Daniel Pink's 16 counterintuitive thoughts about motivation, innovation

Free tool to make visual data charts and graphs

Extensive examples of classroom practice for global education, with one being Flat Classroom Project.  

Focus on close reading in Common Core.  Many fear teachers are not prepared for this dramatic a shift where the textbook is the first, sole focus.  

Howard Rheingold's CRAP detection for examining validity of information we find on the web.

Includes instructional videos for using Google Sites with students to create portfolios.

Extensive resources about reflection in education and using it with students in everything from portfolios to digital portfolios and artifacts. Great tools here to help students think about their learning.

Peter Pappas has a great model here for reflective practice for students based on each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. Students used this in class today as part of their midterm reflection.

I Have a Dream Rap

One school's goals and take on plans to hold FedEx Days in the classroom. Interesting as our 21C Global students are looking to start doing at the beginning of the new year.

Beth Sanders' students participating in a collaborative exchange with Marialice Curran's student about what it means to be a citizen in the 21st Century.

Love what Beth Sanders and Marialice Curran are doing with the iCitizen project. They are connecting their students to talk about authentic aspects of our world that matter.

Derek Sivers says there is a "flip side" to anything. Interesting, short talk about perspective. Looking at perspectives about how the opposite can be true in other cultures This is great to use when leading students into global collaboration projects and opening their minds to cultural diversity.

What I've encountered most in dealing with colleagues is the fear and the notion that this is just another five to ten year fad in education. It is important first to help others understand CCSS are not a quick-fix or an answer. In some ways, CCSS take us back to what good teaching looks. Ultimately, aside from the budgetary concerns with implementation, perhaps the other greatest struggle here will be the state-level assessment of the CCSS. In order for states to get it right, there needs to adequate time devoted to determining adequate assessment, not drill-and-kill. Broad, interconnected, higher-order thinking cannot be bubbled-in. Period.

Twitario allows yo to see your tweets in a book/diary format over a specified period of time. Could be used for students to submit an assignment of tweets they did over a period of time OR to show/use during a presentation of the information contained within a succession of tweets when showing how Twitter works.

This is a great site for getting your head around the common core. A free account allows you access to a lot of the features and Common Assessments. Premium accounts allow you tools to collect assessment on your iPad or mobile device. Download the MasteryConnect FREE app for your iP*d or phone and have every Common Core standard easily accessible at your finger tips.

Walk through of how much of your digital information is stored online as you use the web.