging Education Technology</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.atrixware.com/blog/wp/4-useful-free-e-learning-tools-to-try-this-year" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atrixware E-Learning Solutions » Blog Archive » 4 Useful Free E-Learning Tools to Try This Year</a> </li><li><a href="http://phslib2point0.pbworks.com/w/page/31281003/FrontPage?utm_source=Technology+Tidbits+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c3f1e6744c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PHSlib 2.0 / FrontPage</a> : This is a lovely wiki called tools2create4schools. it takes 10 Web 2.0 tools and gives tutorials on how to teach them. </li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Science <ul><li> <a href="http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/prism.php?id=20">History of Newton's Papers (1727-1872) | Newton Project</a></li></ul>Project-based learning <ul><li> <a href="http://catlintucker.com/2011/12/5-student-driven-projects-that-engage-higher-level-thinking-skills/">5 Student-Driven Projects That Engage Higher-Level Thinking Skills | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher</a></li></ul>Writing <ul><li> <a href="http://catlintucker.com/2012/01/8-web-tools-that-make-writing-fun">8 Web Tools That Make Writing Fun! | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher</a></li></ul>Cell phones <ul><li> <a href="http://englishvirtualcommunity.blogspot.com/2012/02/students-using-their-cellphones-to.html">English Virtual Community: Students using their cellphones to learn</a></li></ul>Curating the web <ul><li> <a href="http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3933">Top 10 Sites for Curating the Web</a></li><li> <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-become-curator-with-scoopit-and.html">Why not become a curator with Scoop.it:</a> A tutorial on how to become a curator of the web using Scoop.it</li></ul>Blogs as educational tools <ul><li> <a href="http://blog.simplek12.com/education/15-awesome-ways-to-use-blogs-in-your-classrooms">15 Awesome Ways To Use Blogs in Your Classrooms – SimpleK12</a></li></ul>Sites for Foundation Phase teacher <ul><li> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?parametrics=40002,40003,40006&event=23&mode=browse">Early Years Foundation Stage: Communication, Language and Literacy: Games teaching resources - TES</a></li><li> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Spelling-Handbook-6039545/s_cid/regcamp_ID=2025038">Spelling Handbook - Resources - TES</a></li><li> <a href="http://ncara.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/leadership-communication-tools">Leadership Communication Tools | Techconnects</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Really-FANTASTIC-teaching-websites-6032054/event/22">Really FANTASTIC teaching websites. - Resources – TES:</a> These are sites for Foundation Phase teachers</li></ul>QR Codes <ul><li> <a href="http://knolannotummigration.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/what-are-qr-codes">What are QR-Codes? –</a></li></ul>Free audio books <ul><li> <a href="http://missnoor.visibli.com/share/L2fFo6">http://missnoor.visibli.com/share/L2fFo6</a>: This is a marvelous collection of free audio books</li></ul>Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of SchoolNetSA <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/school_net_sa">group favourite links</a> are here.</div>

Diigo bookmarks Take a look at our weekly Diigo bookmarks

Every week our bookmarks from Diigo arrive on the SchoolNet blog as a draft, posted by Diigo; and I normally just leave them there. But today I thought I would start to publish them weekly.Podcasting podcasting-in-education – home: a lovely wiki full…