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How can children lead productive and satisfying lives in the 21st century if in school we are having them use technology from the 20th century? The hallmark of the 21st century global workplace is the computer. According to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project study, "The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap between Internet-Savvy Students and Their Schools," students spend 27 hours a week online at home and an average of 15 minutes a week at school. Students are not using computers to any appreciable degree in school because district leaders are not providing computers to students to any appreciable degree.

There's a long history of comics in the classroom, and the list of references at the end of this article is a great starting point for learning about this concept. While there's still resistance to this medium being used in education - whether by staff or students - there is also a growing movement to use every valuable tool available. Comics have some great uses in the classroom and in a variety of curricula. From pre-readers to high school students, from English to ESL to Science and Math, comics can help students analyze, synthesize and absorb content that may be more difficult when presented in only one way.

This teacher has some great 'hands-on' ideas. My favorites are highlighted.

I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't actively teaching in a classroom, that's a hard question to answer. I don't think it's very hard for teachers to answer the question, though, especially at the secondary level. For most people entering the business world, there is no question that they will have a computer on their desk when they are hired. It might be a laptop, a desktop, a shared desktop facilitated with some sort of flextime arrangement, or even a computer allowance so that the new hire can buy a machine that makes them the most productive. However, it's not terribly likely that they'll just be handed a dry erase marker and a whiteboard, pointed towards a copy machine, and told to go for it.

This project aims to promote student voice and empower students to recognize and engage in responsible use of the earth's resources.

I really like the ideas that it gives here. There are a lot of definition about "The Best Teacher" but a best teacher is not only about help students inside the classroom but also everything that they need when they are learning.

This site was really interesting to me. It is kind of focused on older students, however there is also a k-3 section. I played some of the games and looked at the different subjects. It is a fun new age learning site. I think its important for the kids to be motivated to learn more and when you have interesting sites like this that kids enjoy it makes it easier for the information to stick.

Students can explore the world without leaving the classroom

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments.

These are some of the big issues that the world is focusing on in 2008. The Global Education website invites you (students, and teachers too) to develop a visual response to one of these issues.

For hundreds of years verbal messages have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool for humans, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. An alternative to purely verbal presentations is to use multimedia presentations in which people learn from both words and pictures--a situation the author calls multimedia learning. Multimedia encyclopedias have become the latest addition to students' reference tools, and the world wide web is full of messages that combine words and pictures. This book summarizes ten years of research aimed at realizing the promise of multimedia learning.

The Net Generation has grown up with information technology. The aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles of Net Gen students reflect the environment in which they were raised?one that is decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and administrators were growing up.

improve student learning by supporting teachers in better understanding inquiry-based teaching and learning.

ISTE standards for students, teachers, and administrators help to measure proficiency and set aspirational goals for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to succeed in today's Digital Age.

Are your students fully engaged in relevant, deep learning that is preparing them for the high-tech living, learning, and working endemic in today's global society? Designed to align to the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21), ISTE's new standards, and the enGauge framework for 21st Century learning, Dimensions21 (D21) is an audit system that gauges a school or district's current status and readiness to implement 21st Century learning.

DyKnow is the leader in interactive education, fostering collaboration and promoting interaction while minimizing electronic distraction in classrooms nationally and internationally. DyKnow's award-winning products are utilized by thousands of students in K-12 and Higher Education environments

This site was easy to navigate around.There were different tabs for both students and educators and it should how people can use google as a classroom tool and for professional development. i would be interested in learning more through this site