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Gamification is one response. By embedding diverse achievements into activities and assessments, learning progress can be refracted infinitely. These systems would be able to more flexibly respond to unique learner pathways and abilities, and would further serve as encouragement mechanics -- instead of one carrot stick, there are hundreds. And not just carrots, but every fruit and vegetable imaginable.

Really 197 channels for learning? Well, there are many, but if you're like me, you're building a subscription list for your content areas and starting to curate (and perhaps create) some channels. Building a good YouTube stream is becoming part of curation and PLN building - so here's a great place to start.

Description, on video, how to set up a live streaming video including equipment needed.

Great resource for educators, counselors, or anyone working with students who are beginning to look at career choices.

recent Curriki open source ed links on Twitter

Talks about how to contact other schools to build video chat connections-specifically Skype-for your school.

Free downloadable ebook from Atomic Learning based upon the 7 steps workshop I did for Atomic last year.

Did a workshop for Atomic Learning about the 7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom and they've created an ebook based upon the content in the online workshop. This ebook is free in PDF form and available for download and is based upon the principles to help you get to a Flat Classroom.

Gateway to eGyanKosh - a national digital repository of online resources of the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India.

With a simple log-in, you can gain access to thousands of on-line resources, most in English.

A cute video intro to personal learning environments

Take your old worksheets, slide shows, and web quests and add a twist of Google to make creative, collaborative, and engaging lessons!

More than a digital literacy manifesto-21st century learners all.#educhat

Here is an open source education software package from Greenbush. It is a virtual world environment that is to be used on interactive boards. A major advantage is the application permits collaboration among those using the software regardless of location.

Here is the Google Teacher Academy resources site for those of us not fortunate enough to attend.

What some teachers are doing for earthday - April 22nd -- some good ideas.

This New York Times article on the Open Content Alliance is an essential article for librarians and media specialists to read. It is also important for those following the fight for information and control of that information. In this case, the Open Content Alliance wants to make books that they scan available to any search engine while Microsoft and google are aggressively approaching libraries for exclusive access to their content. (which could be rescanned by another later, possibly.) Librarians and media specialists should understand this... when will people approach schools to scan annuals or student produced works? Maybe that is a while off, but for now, be aware that it is probably inevitable.

An overview of the Open Content Alliance versus Google and Microsoft battling to take control of the content housed in libraries.