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Great post from Sherri Beshears-McNeely on developing conversation with people and empowering them to engage in the work. Siimple idea "What do you think?" but very powerful. 

tools for group projects!

In a recent post about Tuition-Free Education Courses for Teachers, I pointed out a number of online education courses that are free to self-learners around the world. Most of these courses are provided through well-known colleges and universities. While these courses are an excellent way to broaden your knowledge of specific topics, they aren't the only sources of free teacher education on the web. There are many other organizations that provide tuition-free education courses to teachers. A few more worth checking out include:

Not directly related to education, but something I think any educator should be interested in. Unless they're already dead-in-the-head. It happens, I guess.

Important article for integrators and IT directors to read.

Excellent reading for IT Directors and Technology Integrators - I particularly like the part about doing your homework and the thorough needs assessment - this fits with excellent books like the Influencer that have researched positive change.

So, this seems to be a growing social network for higher education and shows people registered by college. This is interesting.

classroom 2.0 discussion

The online edition of David Wiley's 2002 book. Pretty long. Looks good, but will need some free time before I can sort through it all.

I like the ndividual student research blog -accessable to anyone and a tool for tracking students and the wiki also showing group contributions by individuals for all to see. The conversation re video engaging other aspects that writing may not is potent and portent no doubt.

My Fave: #31 - However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

A model originating in the USA being implemented in some Tasmanian high schools to engage students/citizens one student at a time-based on the students individual learning goals and life aspirations/circumstances.

Article by David Jakes regarding social bookmarking.

A blog maintained by a quality educator in NY.