1:1 Pilot

Helen Barrett has a lot of online materials about e portfolios.

A tool for digital storytelling and presentations

I wish they let you annotate with this

use for CWS classes

Use site to begin research on Habits of Mind, but be careful of sources.

A wiki that sorts tools by what you want to do or create.

Excellent resource! Provides explanations on how to do almost anything you could possibly want to do in your classroom. Go to it, bookmark it, use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this Heather.

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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.

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 website that includes free documentary films.

This article comes from a business newsletter, but I think it definitely informs what we're trying to do with 21st Century Skills.

This is a list of educators who are using Google Wave. It gives information about where they are located and how to contact them. If you're using this tool, it might be a good start for building a PLN.

It's been about 10 years since Maine implemented its initiative, and while at least 33 states had experimented with one-to-one computing projects by 2007, none have reached the scope of Maine's project. As jobs and life increasingly involve computers, it's clear that in order to remain relevant to students, schools will need to adopt more technology. Here are six lessons about doing so successfully, taken from Maine's initiative.

Welcome to the… Student Blogging Challenge starts this month. Providing you with an opportunity for your students to interact with classrooms all over the globe.

This comes under the topic "Shameless Promotion."

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Cathy, I did not realize that PEZ was an Austrian company. Thanks!

It was once true that after the school day ended at 3:30, schools rarely, if ever, had any response to behaviors that occurred. However, now, everyone - policy makers, educators, and parents - needs to understand that education is 24/7 and any approach taken to mitigate and/or ultimately improve digital learning with students needs to start from that basic understanding of time and space. Efforts to empower must be community, parent and school-based. Read report, reflect and answer the following questions: What stage school do you think we are now? What stage school are we striving to become?

It seems like everything is on youtube. This collection features history, language, arts, science, technology and even classroom management videos.

There a couple in here that sound interesting and that I hadn't heard of. Worth checking out.