How does this relate to what I ranted about in class today? It's your future, and business as usual (or, in your case, school as usual) isn't going to cut it. You're going to have to be creative, to be risk-takers, to look for the underlying connections and strive for true understanding, not just "complete assignments" and "get the points."

Have your students create and publish online books for free. 

Documentary kits for busy but ambitious* social studies teachers

People are afraid to fail. If they fail, they think their self esteem might drop, they might feel humiliated, embarrassed, lose self confidence - the reasons for the fear are many. But fear it no more because you're going to learn how to rid of it by giving yourself permission to fail.

I think the best paedagogic use of digital tools in school is the same way they're being used in society: As an interactive information and communication medium. For the first time in paedagogic history we have such simple ways of organizing the most important aspects of learning, namely internalization, externalization, individualization and collaboration. Good practice for me is to use blogging for the collaborative collection of material, to discuss problems and to show results. They pretty works in all subjects, I've even seen a successful implementation in sports.

And so, as a public service, it is my pleasure to present to you the Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating -- excuses I continue hearing again and again out there on the front lines of corporate America.

Modern children are more likely to claim "I finished my homework but deleted it by accident", "The internet was down" or "my printer broke". The study also found the average teacher hears at least 20 different homework excuses a week.

Meaningful change ain't gonna happen for our kids if we're not willing to invest in it for ourselves first. At the heart, it's not about schools…it's about us.

Has our hysterically competitive, education-obsessed society finally outdone itself in its tireless efforts to produce winners whose abilities are literally off the charts? And if so, what convergence of historical, social and economic forces has been responsible for the emergence of this new type? Why does Super Person appear among us now?

Recently I've had some inquiries about the best tool to use for a group to collaborate and share articles, videos, images, documents, etc. My initial thought was a wiki, but now that I've fully investigated the features of Diigo (dee'go), that is the tool I would recommend. Diigo, an online curation tool, is another one of my top 10 tools that I use every day.

These people are the 'curious'. Here is the reason they count. They are the ones who wake others around them from stupor. They are the ones who talk to the masses in the middle who are stuck

As you prepare to present your Teach 2.0 Sessions, this resource may help you provide your adult learners with ideal learning situations.

Here are the new rules: Create your own education. Find problems and solve them.  Be unique.  Make beautiful, useful stuff.  Build a network of really smart people who you will never meet.  Be indispensable.  Do real work that changes the world.  Have a brand.  Share widely and safely.  Collaborate. Add value.  Be a voracious learner.  Tread softly but boldly.  Edit the world. (Add yours below.)

An innovative resource designed to cultivate 21st century fluencies, while fostering engagement and adventure in the learning experience.

I visit a lot of classrooms. And I'm always fascinated by the variety of ways teachers launch the new school year and also with how they "run their rooms" on a daily basis. From these visits and my own experiences as an instructor, I'd like to offer my top 20 suggestions for keeping your classroom a safe, open, and inviting place to learn.

It is common for observers and bloggers (including myself) in educational technology to proclaim that the current educational practice is, in some way, 'broken'. It is seen as not delivering deep learning, or failing to meet the needs of students, and of potentially becoming irrelevant to a new generation of digital learners. Before exploring the potential impact and benefits of a digital, networked, open approach, it is worth taking time to place these claims within some context and to give a sober assessment of much of the rhetoric that surrounds technology and education.

Poll Everywhere Education Accounts now allow for a class size of 40 students. This is a change from last year and allows for entire classes to take surveys.

Google Forms does not provide an easy way to reset your form data or clear results from the Google Spreadsheet. This screen cast follows the step-by-step directions found at Abhi's Weblog http://bit.ly/cy6IhK. Make sure you follow the directions closely and be sure to practice on a Form before trying this on a Form containing important data.

Earlier today Google added a handy new sharing setting to Google Documents. Now when you share a document with someone you have the option to give him or her "comment-only" access. Comment-only access means that the person with whom you have shared your document can only add notes to the margins of your document but cannot actually change the content of what you have written. In the past your only sharing options were "can edit" and "can view."