links for 2011-09-14

Still trying to get my head around OpenStudy. It appears to be an open tool that could be used to support learning in any course but I found it through the Change: Education, Learning & Technology space set up for a MOOC. I'll play with it and see what it might be used for. Definitely looks much more contemporary than our LMS.

OECD stats about educational change compared across countries and years. Useful source to back claims for comparative change.

Neat CSS to reformat tables for narrow screen like a phone

Web tool that watches for trigger actions from a channel such as Facebook or Twitter and performs some action in response to a trigger. My first experimental use is to generate a tweet each time I save a bookmark in delicious.

Just a few days ago I was made aware of TeachersPayTeachers as a site where teachers can exchange teaching materials. This is another site that offers similar opportunities.