ACTEM Tech Integrator Diigo

Maine's Virtual Project-Based Program

6 minute Video

scribd downloadable document

KidZone Graph Tool

From Research to Practice: Slideshow by Laurie Posey, EdD

Guided Inquiry: actively learning, construct knowledge, collaboration, teacher facilitates, assigned roles of manager, recorder, technician, and presenter.  Short daily quiz.  Read textbook and other information after the introduction in class.   Examine the recorders notes which are passed in and used to guide/adjust learning. Important that students discover the right answer and not be given any answers. (Problem-Based Learning) 

Sample Downloadable Teaching Units including Nutrient Cycles, Circulatory System, Chemistry Significant Digits, Classification of Matter

Balanced Reading Approach for Canadians Reading for Young Children

Michael Wesch video about web 2.0 and learning environments. 1:08:06 video

Includes resources for Early Childhood Educators

Old Textbooks compared to Next Textbooks by David Warlick

The Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet » Blog Archive »ideas, tools, and resources for teaching art and design in a post-digital age

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Open 1-to-1 is a not for profit organization that provides resources and support for schools that want to deploy 1-to-1 computer solutions. Our organization is comprised of school technologists, educators, consultants, vendors, and other parties which collaborate to provide a comprehensive set of solutions and services for the Open 1-to-1 community. The mission of this organization is to make 1-to-1 computing more affordable, and create solutions that further aid in learning and greater opportunities for students and their communities.

Five things every child should understand about online searching before starting Middle School

Self- Guided Information Fluency Study Programs

History and Current Issues for the Classroom

Social Network for Book Lovers

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.