Google's Chromebooks for Education announcement at Google IO this morning could provide schools with a huge opportunity to equip their students with computers, at a $20 per student per month rate.

Khan Academy on YouTube EDU 12 minute lectures Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Stand-alone virtual school

Google Aps in the Classroom

Fun, safe places to play online

iPads in elementary classrooms

Interesting girls in science and technology

In his keynote at a Web 2.0 event, Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired, discussed 6 trends that will affect our connected world: screening, interacting, sharing, flowing, accessing, and generating.

Tattling vs Telling as it relates to witnessing cyberbullying

Chris Brogan, A-list blogger and social media extraordinaire, just posted a video about what the future of media might look like. What Chris came up with, rings familiar to the themes discussed in this years Horizon Report (A MUST read for every educator.) If we are to help students and education as an institution take advantage of what the online world allows, we need to seriously take note of what Chris and many others are saying. Chris has come up with seven ideas on how the future of media will evolve.

Cyberbullying Tips

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir.  Over 2,00 singers from 58 countries.

absolutely beautiful!  TED talk by Eric Whitacre on his virtual choir

New York Times coverage of a story involving students' sexting

PowerPoint for SmartPhones

"My colleagues and I have demonstrated that online environments focused on collaboration and action, rather than reading and test-taking, can be more social, creative, substantial and personally meaningful than traditional classes"

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

Edutopia: Top 10 Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning

PBS teachers- are you an innovative teacher?   The 2011 PBS Teachers Innovation Awards is open for entries through April 14th, 2011

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.