You Tube - How a video goes viral

Cool video on how a video goes viral. 

Interestingly one of the keys is 'Participation'. Something that is vital for a successful classroom.

The best end of year class activity

As the school year winds to a end here is an excellent little activity for your class. This activity can be used for students from 5 years old up to university age, is easy to organise and will keep your class quiet for hours.

Stop school cheats

When it comes educational discipline, and in particularly preventing cheating at school, the Chinese seem to be in a world of their own.

16 signs your classroom is behind the times

I saw this today on the I love Edtech website. Thought it was a very good list about the way education is heading and if we as teachers are keeping up.

The state of digital education - are you prepared?

This is an interesting infographic on the current state of e-learning. There are some sobering statistics below and while they refer to USA I am sure that the rations are similar to New Zealand. 
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