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Free eBooks on a variety of topics. Keeping Students Safe Online, New Generation of K12 Wifi, Professional Development and more.

"SpaceTime is the most powerful cross-platform mathematics software ever developed for computers and mobile devices. With real-time graphing and MobileCAS® for computer algebra and calculus, SpaceTime is a revolution in scientific computing. "

Apple has created a custom area for the App Store titled "Special Education: Learning for Everyone." The new section contains five subsections: Communication, Hearing, Language Development, Literacy & Learning, and Organization.

"The Interactive Digital Education Academy (iDEA) offers K-12 educators immersive, high-quality, innovative professional development and support to integrate the filmmaking process into core content instruction. Participants receive a comprehensive, standards-linked filmmaking curriculum and learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs), instructional videos, stop motion projects, and other short films."

"Demonstrate your expertise at helping schools make the most of Google Apps by joining the Google Apps for Education Certification program. Certified Trainers are recognized by Google as having proven expertise and experience in delivering high-quality teacher training and professional development course materials to schools of all sizes."

"We have developed this Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Tutorial based on excerpts from our PBL Starter Kit and highlights from our PBL 101 Workshop."

"Like an IMC in the real world, you will find... * tools for planning, using and managing your own environment, * a solid foundation for supporting standards and assessment practices, * classroom projects, lessons, units, field trips, extended studies, international databases in almost any subject and across subjects, * references and contests for students, * multimedia creation and samples, * professional development and publishing opportunities, * tips for school, family and community partnerships, public groups and private industry, and * space to conference with colleagues"

UnderTheMicroscope is a new website of the Feminist Press NSF Women Writing Science project developed by IBM. UnderTheMicroscope collects stories from women involved in science, interested in science, and those who are maintaining or pursuing science in science fields. The most interesting stories will be compiled and published as a survival guide.

To help educators address this issue in their classrooms, Media Awareness Network has developed a series of lessons, in English and in French, to give students a better understanding of the ethical and legal implications of cyber bullying and to promote positive Internet use.

Provides the world's k-12 schools with the finest technology integration professional development and supportive books. All are our programs and products are designed using the latest research-based, best practices.

Closing the Digital Gap... 7 years to innovation without professional development.... way too long...

By browsing the taxonomy on the left, you can explore all of the biomedical concepts being researched at JHU. After selecting a concept, you can view the articles published in this area and locate the top scientists at JHU working in this field. This taxonomy is the 2007 version of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The U.S. National Library of Medicine developed the MeSH Thesaurus and releases updated versions on an annual basis.

Schools are working with a flexible definition of literacy, influenced by established core concepts of media literacy, to: * promote the development of critical thinking skills necessary to independently 'read' & 'write', and make meaning of messages in a variety of forms * promote the basic operational skills, and understanding of the languages necessary to independently 'read' and 'write' effective messages in various forms of media (print, video, audio, etc.) * instill confidence in the ability to adapt those skills and concepts to emerging forms of communication * connect and transfer the fundamentals of literacy to other forms of real world communication and problem solving Challenges & Questions: * How do you fit this into already full school schedules? * If these type of productions do take time from other discipline and skills, is it worth it? * When and how do we train teachers to be confident enough in their own media literacy to fluidly guide students? * Where is the balance that satisfies outcomes schools are traditionally responsible for with the real world needs of our students?

Designed by educators, for educators. The people building Sakai work at campuses just like yours. We believe they know best what features academic users value. Flexible, Free and Open. Sakai is a powerful yet flexible solution that supports not only teaching and learning but also research and administrative collaboration. The Sakai CLE is distributed free of charge and our license is designed to encourage innovation and customization in order to meet local campus needs. Our Community. Sakai is an active community of educational institutions working together to solve common problems and share best practices. The professional development and cross-institutional knowledge sharing are benefits hard to find elsewhere.

A group of interested people have developed an interesting project for humanities courses, particulary social studies, language arts, and photography classes.

Using those cool little applications designed to enhance social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook can make personal information as...

Great site in development to help teachers teach the American Civil War using technology to enhance instruction.

Doing What Works is a website dedicated to assisting teachers in the implementation of effective educational practices. The Doing What Works website contains practice guides developed by the Department's Institute of Education Sciences that evaluate research on the effectiveness of teaching practices described in the guides. The website also contains examples of possible ways this research may be used, but not necessarily the only ways to implement these teaching practices.

Educational Leadership article by Will Richardson explaining importance of teaching kids to develop an appropriate online presence.

This is our space to share exciting digital possibilities to help learners develop 21st century multiliteracy skills through active learning