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We aren't dealing with home schoolers but, many of these Firefox add ons have applicability for teachers and students

My new favorite video! I have imbedded this video in all the Google sites I have created for my schools. Bravo to Pat Kyle, a teacher in Washington, DC.

The ePotential ICT Capabilities Rubric supports teachers developing their skills to integrate ICT into their classrooms.

Smartboard resources for teachers from Tequipment. 

Thanks for sharing this Rhys. It looks like a great collection of resources.

I have found teachers reluctant to try twitter. This tutorial is comprehensive and done from a teaching perspective. I will try it and let you know how it is received.

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

videos from big Digital Media thinkers...

Skype in the classroom is a free directory for educators who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms. Join today to share resources, chat with teachers and even pair classes.

Interactive storytelling site sponsored by the Delaware Art Muceum. You can listen to stories and create them. If you create, you can write or record the story. Definitely a tool we should share with teachers.

If you're mapping, and teachers have iPads and iPhones this is always a nice a-ha surprise.

Ideas to share with teachers for using a digital camera in the classroom.

School leaders around the United States continue to spend HUGE amounts of money on interactive whiteboards for classrooms, despite the fact that these devices universally FAIL to empower students to become more independent, self-directed and engaged learners in the way mobile learning devices (like laptops, tablets or other personal digital learning tools) can. Please do not misunderstand me: It definitely IS a big deal for a teacher and his/her students to have access to an LCD projector connected to a computer in the classroom if previously, the "normal" technology in the room was an overhead projector.

Significant research has been done on the cognitive and academic outcomes of older-younger and peer-peer student relationships. Whether in a one-on-one setting or a setting in which responsibility for teaching is shared among members of a collaborative group, well-planned, well-organized, and well-executed student-student interactions have repeatedly shown positive evidence of student progress and learning This action research project differentiates itself from previous research in several ways because it focuses on motivational and attitudinal outcomes when every student in a classroom of eighth graders serves as a teacher of "new-to-everyone" content for three classes of younger students.

This video documents an excellent example of how students and teachers at the iSchool are taking their learning beyond the 4-walls of the classroom.

This site is designed to support New York teachers, principals, administrators and Network Teams in rolling out the Common Core State Standards.

protocols for collaborative assessment.

A big resource from today's Whole School Change PD session by Liz Irwin, with videos and samples of student work that we can share with teachers.

Film based on report by ETS, "Perfect Storm". This could be a great rsourse for workshops and introducing teachers to the need.

Hi All. Here is an opportunity to attend the upcoming open house at IS 339. Take your principals and teachers for a day of exploration geared towards moving our schools forward as 21st century teaching and learning communities.