" Ready by 21 is the Forum's signature initiative based on decades of experience working with state and local leaders. It is a set of innovative strategies that helps communities and states improve the odds that all children and youth will be ready for college, work and life. Ready by 21 provides clear standards to achieve collective impact, tools and solutions to help leaders make progress, and ways to measure and track success along the way. Specifically, Ready by 21 helps leaders build broader partnerships, set bigger goals, collect and use better data, and take bolder actions. A growing number of communities and states are using these strategies to change the way they do business."
Traditional computing labs need to transform into flexible, technology-enhanced learning spaces.
Initial research into space use and future needs can guide design and resource decisions.
Involving all the stakeholders invests them in the outcome and optimizes design choices.
Small changes can have big effects in redesign of existing spaces.
Safe Exam Browser is a webbrowser-environment to carry out online exams safely. The software changes any computer into a secure workstation. It regulates the access to any utilities like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorised resources being used during an exam.
"In 2005 I wrote a similar article and have had requests to write an update. Technology has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years. Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom.(\"
senior U.S. military assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that new NATO commander will follow the same war strategy designed by General Stanley McChrystal - which brought General warmly praised Karzai to train Afghan forces security and reducing civilian casualties.
The Smithsonian site is a wealth of outstanding activities and interactives. In the Walk in the Forest interactives, students are guided through a virtual forest where they do field research using the same scientific methods and tools that Smithsonian scientists use to monitor forest biodiversity. Students can act as dirt detectives, predicting which trees will thrive in each type of soil; learn about forest layers and the plants and animals that take up residence in each; identify a tree; observe seasonal changes; map the forest; and use amphibians as an indicator of the forest. Each of the interactives has the option of narration (audio) or non-narrated (students read through the interactive).
"GenYES is an innovative program that creates 21st century leaders and learners. GenYES students help teachers use technology in classrooms, supporting effective technology integration school-wide. Fourteen years of research proves GenYES empowers students and changes the way teachers integrate technology in their lessons."
"In remembrance of a day that changed our world forever, SnagFilms proudly present six extraordinary films below, each offering unique perspectives on the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath. These documentaries remind us how powerfully the medium of film can capture our darkest days while also exalting the perseverance of the human spirit and our collective ability to endure and to heal. We are especially honored to bring the critically acclaimed 7 Days in September to an online audience for the first time. "
"The Geospatial Revolution Project is an integrated public service media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the way we think, behave, and interact."