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"LANSING -- The Michigan Department of Education says the future of student testing is an exam produced by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. For some students across the state, however, that future has already arrived."

Simple, but good ideas on how we might help students find access to the Internet.

Beyond possessing bodacious instructional expertise, outstanding K-12 teachers provide students with a disciplinary View-Master to see the world in stereoscope. We call those teachers transformational for how they engage learners, develop ability and understanding, and amplify students' identities.

blended_learning_resourcesBy combining engaging online instruction resources and solid offline learning experiences, educators can transform their classroom and put the old column-and-rows setting to shame! Because of this notion, blended learning environments provide today's students a distinct advantage.

blended_learning_resourcesBy combining engaging online instruction resources and solid offline learning experiences, educators can transform their classroom and put the old column-and-rows setting to shame! Because of this notion, blended learning environments provide today's students a distinct advantage.

15 Essential Netiquette Guidelines to Share with Your Students June 11, 2014 Netiquette ( net + etiquette) is the code of proper conduct applied to virtual online spaces.

"New Research Shows Digital Content Increases Student Achievement"

Flash animation of the growth of America. I would challenge students to create their own guide to a social studies topic.

New and interesting. I have to learn more about it. What would you have you students build?

I like the concept, but I would demand a better product, students could use phones to record these.

Student and teacher feedback on online assessment 

We see ourselves as trying to raise the level of English from the pre-mobile days," said Ginger CEO Maoz Schact in an interview with VentureBeat. "We're able to make you look good on your mobile with minimal effort. Might be a good app for students using tablets in the classroom.

The article is for elementary school. It is somewhat basic, but it might be a conversation starter for a staff meeting. Also, it has links to other resources. (Make sure you go to page 2.) "These are the new citizenship skills for our students. While we shouldn't stop teaching children how to say "please" and "thank you," and bullies will still exist in the face-to-face world, it is vital that we treat online safety and digital citizenship with the same amount of seriousness and attention."

This is a project that a coach from Pontiac, MI was/is involved in with her students. It is an example of using technology to do something you couldn't do before technology.

We are launching the Visualize Poetry Around The World project and are looking forward to connecting teachers and students, bringing global awareness and encouraging them to look beyond their own backyard and their own perspective. - See more at: http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=8254#sthash.Ug0KntYA.dpuf

Screen capture app for Windows. Lets you or your students create tutorals.

"Teach your kids how to prevent bullying whether it happens at recess or online. With these resources, your students will learn strategies to help them feel safe in any environment. We'd like to give a special thanks to everyone who uploaded resources specifically for this collection. We're also excited to include Blendspace lessons and wikis (below) in a TES collection for the first time"