My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (May 24, 2015)

• Mobile phone bans 'improve school exam results' - BBC News

  Another misleading story on technology in schools

  tags: mobiledevices mobilelearning technophobia

• Adjusting to the Room

  From George Couros - "Here is how I usually set up my day for a “new” group, no matter what the objectives are for the day." 

  tags: presenting keynotes workshop

• Announcing the 2015 National Summer Reading Challenge

  A good program to keep students reading during the summer.

  tags: summereading

• Design Thinking comes to Nearpod!

  tags: designthinking

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• How to Get a New Employee Up to Speed

  Worth reading in regards to looking at new teacher programs

  tags: newteachers

• Using tablets to support learning in lessons: Some practical examples - Educate 1 to 1

  tags: tablets lessons examples

• Study: Banning Smartphones From Classrooms Boosts Test Scores | Big Think

  More fodder for those who want to ban the use of mobile devices in classrooms

  tags: smartphones classrooms

• Make Learning Transparent with Badges

  tags: badges professionaldevelopment

• How to Use Siri on iPhone and iPad

  Great overview of how to use Siri

  tags: howto siri

• End of Year Teacher Reflection

  tags: reflection teacher blog

• Data tools - Download your data

  Site to download data from Google 

  tags: google data download

• Mr. Ferlazzo's U.S. History Classes Blog -

  US History Blog from Larry Ferlazzo

  tags: blogs ushistory ELL

• Mr. Ferlazzo's World History Class

  Great World History Blog created by Larry Ferlazzo

  tags: worldhistory resources

• EdSurge Gets Crafty: Connecting With Educators on Pinterest | EdSurge News

  tags: educators pinterest

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.