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On this site, you can see the ways fellow teachers are solving problems, leave a comment, recommend an idea, share inventive things you've done, and take on meaningful professional learning challenges.

How Quizlet works Quizlet has no pre-determined curriculum. Students define what they need to learn, and we provide the tools. We help Art History majors learn paintings, Spanish students learn their verbs, 5th graders learn their spelling words, and new waiters learn the menus of their restaurants. Our aim is to build software that any learner can use, so we make most of our stuff free.

Phenomenal classroom behavior app. A must!

From the NY Times, this site provides school news, data and conversations about NYC schools.

Aggregate research, news and opinion related to Learning, Tech and Youth

Very cool interactive time line charting the history of classroom tech.

The Federal Communications Commission plans to circulate rules by the end of this year that will tell schools that get federal cash for computer and networking gear to comply with various child-protection measures included in the Broadband Data Improvement Act.

this is a big one.  teacher training, and developing curricula around this are actionable areas for NYC consultants like us.  

More apps, organized nicely.

Math in movie scenes.  This can be a prompt for kids to make their own stories around math problems!

Hey Rhys, I'm facilitating a PD today on integrating video into the classroom and I think I'll share this link with my teachers. Thanks for the share!

Article about coaching teachers, the necessary training for being a coach, etc. "A principal may see the coach as part of and accountable to the administration. Yet in order for coaching to be effective, teachers need to be able to completely trust a coach and know that what is said and observed will not be repeated to the principal."

This was a thought-provoking article with a lot of interesting ideas around how to use the "back-channel" in the classroom. I was especially taken aback by all of the comments that essentially lambasted these teachers for integrating 21c learning experiences into the classroom. One commenter said: "It needs to be explained to teacher Erin Olson that teachers should be encouraging students to extricate themselves from all the electronic gadgetry and to pay attention." Ah yes, wouldn't it be nice if all of students sat quietly in their desks and listened attentively with their hands folded, ready to take in the sage wisdom of the instructor standing in front of the room. Unreal.

When web surfers use Google or Bing to look for information about, the search results they now see at the top of the page might differ from those of their neighbor. That's because all the major search engines have revamped their formulas to include social media data as key indicators of a website's importance.

Us ethe internet to collaborate internationally on projects that make a difference to the world. i first joined some of these in Australia in the 90s...

Interesting links particularly on student blogging and podcasts... including Spark (Canada) a collaborative podcast, radio show and blog around technology and culture