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The shift by publishers is on... and what will the benefits be?

I see this as an excellent project idea for all NY CL schools and beyond.

Hope they (or other tablets) are not hijacked by publishers but can provide access to a wide variety of innovative, cheap learning opportunities.

Excellent information literacy tool for making citations ( MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles) and taking notes.

this is a quote about simCEO from Edutopia- What if students created their own companies, complete with business plans? What if they could also buy and sell stocks in classmates' companies? What if they could see how stock prices fluctuated over a 10-year period rather than just a few weeks? The result of that brainstorming became an online simulation called SimCEO. Luebbe, principal of American International School of Budapest, has been fine-tuning his creation by sharing it with educators around the world. They have surprised him by taking projects in directions he never imagined. He expected teachers to focus on financial literacy and entrepreneurship. But some have brought in different content. "They might set the simulation in Colonial America or New York in the 1920s," Luebbe says, then ask students to consider how historical factors would have affected market prices. Because teachers determine all the content, he adds, "they can bring in demographic data, real or fictional news, historical events -- whatever they want." The game becomes an open platform for teacher innovation.""

Real Lives is a unique, interactive life simulation game that enables you to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world. Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, human geography, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more! Educational games are a great way to way to make learning exciting, and simulation games are best of all, putting you in control of the learning experience.

These are great templates by Bill Ferriter.

More apps, organized nicely.

Free 4G wireless access to educational streaming video

Smartboard resources for teachers from Tequipment. 

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

Worth a look. Online book include several articles about teaching digitally.

film fest -- make a video version of a Newberry Award winning book in 90 seconds. 

This is the newly revamped integration model developed by Google, containing the "tools and guidelines" to jump start a Google Apps for Education roll out.

This is awesome. Thank you.

Pre-loaded with CCSS standards; raved about by some teachers at one of my schools.

Article from the Gainesville Times in Georgia. Could this be the end of snow/ice days? Interesting plan that some schools are ready for right now. Does anyone use dyknow?

This 4-part video series developed in collaboration with NYC Media, Reel Works and the NYCDOE is a highly provocative Internet safety campaign produced by and for kids.

"Forest Lake principal Kappy Cannon didn't leave it up to teachers to decide whether they would join the digital revolution. As long as you provide adequate support, she reasons, you can demand that it be done. This mandate from the boss gave the school's tech-integration team a major boost. Also helpful: instructional-technology specialist Paulette Williams's sweet but insistent approach. When the school got interactive whiteboards, she gave teachers six months to relinquish their old overhead projectors. Then she said, "You can give me the projectors peacefully, or I'm going to take them." "

This article and video explores how one elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina transformed itself into a 21st century teaching and learning community.

I just added this as a Digi Discussion on the CCL for our next Digi Discussion:

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 page from the Innovative Educator has a lot of great resources specific to the DOE, especially the link to unblock websites.

Would not be done without 21st Century skills, media literacy, and the ability to problem solve and think critically to apply all of the above.  That and GUTS!