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a model for teacher professional development

Keynote, Power Presenter, 2Screens Presentation Expert, mbPointerHD, Quickoffice, GoDocs, Sadun's Whiteboard, Idea Boards, Corkulous, Penultimate, & Instaviz

Good source for Student Deans to help develop our technology culture

Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It's a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration. This is a global initiative that was created in response to the growing number of teachers using Skype in their classrooms.

Share with parents or students. Particularly useful for perceptions of older students

The New Learning Institute delivers engaging, personalized, project-based digital media programs to young people and educators. We work in classrooms, after-school centers, museums, and cultural institutions, or wherever learning takes place. Using the latest mobile technologies and digital media practices and tools, we help young people explore their interests, direct their own learning, and better prepare themselves for living and working in the 21st century.

Henry Jenkins, a leading media scholar at the University of Southern California, describes digital media's role in creating greater opportunities for creativity, civic engagement and political participation.

Use for Weekly Notes

5 essential fact of digital life

A check list to guide PLCs

Eric Sheninger, a Connected Principal and blogger explains best practices in social networking.

So what does a mobile devices environment look like? How will the students and teachers react? Is it the right direction to go? Five steps to keep in mind as we implement the Connected Learning Community Initiative - an education, not technologies initiative.

Best hopes included: * Improving student achievement * Fostering collaboration * common understanding of "effective" performance * Providing meaningful and regular feedback to educators.