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the three criteria for evaluating the Common Core standards

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

"ALEKS (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) is a Research-Based Online Math Program: * Artificial Intelligence Targets Gaps in Individual Student Knowledge * Assessment and Learning with Standards-Based Content for Grades 3-12 * Comprehensive and Customizable Curriculum That Aligns with Course Syllabi or Textbooks * Monitor Student, Class, School, and District Progress Toward State Standards * Fully Bilingual - English and Spanish * Unlimited Online Access - PC and Mac Compatible"

2009 New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards - very progressive!

21 things for the 21st Century Educator: a course to provide "just in time" training online for K-12 educators based on the Natinoal Educational Techology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T)

21 things for the 21st Century Educator: a course to provide "just in time" training online for K-12 educators based on the Natinoal Educational Techology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T)

We started LearnZillion at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. because we wanted to solve a problem. We knew what lessons our students needed but we didn't have enough time to teach each student the right lesson. To create more time, and to share best practices across classrooms, E.L. Haynes' teachers began to capture their expertise on screencasts. We posted them on a homemade website and coupled them with a short quiz to help us track student progress. Soon the idea grew. What if teachers from across the country could contribute to the site? What if new teachers could learn the new Common Core standards from the wisdom of experienced teachers? What if students could get a playlist of lessons that matched their needs? What if, over time, the video lessons got stronger and stronger, as more teachers contributed and the data showed which lessons had the biggest impact? Thanks to funding from the Next Generation Learning Challenge, NewSchools Venture Fund, Achievement Network, and others, we are about to find out!

project-based virtual school meeting Michigan standards

Conceptua (MeTRIC): standards-based, teacher facilitated math tools... procedural, higher-order concepts, etc.

Mathwire: standards-based math activities

Advanced Distributed Learning: The Power of Global Collaboration... funded by the Department of Defense to research and develop better ways for training and teaching armed forces all over the world at anytime. Developers of SCORM standards for learning objects (accessible, reusable, durable)

NYTimes article on the reversal of policy ideas by historian Diane Ravitch on education policies including NCLB, standardized testing, math/reading

Seven Things That Could Make Your Gadgets Obsolete: (1) HDMI 1.4 - new standard for moving media from source to display will include 3DTV & ethernet for transfer of data up to 100 Mb/sec (2) USB 3.0 - new USB format at up to 400 Mb / sec is ten times faster than USB 2.0 (3) 3DTV - you'll need glasses - to appear latter half of 2010 (4) DLNA - Digital Living Network - around since 2004 is now getting integrated into lots of digital appliances. Get ready for the promised "connected house" (5) Mobile ATSC - to allow us to get t.v. broadcast signal to mobile devices (6) Ambient Light Sensors and other eco-friendly tv features (7) Internet-enable TV sets

With just a standard video link, you can add the following to YouTube video: real-time reactions, movable zoom, slow motion on-demand, scene skipping, third party annotations, and instant replay options

File Formats and Naming Standards for Data - useful for NSF and other Data Mgmt Plans

21st Century literacies: innovation vs. standardized tests

Ed.gov's National Education Technology Plan 2010:

Conspiracy Code: a Florida Virtual School-developed game to learn higher order thinking and standards-based American History