This website is created by George Siemens, Founder and President of Complexive Systems. Articles and blogs about elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community are available. Links to bloggers in these areas are also available.
Chris Lehman is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia - basically my dream school to work at. This site is his blog; he will challenge you as an educator, and he always seems ahead of the curve in terms of big ideas and practical applications of tech.
Oxford professor of synaptic pharmacology (?!) argues that facebook and social networking sites infantilizes the brain, leaving us with short attention spans, less empathy, and a "shaky sense of identity". Listen to the audio interview as well.
One of my all time favorite Ted talks from Sir Ken Robinson. Argues that the ed system needs to not only value creative endeavours, but make fostering creativity fundamental goal of the curriculum.
Watch any of the videos in this section of Ted talks and you will feel the rising tide of the coming revolution in education. Brilliant people talking about how we learn and how we should teach.
Funny and disturbing article on "Freedom", a free download developed by PhD student that allows users to force themselves to disconnect from the internet for an amount of time of their choosing. Traister ruminates how staying connected negatively affects our productivity. Luddites of the world unit.
This brilliant podcast would serve as a perfect model for completing non-traditional research projects. Specifically, I recommend the episodes on race and choice.
This website is the news blogs created by Ray Schroedoer, a professor in the University of Illinois at Springfield. He put daily news items of relevance in the field of new communication technologies, educational technologies, and online learning.
XplanaZine is sponsored by the educational software company Xplana Learning. It provides the most recent news about publishing companies, information technology, online education research, and schools and programs implementing new methods to educate students. It also keeps track of upcoming conferences and contests to encourage participation in events related to educational technology.
This website was created by Dr. Joyce Hinkson, an educator from California, to assist teachers, students, parents and others, with the integration of curriculum and the Internet to promote student literacy. The site is divided into six sections: Education Links,Computer and Technology Specific Links, Government Links, Media Links, Reference Links, and Virtual Field Trip Links.
The INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ILT), founded in 1986 at Teachers College, Columbia University, works to advance the role of computers and other information technologies in education and society. Through its program of practice, the Institute seeks to empower the creative reform of education through technology:
This website is part of the Milken Family Foundation's commitment to promoting responsible uses of education technology in schools. Education technology related issues, events, articles, projects, and discussions are available here.
The Community Learning Network is a site designed
to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search, can be found here.
The Global Virtual Classroom is a free online educational program for primary and secondary schools around the world, It aims to complement the efforts of governments and education departments around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the information superhighway.
This is the website of EDUCAUSE. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. its membership is open to institutions of higher education, corporations serving the higher education information technology market, and other related associations and organizations.
Home to millions of audio & video episodes from thousands of podcasts and media sites across the web,Odeo.com is part search engine, part media directory, and part social network. Users can search & explore media channels covering just about any topic or area of interest - from automotive to technology, comedy to cooking, education to entertainment.
A library for the world's children -- encouraging children to become a member of the global community. Teaches values such as tolerance and respect for diverse cultures through literature.
The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community - children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online.
This is an excellent blog on incorporating Web 2.0 tools in the language classroom. The author says: "Over the past year, Google has stretched their search capabilities to include an abundance of open source web applications tailor-made for teachers. In fact, they've called this new suite of tools Google for Educators."