DSS diigo Site

Amazing and overwhelming mind map of collaborative tools. I wonder what the implications would be if I showed this to a group of teachers?

Excellent overview of Google Apps.

Loads of Google Site(s) for education example.

good for video production and media literacy introductions.

Re: the transition to online journalism vs. paper.

Arne Duncan talks about 21st Century Ed.

I am testing out Drop.io as a tool for sharing large media files and more.

Excellent rubric developed by NYC based organization Teaching Matters as a road map for assessing 21st century schools.

This interactive art pad is an excellent tool to allow students the opportunity to create quick and easy painting projects. I really like that you can rewatch the process and see how the painter created their piece. It also provides you with a link so the painting lives on the web.

Quest to Learn a new taxpayer funded school in NYC using games rather than chalk and talk.

Everything old is new again-and that's a good thing! If you've always wanted to collaborate with your history teacher using the Library of Congress (LOC) American Memory Project, but felt overwhelmed by the prospect of having to actually develop lesson plans and collect all of the digital material needed, then it's time to revisit the idea of teaching with primary sources.

It looks like they have done a nice job revamping the "American Memory" website. It is definitely much more user-friendly from previous versions. I highly recommend introducing SS teachers to this amazing tool.

DOE designed tool kit to help teachers make the best use of teacher data reports.

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

Map of state level educational technology programs.

The purpose of the New York State Education Department's Virtual Learning System is to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for instruction. VLS offers the full text of New York State's learning standards with their key ideas and performance indicators, as well as alternate performance indicators for students with severe disabilities.

Interesting overview compiling social networking sites that the kids are into besides FB and Twitter.