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Free online book about focusing one's energy in this age of multi-tasking.

Eucators in a Washington state school district say they are seeing more texting lingo in students' written school work. Teachers say they correct students' use of abbreviations and shortened words and are working to help students understand when more formal language is called for, such as in school assignments or communications with potential employers.

Many educators say text-messaging actually may improve students' writing skills and their ability to communicate, allowing them to experiment with language. Other educators stress the need for students to know how and when to employ different writing styles. "It's up to teachers to understand the digital media and help students bridge their casual and formal writing," said Sharon Washington, executive director of the National Writing Project.

This article suggests 10 ways that educators can use visual media in classroom lessons. Using a digital camera, students can take photos and video as part of original public-service announcements, create multimedia book reports on Glogster or organize a fictional crime-scene investigation

This site provides a breakdown of videos within the Technology Integration Matrix by grade level. Some videos involve students from both middle and high school grades and some involve students from both middle and elementary grades.

Describes teacher observation for the 21st century. There is a good TED talk with Bill Gates that describes this. Seems scary, especially the full-time intrusion on the teacher, but the ideas are interesting. What if we gave teachers the opportunity to videotape themselves or have the classroom videotaped for a day and let them watch the tape? Just to let them reflect. Wouldn't that be valuable?

Making up snow days virtually

July 11-14, 2011 in Manchester, NH. Where else can you enjoy four days of project-based learning punctuated by conversations with[ http://constructivistconsortium.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cda9bf225d11341d1de2fa7e&id=1f9102e132&e=c926dbe919 ] amazing guest speakers, including: civil rights activist, educator and National Book Award-winning author, Jonathan Kozol; Reggio Emilia approach expert, Lella Gandini; Astronomer Derrick Pitts and attend a [ http://constructivistconsortium.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cda9bf225d11341d1de2fa7e&id=df7d36db34&e=c926dbe919 ]reception at the MIT Media Lab hosted by Mitchel Resnick?

great example of a school's tech help site

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interesting idea... what if a teacher maintained a diigo group so that s/he could bookmark sites s/he wanted her class to look at. This example is of a parent making a blog to aggregate content.

basic purpose of education: personal, cultural, economic. Need to get away from the "utility" view. We're living in the most tumultuous time in history.

How to recreate the learning strategies of a renowned charter school in a traditional middle and high school setting.

Harvard prof... is it more important to learn the quadratic equation or statistics?

Harvard Graduate School of Education teaching approach "critical exploration"

Gritical Explorers Help teachers involve students in real intellectual work - in thinking critically and constructing knowledge as they investigate historical artifacts and other materials that engage their minds and imaginationsCollaborate with teachers in their classrooms to design and document explorations and to develop and share inquiry-based curricula and instructional approachesPromote the exchange of curricular experiences and ideas through an expanding teacher network, setting the stage for authentic, democratic learning in Greater Boston and beyond.