"A Toxic environment" - an excerpt
Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains? Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyze information.

mindlinks

Exciting strategies for creating 21st century classrooms. A free downloadable book written by Tony Ryan (Thinkers Keys).
Contents include:
Self-esteem
Cooperative Learning
Learning through the mind
nexgen impact: engaging generation Y
Australian Principals Association Address by Michael McQueen

The presentation is about an hour long and very interesting.
The best (and perhaps only) way to listen to this presentation is by right clicking on each mp3 link below and choosing "save as", then saving it onto your own computer.

- audio 1
- audio 2
powerpoint presentation - The pdf presentation can be viewed while you listen.
"Engage Me or Enrage Me"
Marc Prensky's key note speech to a conference in Shropshire
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/410194

A powerpoint which you can watch while listening to the podcast.