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he 2010 Education Council had plenty to say — and they’re certain they’ll be heard. Among their suggestions: 1) Allow access to restricted Web sites like YouTube for educational purposes. 2) Hold technology integration training workshops for teachers. 3) Use cell phones as a “teacher-defined learning tool.” 4) Partner with media-savvy youth organizations like YouMedia so that students who participate in technology-rich projects outside of school can receive elective credits.

he most important recommendations is for CPS to offer workshops for teachers on using technology in the classroom.

teachers should have a personal password for unblocking restricted websites for educational purposes.

Here's a cartoon explanation that I made about one of the benefits of teachers having blogs. 

Better yet, make students authors on a blog and have them post prompts for their classmates to respond to

Demonstrating:By making students authors on a group blog or by having them maintain their own individual blogs they can demonstrate what they've found through research, what they learned, and what they have created to demonstrate their learning.

chool administrators have to be diligent and purposeful about staying plugged in to what is happening in classrooms and the challenges faced by their instructional staff.

we must engage in rigorous, disciplined inquiry and informed dissent and commentary” about our work and the social, political, and economic contexts in which our work is situated.

initiate the development of venues where it is possible to hear the perspectives of many groups, including those who oppose us, remaining open to new data or points of view, yet staying true to our work and our purpose—producing high quality educational leaders and rigorous research of consequence.