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Excellent discussion groups for K-12 educators!

Google for Educators Discussion Group. We'll be using this group to keep you updated on Google's K-12 Education initiatives, but our real hope is that this will become the home of a vibrant community of educators. We encourage you to use this space to start discussions with fellow teachers. Excellent lesson plans are shared in the "Submit your Lessons" group for using Google tools in the classroom. Lots of great resources for teachers.

Very informative article that describes successful strategies for using data to improve instruction that goes beyond standardized test scores and ties it to possible uses for stimulus funds.

Montgomery, a suburb of Washington, D.C., spends $47 million a year on technology like Edline. It is at the vanguard of what is known as the "data-driven" movement in U.S. education. The high-tech strategy, which uses intensified assessments and the real-time collection of test scores, grades and other data to identify problems and speed up interventions, has just received a huge boost from President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The Obama economic stimulus plan provides $100 billion for schools over the next two years, almost doubling the federal education budget. To qualify for much of the money, states will have to provide data showing progress in student achievement -- giving the edge to districts such as Montgomery that already have systems in place.

This is a great and growing compilation of web 2.0 tools for educators that provides links and brief descriptions of the tool--organized in very useful categories. It's a wiki so anyone can add to the resources once you join the group.

Tons of excellent links and resources for web 2.0 tools! Web 2.0 definition: the next generation of the internet where the content of the web is created or edited by end-users (either individually or collaboratively) rather than those few geeky computer nerds. Further, these sites often allow collaboration, sharing, and assimilation to bring about exchanges of ideas from many different perspectives in the form of text, photos, videos, and/or other multimedia components.

Fantastic compilation of copyright-friendly resources for educators by Joyce Valenza.

Most of the media in these collections are in the public domain or are attached to generous copyright licensing. Though you may not need to ask permission to use them when publishing on the Web for educational purposes, you should cite or attribute these images to their creators unless otherwise notified! If you see any copyright notices on these pages, read them for further instructions. Note: always check individual licensing notices before publishing on the Web or broadcasting!

An excellent, free online course that can be taken at your own pace with selected activities to learn about tools and resources for incorporating images into your instruction. Fantastic model for designing similar, online, interactive courses.

In this six-week, free, online workshop offered through the Electronic Village Online, participants will be introduced to various online image manipulation tools and will learn how to effectively incorporate these resources into their teaching practices. They will explore how images can be used in educational settings.