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Since Google created its new image search, I've been really frustrated. To do an advanced search, you now have to scroll to the bottom of the page, go back to "basic search", and then choose advanced search. Typically, I look for this feature because I want Creative Commons licensed images that can be reused on either my blog or the EdTechTeacher blog. While I feel like I heard about Photo Pin before, I'm glad that I rediscovered it today - thanks to Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers. This is a great resource for searching for images licensed for reuse.

The great challenge for journalists is also the challenge for educators. We do need to look for the new ways to learn and share and reach each of our students. We cannot afford to teach the same old stuff in the same old way and expect that to be sufficient for our new students in this new time. Thanks to Bo A. for the lead to this article.

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This website is full of resources for clipart, backgrounds for Keynote/PowerPoint presentations, maps, technology in the classroom, and more. It is sponsored by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology and the Educational Technology Clearinghouse, which "provide(s) digital content, professional development, and technical services supporting the appropriate integration of technology into K-12 and preservice education."

CAST - the Center for Applied Science & Technology - has released a new web site devoted to UDL (Universal Design for Learning). Next week, they are also opening a UDL Resource Center.

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What a great math hook for a middle school class! Thx to John Burk for the lead!

This is so great! What a fun teacher! Great way to talk about proportions. Love the terminology and the kids using the language, "can we rank their mulletude"? Hey, did the better looking mullets have a Business to Party (or Party to Business?) ratio that was, "Golden"?

I'm a big fan of Universal Design for Learning and CAST (http://cast.org) tools. This is a great resource for instructional materials.

This is a great Act 1, in Dan Meyer terminology, for introducing exponential functions. It's 40ish seconds long & totally accessible for ES, MS, & HS students.

MIAMI — In a distressed neighborhood north of Miami's gleaming downtown, a group of enthusiastic but inexperienced instructors from Teach for America is trying to make progress where more veteran teachers have had difficulty: raising students' reading and math scores.

Conferences And Workshops For Teachers. Educators Professional Development is the most comprehensive peer-reviewed online database listing Conferences And Workshops For Teachers from preschool to grade 12.

I've honestly never considered this before. Whether you agree with the chart's conclusions is obviously open for discussion, but the chart left me thinking about specifically WHY we assign HW and what we should be doing about it.

Given technology, can homework be used as a means to (a) differentiate assessment, (b) have students demonstrate understanding via a different modality, (c) scaffold learning to further enhance the classroom experience. For a while, Howard Gardner experimented at Harvard with assigning his lectures as homework. Students watched videos and then came to class prepared to engage in discussion. Could a similar approach be taken at the high school level?

Chris: I think this flow chart is very interesting and worthy of considerable discussion. I like it. I would tweak it a bit. For example, I think you could (and should) give application homework that is formative as well as summative. I think all types of homework that fit with all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy could be given both formatively and summatively. The only homework that should be "graded" is homework that leads to end-of-learning assessment. If the homework is given in the process of learning, then it should not be graded but should receive feedback, both from the instructor as well as from the student(s).

This site has more resources than just Internet Safety or Cyber Bullying. The parent section is an excellent reference, as are the "homework helpers." To find the latter, search for "homework" in the search area, as they are not readily available. The weekly e-Newsletter is also a great resource, particularly for the parents and teachers of elementary/middle school aged students.

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This is a great digital storytelling tool that now features characters and sets for political satire. It's a great way for students to create and publish stories.

Pics4Learning is a free image library for education. Copyright-friendly!

Older article saying technology may be changing our ability to read, think, and produce deep works.