Links for MOE ExCEL FEST 2007, 13 July 2007

Links for the MOE ExCEL FEST 2007. The resources listed here are highly selective and far from exhaustive. I'm focusing on what I think would be those that are immediately applicable, popular and most practical for a school teacher in Singapore. If you've more to add, you're most welcome to leave a comment.

Services/ Tools

• YouTube (Video)
• TeacherTube (Video)
• SlideShare (Powerpoint)
• Book review - Cluetrain Manifesto
• Powerpoint Evils
  
• Flickr (Photos/ Images)
• GarageBand Mash-up
• Making Mooncakes
  
• Del.icio.us (Web Bookmarks)
  
• Blogger (Blog)
• Wordpress (Blog)
  
• Wikipedia (Encyclopedia); see also:
• Pi-unrolled
• "Pi" latest version & permanent link
• Citing specific versions
  
• Technorati (Blog Search tool)
• Google Blog Search
  

Online Safety

• Think Before You Post (Everybody knows your name) (YouTube video 1:00 min)
• Think Before You Post (Online photos) (YouTube video 1:00 min)
• Think Before Posting Your Info Online. CBSnews.com, 10 May 2006

Education-related blogs/ School blogs/ Educators' blogs

• Peihua Secondary School Jalan Kayu Trail blog; see also:
• We're on Yesterday.sg
• The General Paper; See also:
• ICT in Education
• What is General Paper
• General Paper (Millennia Institute)
  
• General Paper - Mid Year Examination Paper 2
• Past Years' Questions - Review
• COM125 Study Guide
  
• Innova JC New Media Arts
• "Innova JC UK Humanities Study Trip" (YouTube video 3:35 mins)
• SecondLife @ Victoria Junior College
• Republic Polytechnic Official Weblog
• Special Education Teacher in Washington DC
• From the trenches of Public Ed.
• USFblogtastic (Group blog for students and prof in Digital Journalism)
• Dangerously Irrelevant (on technology, education and future of US schools)
  

Copyright

• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
• Creative Commons; see this video also.
• Archive.org (just one source of open-source; "Some Rights Reserved" content)
  

NLB Blogs

• High Browse Online (book blog)
• ASK! (Questions and Answers)
• Digi.Talk (Digital Resources)
• Programmes@100 Victoria (National Library programmes)

Useful stuff to explore

• "NTU Lecturer Feedback Damn Funny" (YouTune video 8:25 mins; skip to 1:40 mins); see also "Youtube Campus Superstar", Digital Nanyang Chronicle)
  Citizen Journalism Boot Camp (YouTube video 3:04 mins)
  MOE Press Release: 1st National Interschool Blogging Championship, 20 May 2005
• Instructables.com
• Snipshot.com
• Wikispaces (Wiki); see also:

• Singapore Social Media Directory
• Test-bed for Wiki-novel
• Tomorrow.sg (Moderated bulletin of Singapore bloggers)
  
• Ping.sg (Unmoderated listings of Singapore bloggers)
  
• Yesterday.sg (Heritage Blog, supported by NHB)
• Youth.sg (Lifestyle blog for youths, supported by MCYS)