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Great view of how we 'immigrants' have to change to accommodate student learning

A thought provoking piece on the power collaborative learning apps, specifically focused on Google Docs.

According to the report,"On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction."

Teachers' Domain, a free digital service produced by WGBH Boston, has embarked on a series of new efforts to bring award winning digital content to students and teachers involved in the design and production of user generated content using Open Educational Resources (OER).

Teachers' Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You'll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.

The leadership group comes together regularly for in-depth discussions about topics such as project learning, technology integration, and authentic-assessment strategies. Then they take ideas back home to share with their colleagues

Earlier this year, the National Staff Development Council released a report, "Professional Learning in the Learning Profession." As the report points out, the United States "is far behind in providing public school teachers with opportunities to participate in extended learning opportunities and productive collaborative communities."

This is a New Tech Network school that is supposed to be one of the best in terms of whole-school integration of project-based learning in a one-to-one environment.  

Two in a series. Great ideas

If you are in a school this is good to know

Just a great collection of Educational Resources.

An Alan November and Brian Mull article with good references to Dr Mazur's work

Our Wonders of the Day will help you find learning moments in everyday life, ones that fit in with dinner preparations, carpool responsibilities, a stolen moment between breakfast and the bus, or within school curriculum and education programs.

"What does the iPad have to teach educational technology about how a phenomenon becomes popular and adopted? Quite a bit. First, acceptance is high, with a half-million units sold in the first week of release. Six weeks later, Apple was selling twice as many iPads per week as Mac computers. Given some recent history, this should be surprising-the idea of a tablet device has been around for at least a decade or two, but most such devices have not experienced anything close to wide adoption. However, some specific factors have paved the way for the iPad's adoption. And these factors harbor advice that educational technology would do well to heed. Prime the technology pump. The iPhone, direct predecessor to the iPad, came onto the market amid a wave of technology that permitted small packages to deliver powerful computing. This hardware, including GPS location sensors, fast and efficient microprocessors, and the evolution of touch screen technology was a necessary condition for the emergence and success of both the iPhone and the iPad generation of devices. Define (and answer) the problem. The hugely popular mobile smartphones had an equally huge problem. People hated their interfaces. A decade of frustration with labyrinthian voicemail menus and inscrutable settings had created an army of frustrated mobile phone users with enough pent-up rage to fuel a revolution. By providing a device that was easy to use, the iPhone had identified a core problem and set a new bar for its solution, one that was quickly taken up by many others. Whet undiscovered appetites. The explosion of mobile devices also created for millions the idea of constant, away-from-home connectivity. The iPhone upped the ante significantly by providing a full browsing and even computing experience, giving consumers the expectation that they should be only inches away from powerful, networked computing at all times. Provide the practice. The iPhone defined a new set of touch-based interactions. Whi

Interesting blog post on learning trends. Do you think educators are burying their heads in the sand hoping web 2.0 will go away?

Check out this article about Lure of the Labyrinth a middle school math problem solving game. This is getting great reviews.

A wide variety of events are run in the Department's virtual conference rooms providing learning and collaboration across Victoria. The range covers everything from practitioner led events where teachers work with a small group of students or colleagues, to Department wide forums where international experts talk to many educators.

LAN stands for "Learning at Night" and is an excellent model for breathing new life into professional development sessions.

Excellent examples of how schools in NYC are taking 21st century teaching and learning to the next level.

Read these case studies to learn how several schools in the DOE are taking innovation to the next level.

What types of systems are these schools utilizing to take teaching and learning to the next level?

"Developing systems and strategies that will help educators use assessment data to improve student learning;"