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France in 2000 year (XXI century). Future school. From a postcard by Villemard, 1910. Last week, I attended the De Lange Conference held at Rice University every other year, this time on "Teaching in the University of Tomorrow." The future-oriented theme had both intrigued me, and left me a little skeptical.

Best apps for teaching and learning

On line resource that teaches kids to be safe online. Automatically corrects and reports. W should consider this for Mt Abe in general, but certainly for a 1:1 world.

Ellen's recommendation for helping students understand the difference between reading text and reading a web page.  5 40-minute lessons.  Teaching about hyperlinking is a great idea, Ellen.

"caffolding Culture How are you building a culture of collaboration in your classroom? Teachers should not forget the importance of scaffolding the skills needed for students to work in groups. Paired with a good collaboration rubric, where students know what is expected of them in terms of behavior, teachers need to scaffold skills such consensus building, effective communication, and the ability to critique. Educators need to explicitly teach and assess collaboration, a critical 21st century skill, if they want their group work to be productive."

What if we purchased a domain for each graduate who has a digital portfolio? This school does it, and teaches kids how to forward a domain.

Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students. They spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content. And nearly three-fourths of high school students now say they regularly use a smartphone or tablet in the classroom.

American History teachers need to check it out.

Blog linked from today's interview  NPR show On Being

TEP is a groundbreaking school! 

Maybe we should visit together? Sorry that I saved this article again in our group rather than just commenting the first time. Let's find some PD time to introduce our amazing teachers to Diigo!