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An interesting 'blog from Stanford's Keith Devlin (NPR's Math Guy) who is documenting his thinking as he prepares to offer a MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) on Mathematical Thinking.  This is an incredibly compelling read if you are interested in transition issues from secondary to college, the future potential of online courses, and/or mathematics education.

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners. EdX will build on both universities' experience in offering online instructional content.

Free online grapher ... very nice graphics. Handles polar & Cartesian, function & inequality forms very well. No tools (intersection, etc.), but very nice, FAST graphics.

Have you tried it on the iPad? Do you think it could replace the Virtual TI app?

The fall 2011 semester marks the first five course offerings from the Global Online Academy. These courses are designed, developed, and taught by teachers from member schools and are available for member school students. What makes people sick? What are the best ways to mitigate health disparities?

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Online Professional Development for teachers.

We are using itslearning at EdTechTeacher to deliver our online courses. It is a very simple to use system that is full of great features. Definitely worth checking out. 

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.

See what you think about the idea of moving the lecture to an online platform and using class time for more student-centered work.

An online article in CNET news on social networking, advantages for schools. Why not work with school communities to solve the issues of concern instead of walling students out from participating in a global network.

What do you think of this resource?

In this digital world, opportunities for education are available like never before. Though teachers using online tools are empowering students take part in their education, they may also expose them to inappropriate material, sexual predators, and bullying and harassment by peers.

Published Online: September 1, 2011 By Allan Odden and Lawrence O. Picus, Phi Delta Kappan Education budgets are imploding at the fiscal seams. A sluggish economy and falling property values are shortchanging public education budgets across the country. At the same time, there are growing expectations for improved student performance, better teachers and closing the achievement gap. Interesting article about changing the face of schools and teacher performance in the absence of or with declining revenues. A good article to review with some other good resources.

I'll admit that this is a bit of self-promotion; however, since I redesigned the EdTechTeacher site, I've added a lot of resources. We also have some great webinars as well as an online course coming up in the next few weeks. Check out our partner sites, too: besthistorysites.net, thwt.org, and tewt.org.

Thanks Beth! I have tweeted some links to your site. Keep me posted on progress. Bob