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"Some of the most urgent and contentious debates taking hold in states and school districts around the country revolve around the question of how to accurately measure a teacher's effectiveness. A new RAND Education website provides objective, nonpartisan insights that can help inform the discussion."

a look at how one school has streamlined their workflow by creating an ipad podcasting studio.

game-based learning units for the everyday teacher

Cyberbully? No Way, Not Me-paid for subscription

" Change Your Image: 13 Simple Tools to Alter Digital Photographs and Create Images"

"Administrators, Where Are Your iPads?"

"Google has a number of great applications that can assist you with the technology staff development efforts in your school and the best part about it, is that they are all free and easy to use. "

"Bringing Augmented Reality to Life - in the classroom and the workplace"

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Modelling and simulation resources Marty Daniel 17 Nov 11 08:59:35An amazing collection of resources on Simulations and Modeling with connections to Math and Science curriculum.

iEARN offers both face-to-face workshops and online professional development courses for educators seeking to integrate online global project work into their classrooms. Since 1988, iEARN has equipped more than 100,000 educators with the technical, collaborative and organizational skills needed to participate fully in a global, collaborative Internet-based learning environment.

PD opportunites with a global education focus

Google Plus for GAFE

"There's a whole new classroom model and it's a sight to behold. The newest school system in Sweden look more like the hallways of Google or Pixar and less like a brick-and-mortar school you'd typically see."

" You are invited to join Massively Minecraft, a professional community of educators preparing to explore a new game suitable for children as young as 4 years of age, yet expansible enough to still stir the imagination and interaction of late teens and adults."

"7 Top Trends in Social Media"

Online education startups such as the Khan Academy, as well as new efforts by MIT, Stanford, and Harvard have helped spur interest and add legitimacy to the notion of remote learning. Now Google is lending its brainpower to the rapidly growing space by releasing a tool called Course Builder, open source software that is designed to let anyone create online education courses.

"iPads are making waves in education all over the nation, even in college classrooms, where they're replacing laptops, textbooks, and notebooks. Some colleges have even gone so far as to hand out iPads to new students, helping students and faculty all work with the same technology for learning."

" Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites "

"3 Shots To Caffeinate Your Presentations"

We often forget about the timeouts. "The two minutes is not an unrelated time-out, but rather a different way of recapping what was just shared or previewing the coming attraction. It's the perfect time for audience engagement, peer-to-peer sharing, a humorous (and relevant!) video clip, connecting with prior knowledge, and using different modalities to match the learning styles of diverse learners."