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The purpose of this course is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement. Participants who fulfill all of the requirements have the opportunity to earn SBCEU's. To learn more about the session, look under the tab "The 21 Things". We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity.

All those interested in education-we've got you covered. From humor blogs on college life to one stop shops for school athletics to blogs all about education policy and new technologies, if there's a good education blog out there, you can bet it made our list. We've also mixed in a handful of exceptional web tools and sites that we thought deserved a spot in the top 200.

Education Futures celebrates its first five years of exploring new futures in human capital development with a timeline of the history of modern education. This timeline provides not only a glimpse into the past and present, but plots out a plausible future history for human capital development. The future history presented is intended to be edgy, but also as a conversation starter on futures for education and future thinking in human capital development.

Welcome to the 21st Century Learning wiki*. We are a community of educators embarking on a collaborative journey into the future of education, educational technologies and new curriculums in order to prepare our students to function in a competitive and

Art, Storytelling, Technology and Education Resources for educators, parents, innovators

Successful Deployments for Educational Institutions The Education Edition is engineered to help you organize the wealth of knowledge that lives inside your academic institution. We understand that the flow of information is paramount in an academic envir

Advancing Student Achievement Through Technology CUE > Google Workshops for Educators Advancing Student Achievement Through Technology Google Workshops for Educators An experience like the Google Teacher Academy is now available to any educational ins

Additionally, this training academy is a wonderful way to recognize innovative teachers for their contributions to the field of education and technology. By providing this intensive 1-day training, Google is not only recognizing teachers for their positive achievements in the field of educational technology, they are enhancing the learning experience for students as well.

Why Teachers Use Twitter At the 140 Character Conference in Los Angeles last month, Parentella hosted a discussion panel with four educators that are in my PLN. During the panel discussion these four educators discussed how Twitter is changing education. The video is embedded below. Thanks to Beth Still for sharing the video.

Welcome to our educational freeware site! We have specialized in finding and reviewing high-quality free learning software and websites from the Internet - mostly for kids, but also for grown-ups. We have a large selection of web-based software (check the

Strengths of Comics in Education History of Comics in Education

Welcome to the 21 Things for the 21st Century Project Based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers The purpose of this course is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the Nationa

A listing of social networks used in educational environments or for educational purposes. Please add to this list (alphabetical by category and within categories).

Via Mark Wagners blog, Educational Technology and Life I was directed to the wiki he created for his recent Picasa in Education training session. The wiki itself is very sparce at the moment, but it does link to a PDF handout which provides a list of way

Google Apps for Education overview I receive lots of questions and see lots of posts about the effective use of Google Apps for Education in the K-12 environment. Following are some of my thoughts.

Since the release of the iPhone App Store, numerous sources have commented on the potential of educational apps. While these apps can't compete with the general popularity of gaming and leisure apps, there are a number of educational apps that mobile learners will find handy.

100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators Being a teacher is a difficult and often thankless job. Between lesson plans, unengaged students, and new emerging technologies, teachers need help now more than ever. By visiting the 100 blogs below,

RTI Resources: 10 Useful Sites For All Educators

Welcome to my Google Tools for Educators site. I was recently trained at Google in Boulder and was excited about the opportunity to educate others about all the wonderful Google tools available once you set up a G-mail account. I continute to learn as muc

Google Web Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources Web search can be a remarkable research tool for students - and we've heard from educators that they could use some help to teach better search skills in their classroom.