Alf Field's latest - 31st of July 2012 - Gold to $4500

One of my few posts on gold and silver.

Alf Field, one of the most pre-eminent chartists on gold and silver, thinks:

• the correction in gold and silver is over
• Wave 3 of 3, the biggest and longest rise in the bull market in PMs is about to begin
• Gold to $4500 and silver to at least $158

http://goldswitzerland.com/alf-field-confirms-next-gold-target-as-4500/

Why Reading Matters (Parts 1-6 of the BBC series)

Reading does more for your brain than you might think! If you don't use your reading skills, you'll lose them. Words affect circuits in our brains! Reading enhances empathy.

Part1

Part 2


Part3


Part4


Part5


Part6

Study Techniques: speed notes

Perfect for summarising in 7-10 minutes what you have learned on a topic, etc. at the end of a lesson.  

Evernote - the best way for students to record and organise their notes digitally

The value of Twitter for teachers and students

This video is okay but even more telling reasons have been given in videos posted over the last few days.

I will be forming Twitter groups for my classes with set topics as of September 2012. This should enable more contributions from prep for thinking, reading, writing and research around these topics. One would also expect learners, who already use SMS text messaging umpteen times a day, to be more confident with their own student voices in such a structured environment.

Andrea Lunsford on the Myths of Digital Literacy

Exam Strategies - Test Skills : how to ace exams

This advice is "as good as it gets" for taking tests and exams.