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Our aim is to help students learn to be smart consumers of these messages, not to accept them at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases. The materials on this site, then, are meant to help students acquire the skills to see through the spin. Under the heading Tools of the Trade we’ve outlined a five-step framework for analyzing information and avoiding deception. That process is the essence of what we do at FactCheck.org, where we have been debunking false and misleading claims in politics since 2003.

provides teachers access to lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources that integrate environmental, social and economic spheres through learning that is interdisciplinary and action oriented.

For the upcoming Chicago Tech Forum, this week I developed a handout and a Google Custom Search engine devoted to finding iOS resources. I culled my collections of links related to iPods, iPhones, and iPads to identify the best resources and moving forward, I plan to keep adding to this.

Since 2000, icouldbe.org has grown to meet the educational and career needs of more than 20,000 students, serving more than 2,300 students a year and pioneering programs around the world. We connect the energy and expertise of mentors from hundreds of professions with the most vulnerable students in our educational system – those that are most at-risk or most in need. The close relationships between mentors and mentees encourage students to stay in school and commit to working towards their career and educational goals. A pioneer in creating safe learning environments online, our curriculum points students in the direction they want to go, focusing on educational planning and career exploration, and includes modules in community service and financial literacy.

Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Touch and Go will bring readers reviews, commentary, and news about this exciting new format that's making its way onto iPads and into pockets via phones and iPods. Our focus will be on book and original story apps and enhanced books, but we plan to push those parameters as we move forward.

it is not because they had a 1-1 program in itself that made them so, but because they had a classroom culture of student inquiry, of research, collaboration, and on-line publishing, all of which were well supported by the laptops in students’ hands.

  “Laptop computers [would not be] technological tools; rather, [they would be] cognitive tools that are holistically integrated into the teaching and learning processes of their school.”

One of the best sections of this article speaks right to this, as it advocates schools to bring the students to the table: But it’s not just teachers who experts say must be involved in the 1-to-1 planning process—students should be, too.

ten tips that will take the fear out of infusing tech into your lesson plans