ClarkstonSchools

Comcast is providing low cost internet to students who receive free and reduced lunch.

Interesting and seemingly thoughtful model of iPad distribution at the high school level

Interesting new tablet development out of Intel - the "studybook"

Example of how lower elementary teacher uses digital portfolio.  Can easily be altered for middle and high school.

Blog post on ZDNET on the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, and how it is not achieving the results desired/expected. From the article: "Why such results? The IDB concluded that OLPC does not provide enough guidance for teachers to show students how to effectively use the computers in class - and so the next item on the agenda should be improving teacher training"

From the Smithsonian Institution - Picturing the '30s

Infographic of name frequency across the US

Free digital book on cybersafety - designed for teens

podcasts and quizzes - short, informational resources for civics classes

free storyboard generator for video projects

Resource for downloading videos online - similar to Zamzar

Resources on environmental science - free for teacher use

Examination of the real costs of blended learning

10 ways to effectively use Facebook in the classroom

"Three days a week, as the school day draws to a close, the children in Ms. Aaron's class sit down to compose a message about what they have been doing all day. They then send it out to their parents and relatives through Twitter, the stamping grounds of celebrities and politicians, where few kindergartners have been known to venture."

Kids from the UK surveyed about search habits - researchers found: 54 percent of those surveyed admitted that Google is now their first point of call when they need to answer a question or find information for research purposes. 91 percent of the children asked use Google; Almost half - 47 percent - use the service at least 5 times per day; 18 percent said they use the search engine ten times or more each day.