this is a lot of fun and surprisingly realistic

A great post by Ian Jukes. The writing is certainly on the wall for the "bring in the expert and sit up straight" style of professional development. I've been wondering for years why schools don't pool their collective expertise to create a culture of learning in their schools. Some of the "experts" that are brought in don't even have the practical or even theoretical expertise of residing staff members. This year a visiting professional told me, "When it comes to schools, there are never any prophets in your own backyard." The zeitgeist is certainly suggesting we need a change.

This is what you get when the Librarian-Media Studies Specialist is married to the Technology Integration Specialist

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another one of those useful lists of tools

another one of those useful lists... Now all we need is a tool to aggragate all these lists - Diigo I guess

All about gaming and the future of education

This makes a lot of sense - especially if you have kids in your home.

There's some pretty good stuff here.

Fun way to intro in class or PD sessions

If only politicians were allowed to think like Kohn...

Another look at the (near) future of education.

I'm trying to encourage teachers in my school to accept Diigo annotated stickies and Webslides from students as alternatives to black ink on white paper. What better way of seeing how students digest information and create their own voice than writing on the highlighted bibliography? Any ideas?

a nice little read

This is pretty realistic and although too late for April Fools Day, it is just one more way to add purpose to student writing.

An excellent list of Web2.0 productivity tools

Great source of edtechnologies and tools

Can you see where this technology is going...  Training and mentoring can be simulated itself.  Imagine applications like this applied to education.