The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to offer Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools.
I have assembled a number of free resources that I believe should be on every classroom computer to promote learning for all students based upon principles of UDL. These tools provide improved access and accommodate for learner differences. Additionally, they are fun and engaging!
Implementing the Refreshed NETS*S - a free online professional development course presented by ISTE - developed to help school administrators, peer coaches, professional development providers, enhance their skills in identifying and supporting effective use of technology as a tool for teaching and learning.
What most people don't know, however, is just how many useful tools Google has out there than can make everything from tracking a package to creating and publishing webpages a breeze. Here are just a few of the products Google offers that may be worth giving a try.
This wiki was created and is maintained by graduate students from the University of Texas at Brownsville enrolled in the educational technology master's program. Each year, students upgrade and add to this wiki as new technologies that impact education are introduced.
Include info on: blogs, creative commons, facebook & myspace, Google Apps, RSS,Twitter, VoiceThread, Tag Clouds and much much more ...
Debatepedia is a wiki encyclopedia of pro and con arguments and quotations in important public debates from around the world. It is considered "the Wikipedia of debate", helping the world centralize arguments and quotations found in millions of different articles, essays, and books into a single encyclopedia, so that citizens can better understand important public debates and make informed choices.
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
A different way to read great literature. This sie is an experiement in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place ... and so much more. Created by Jerome Burg, Google Certified Teacher.
S.O.S. for Information Literacy is a dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy. Information literacy skills enable students to effectively locate, organize, evaluate, manage and use information.
From Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University