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New York State education officials, admitting that the state's annual tests were not properly measuring student proficiency, released results Wednesday showing that more than half of New York City students were failing to meet state standards in reading, at a time when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg boasted that more that more than two-thirds of city's students were reading at grade level.

This is an awesome utility that stores your favorites/bookmarks on a server and is constantly syncing what's on the server to what's in your browser. But more importantly you have access to all of your bookmarks wherever you are, you just have to log in. And when you get a new computer or try out a new browser you can download them into your new browser. And you can create bookmark profiles to keep personal computer bookmarks separate from Tablet PC bookmarks, etc. Not so much Web 2.0 but it's a Godsend! And your students can snyc their existing bookmarks onto their new netbooks!

The 58 page guide embedded below is intended as quick-start guide for teachers who want to try something new in the 2010-2011 school year. The guide is a available as a free download.

A new way to use Facebook?

This site is awesome! The New York Public Library has digitized some of their holdings and put them up. They're arranged thematically and can provide great primary sources for many different classes and disciplines.

Will we ever eliminate textbooks completely?

I could see Heather applying here.

Chelmsford Library....aka Chelmsford Learning Commons!

StageofLife.com thinks the answer to this phenomenon lies not in pushing against new social media, but rather embracing it: by encouraging high school students to blog. StageofLife.com is a website for the generation growing up with social media embedded into their daily lives to meet, share stories, and learn about those in their generation and other stages of life. It is an educational resource as well, offering lesson plans and contest ideas to educators. One of the most recent creative writing lesson plans is quite innovative: its goal is to break students out of the restrictive environment of 140-character word limits while at the same time promote the use of social media in the classroom. StageofLife.com believes that blogging and other social media is an integral part of the lives of current high school students, and should be incorporated into English classes around the country.

This looks pretty cool!

A link to this blog post popped up in my Twitter feed today, and I thought the group might find it useful. It gives advice to new twitterers. 

Mark Moran's "Teaching Ten Steps to Better Web Research" info from his TSETC session. 

Project-based learning can pose challenges for teachers as well as students, especially when both are new to this approach. As Bianca discovered, some project management skills may need to be taught explicitly. Formative assessment has to happen early and often, and a teacher needs to be ready with support for students who are struggling. Handing over responsibility to the learner happens gradually, not all at once. Good projects -- like real-life challenges -- also teach us about persistence. Figuring out what to do if you encounter challenges is part of the learning experience.

If you're trying to explain what social media is, how it influences the world, or simply want to see a spectacular prezi presentation, look no further. From RSS to micro-blogging to crowdsourcing, you'll find a lot of new and interesting information in this presentation. Enjoy!

Ok the article is a little old but it has a great point of view of trying to teach students about a google search and how to search effectively.

History of Pez

Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, and Ann K. Caspari Introduction to Guided Inquiry - what is it, what's new, why now?

Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century

This comes under the topic "Shameless Promotion."

Or perphaps we can use this to start a dialogue. Quid putatis, discipuli, de notionibus imaginum ex atramentis permanentibus ponendarum in corporibus vestris? Si homines - et femini et masculini possunt hoc facere, quidni vos ipsi.