Content Literacy

very interesting music creator. i'm not sure of it's value as a teaching tool (I don't know enough about music), but it is very cool, and there is a lot of math behind it. 

Nice well-rounded iPad Launch Proposal from Miguel Guhlin. He is thorough in his plan, and the plan is on-going, long-term, developmental, and shows what success would look like for teachers.  He is upfront about using some of the great ideas of others, and asks for feedback to make it even better. if you are looking for a great framework for working with teachers on developing teacher capacity using mobile devices this is a good place to start. 

Very cool music creation site.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of the CCSS. The videos were created in collaboration with the states in the Southeast Comprehensive Center region based on their needs for professional development support for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Each video is an audiovisual resource that focuses on one or more specific standards and usually includes examples/illustrations geared to enhancing understanding. The intent of each content-focused video is to clarify the meaning of the individual standard rather than to be a guide on how to teach each standard although the examples can be adapted for instructional use.

Formative Assessment Learning Tasks. This site is the beginning of the Gates Mathematics Collaborative work in KY (Math FALs). 

Very simple blog post from Scott McLeod. Five quotes about learning and change from the Flickr group by that same name. Very, very interesting way of producing a blog post that gets people thinking, and maybe talking. 

From the site, "Research and revise a wide variety of school subjects as Videojug presents tips and tutorials for a range of subjects across the school-board. Learn or re-learn English, Maths, Science , Modern and Traditional Foreign Languages, Sign Language, Politics, History and Geography. Between brain-teasers and fun experiments theres something for scholars old and new." Interesting take on organizing some of the many videos available on the internet. 

Very cool collaborative sketching app with Google Maps interface. 

LMS used by MOMA for it's online PD series

Another web based tool for screencasting. I've never used it but it is by Citrix (the people who bring you Gotomeeting.com) so they understand web conferencing and video. 

Senior Capstone Project from SLA: "The Capstone Project at Science Leadership Academy is an opportunity for seniors to show the culmination of four years of intellectual growth towards an independent and self-directed learner who can contribute meaningfully to the community. It will enable students to focus their interests and curiosity into a coherent representation of how they think and what they believe as they leave high school. The capstone represents a synthesis of the SLA mission and vision as students attempt to answer the questions: "How do we learn?" "What can we create?" and "What does it mean to lead" through a self-selected and designed independent project. As with everything we do, it should embody the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection. The final product will look different for each student, just as each student has a unique perspective and approach to learning."

This is another awesome tool to crop segments of a YouTube video to share with others. Splicid is very easy to use, jsut paste the URL of the video and provide the start and end time of the segment you want to chop from the video and click continue.

This is another web tool that lets users select a specific portion of a video to play. The difference between this tool and the ones mentioned above is that it only lets you specifiy a start time but no end time.

Writing coach is a pilot program by Pearson, which is also getting a lot of use in Texas classrooms. With writing being a skill that many students need to hone, the timing couldn't be better for an educational tool like this to emerge. The PHWC is an online curriculum that guides teachers and students through a series of activities and projects designed to bolster writing skills in grades six through 12. It's flexible, personalizable, and will likely inspire many similar programs in the coming years.

A simple learning management system, that is pretty easy. Doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of BB or Moodle, but has some possibilities in smaller settings. 

Free desktop sharing service. Is accessible in most school systems.

Teaching kids to be problem solvers

Great rubric for use with student digital resources, especially how it is being used to critique iPad Apps.