Comments on: Ways to find great resources and ideas for lessons http://elearnr.org/2009/02/23/ways-to-find-great-resources-and-ideas-for-lessons/ ...elearning links, resources, and guides. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:22:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael Grimes http://elearnr.org/2009/02/23/ways-to-find-great-resources-and-ideas-for-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Michael Grimes Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:24:47 +0000 http://elearnr.org/?p=159#comment-111 This is a good post: there's lot written about 'listening' to the web but it's often hard to find anything that's succinct and useful. Diigo is new to me, so I will definitely check that out. I'd recommend Addictomatic (http://addictomatic.com/), which presents search results from a number of services (including Twitter, Technorati, Flickr, Digg). Also, thanks for the link to the Citizenship Foundation forums. These have not been heavily used, but they do get listened to. We are also trying to step up our blogging (http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/) and Twitter activity (http://twitter.com/citizenship), to try and better engage with people interested in citizenship education. This is a good post: there’s lot written about ‘listening’ to the web but it’s often hard to find anything that’s succinct and useful. Diigo is new to me, so I will definitely check that out.

I’d recommend Addictomatic (http://addictomatic.com/), which presents search results from a number of services (including Twitter, Technorati, Flickr, Digg).

Also, thanks for the link to the Citizenship Foundation forums. These have not been heavily used, but they do get listened to. We are also trying to step up our blogging (http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/) and Twitter activity (http://twitter.com/citizenship), to try and better engage with people interested in citizenship education.

]]> By: Tim Dolan http://elearnr.org/2009/02/23/ways-to-find-great-resources-and-ideas-for-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Tim Dolan Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:56:38 +0000 http://elearnr.org/?p=159#comment-107 Another place to try to find resources is on a specialist search engine for a dedicated subject. For example (here comes the shameless plug) I have put together a search engine (using Google custom search technology) for Maths teachers to find resources from relevant hand picked websites. http://mathsearch.co.uk Sometimes it is easier to find useful resources when there isn't as much clutter as you get in a standard Google search. Another place to try to find resources is on a specialist search engine for a dedicated subject.

For example (here comes the shameless plug) I have put together a search engine (using Google custom search technology) for Maths teachers to find resources from relevant hand picked websites.

http://mathsearch.co.uk

Sometimes it is easier to find useful resources when there isn’t as much clutter as you get in a standard Google search.

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