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Managed by Achieve, new K-12 science standards are being developed that will be rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all student an internationally benchmarked science education.

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Sophia is a free social teaching and learning platform that offers academic content to anyone, anywhere, free of charge. The website, which has been described as a mashup of Facebook, Wikipedia, and YouTube that is focused solely on education

Free video hosting for teachers and schools.  Here is a way that teachers can upload and provide access to video content without having to worry about local hard drive or server space.  Cool beans! 

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ISTE Connects is your source for content related to technology in education. We create podcasts, videos, and presentations about ed tech.

A safe, private environment to use Aviary tools with your students.  Create private accounts, manage assignments and projects, use image editor, vector editor, audio editor, and creator.  All content and images are 100% school safe.

Objectives:Students will be able to compile information on given subjectStudents will be able to organize information on a given subject using tagsStudents will be able to present information Process: If you are presenting this lesson in a Web 2.0 class you will have many directions in which you can take this lesson. If you are integrating these tools and this lesson into a content area classroom, you will want to focus your lesson around what you want your students to find. 1. Have students respond to this prompt: Social Networks are closing us off from the rest of the world and creating a society of selfish, ego driven individuals. They are wasting time in workplace and are a constant disruption to a student's learning.  2. Explain that students would normally respond to this type of response in a written essay, however, that will not be the case today. Have students seek out information to either defend or challenge this prompt. Instruct students that they have the entire class period today to work in groups or individually and find clippings that support or challenge this prompt.

O'Reilly Media content for free for students with focus on technology, coding, and STEM careers.

Lots of Professional Development Resources for Educators here!  Great!

Jay McTighe on his Understanding by Design book for planning units.  A culmination of 13 years of work.

Digital Portfolio Rubric -- University of Wisconsin

The 30 Goals Challenge e-Book by Shelly Terrell Moving toward mastery of using technology, digital literacy in a digital age. Shelly challenges you to do one of these every day in a month. It can be done!

The Vision Youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world. Our Mission We enable a collaborative learning community which provides youth with access to global opportunities, cross-cultural connections and meaningful participation in decision-making.

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