ACTEM Tech Integrator Diigo

Safe and Simple blogs for students.

Discovering the new skills, strategies, and dispositions required for successful reading comprehension and learning on the Internet.  Preparation of youth for new literacies.

21st Century Skills Map for Art, Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art

Free resource with an explanation for teachers on how to use this tool.

Here are some options for teachers who want to make sure students look at multiple resources to assure the validity of web information.  Web site evaluation and other good links are also just a click away.

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.

Information and downloads include: multiple intelligences, media literacy, backward design process & template, bloom's, etc.

Professional Development, Curriculum, Instruction, & Resources to help schools move into the 21st century.

Import your experts via Skype and enhance classroom thinking and engagement.  This site is where experts register to become available to assist classrooms.

There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who doesn't love offering their pupils digital creativity opportunities yet we all face the age old problem of having little TIME to learn new technologies and even less time to freely experiment in class.

This chat was created to provide weekly mentoring and focus on the needs of new, new to the profession and pre-service teachers.The goal is for the chat to be supportive and practitioner focused. It occurs on Twitter from 4-5pm PST/7-8pm ET on Wednesdays. Use the #ntchat hashtag to join the conversation and post your thoughts throughout the week on Twitter.

digital storytelling resource for educators

from TED Talks 2010

oday's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

Resources for Teachers by Jim Burke This wiki has almost everything you would ever need. Check it out!

Multimedia Timelines

Free Digital Storytelling that encourages creativity and self expression, reinforces reading and writing skills. No ads or merchandising. Made for kids. Upload artwork, record your voice and add text to pages, and email the final book to friends and family. Check it out!

Great list of links associated with digital literacy and digital citizenship as they relate to schools and education

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