"Leadership 360 will examine issues affecting today's educational leaders. We will invite different lenses, always remembering that our democracy depends on the success of public education. It is foundational to the fabric of our society and the values that reveal who we are in the world. "

Check out this blog for topics related to leadership in our schools.

This is a grant project to receive a Flip video camera. I want to introduce my students to the National Park system.

Please vote for my project at weareteachers.com

"I'm talking about using the iPad as a control surface to actually control your computer desktop, write on your computer desktop, and project all of that in front of the classroom just as a regular interactive whiteboard does. The only difference: no interactive whiteboard is needed, and you can do this wirelessly using the first generation iPad as well as the second, and that's correct, without tethering your iPad to the projector or the computer with wires."

I'm definitely going to try this! I'm hoping it works better than a slate.

"Learn all the components of creating your own online Moodle course! Moodle is an open source online learning management system that allows teachers to create content that can be accessed online by their students. Many educators are using online tools to enhance the learning environment in their classroom. Moodle is a great solution for getting your classes into an online learning environment that you can design and modify. "

"tutor2u-Wisdomap is the only mind mapping software built specifically for teachers' needs. Set mind map assignments for your students, create lesson plans, use mind maps as presentations and much more."

This looks like a nice online mind mapping, graphic organizer solution.

" * Easy email and web browsing * Great for watching movies * iPad: Apple unveils tabet device * Pictures: First glimpse of the iPad * Gamble: Apple's risk with the iPad IMAGINE the screen of a MacBook Pro minus the keyboard and you'd have a good idea what the iPad is like. "

Great resource!

This is a dictionary which very quickly finds a definition. It also can translate text in multiple languages. Then it can read text aloud.

This is a very useful tool!

"2009 was a great year for education on the web and each of these blogs was selected for helping lead the charge forward with shared personal experiences, leadership, and social media. Every single one of these blogs are worth reading in 2010, so we hope you'll check them out. The list is categorized into different education subtopics such as education technology, higher education, education reform, and more. To all the blog owners, keep up the good work and congratulations on a great year!"

"The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales - from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - The National Parks: America's Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background - rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy."

This series is scheduled to be run again during January 2010. Check your local PBS stations.

"National Park Foundation, The Official Charity of America's National Parks: Discover Your Parks Sign In Give Now NPF News: * Happy Holidays! As a gift from NPF, download our free National Parks screensaver! * UL Announces Multi-Year Sponsorship of the National Christmas Tree Lighting * Jordin Sparks, Celtic Woman, Joshua Redman Join National Christmas Tree Lighting * Sheryl Crow, Common and Ray LaMontagne Perform At Nat'l Christmas Tree Lighting * National Christmas Tree Lighting Broadcast Nationally On PBS Beginning Dec 4 * NPF Invites Americans To Honor Veterans Day By Supporting Flight 93 RSS Tell Your Friends Electronic Field Trip The EFT, or Electronic Field Trip, is an interactive, live, educational experience that breaks down the geographic barrier between youth and our national treasures and creates a shared classroom experience with park rangers, fellow students and classrooms across the country."

"Bringing to life some of the Library's most exciting and historically significant materials through Webcasts offering the personal insights of the staff who know them best--and online conversations in which you are invited to join."

Great connection to the Library of Congress and their most significant historical materials thru webcasts with personal insights from LOC staff that know them best.

"The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. We provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner."

Another resource for Internet Safety

This is a nice resource for information on copyright education.

Shared by John Davitt at BLC09

Shared by David Jakes at #BLC09

Nice alphabetical listing of indispensible ICT tools.

Great how to - just remember your attribution and copyright....