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"Traditional instruction places far too much emphasis on content. The problem isn't just that what students need to know can't be known. The unreasonable amount of information dumped on them, the brief life in memory of most of it, and easy electronic access to a near-infinite amount of it, make merely delivering information a poor use of time. Focusing on the real world rather than on second-hand textbook versions of reality, and understanding the process by means of which sense is made of that world, are keys to new worlds of performance."

MinecraftEdu - Free to Download - "Wonderful World of Humanities" map, featuring various Worlds from ancient history and tons of information to read / secrets to find / building projects to collaborate on, etc.

Using Google's street view technology (virtual views of streets in cities)  it is now possible to visit many modern and ancient world heritage sites from your computer.  

"The test of life is not whether we can remember what we learn in school, but whether we are prepared for change," says Schleicher. "Whether we are prepared for jobs that haven't been created and to use technology that haven't been invented to solve problems we just can't anticipate today."

Could be useful in some classes. World languages 

Might of use to the geographers in MS as we dont teach geo in HS? Eco teachers already use it.

Thinking about badges as a way to track info lit / tech skills in HS.

via Nick