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This report is old and I could not find the entire article, but after reading the abstract it was interesting to hear why they chose to use a portfolio of our work.

Great opinion piece about why one week of computer science education is not enough.

US Sec. of Edu Duncan talks about the future of technology in education.

DOE blog called Homeroom, especially great for making sense of current Educational Policy decisions.

Edublog Awards Winners 2011. Lists winner and several runners up for various student, teacher, class, library, ed tech, and administrator blogs. Also recognizes other categories such as best mobile app, free web tool, most influential blog post, educational wiki, open PD/webinar series, and use of a social network. I would recommend using this page for resources and ideas for creating your own educational blog.

Amazon offers 16,623 songs, loops. background music-whatever you might need for future ed tech projects. Other sites just aren't as trustworthy.

The purpose of this manual is to assist school leaders in beginning or developing the use of educational technology within their school or district.

This report provides national data on the availability and use of educational technology among teachers in public elementary and secondary schools during the winter and spring of 2009. The data are the results of a national teacher-level survey that is one of a set that includes district, school, and teacher surveys on educational technology.

Short, highly entertaining videos on a lot of relevant ed tech /21st century learning topics. Videos are short and loaded with information and ideas to help teachers learn new ideas for their classes.

A great resource for teachers, parents and students via Shelly Terrell @ Ed Tech Crew on Diigo. Check out "Clean-up Your Digital Footprint" on the right sidebar, and "Facebook for Educators and Community Leaders" handbook in the blog section.

Good article on the need to develop/ sustain an interest in "how technology works," through technology education targeted at early high school students. The Australian Computer Society, mentioned in the article, "strives for ICT to be recognised as a driver of innovation in our society . . . ." Link shared by Tony Richards from Diigo group, Ed Tech Crew.

We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different pl...

Research Article written by the following authors: Lisa A. Dieker (lisa.dieker@ucf.edu) is Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholar Chair; Carrie L. Straub is director of research for TLE TeachLivE; Charles E. Hughes is Pegasus Professor of Computer Science and codirector of the Synthetic Reality Laboratory; Michael C. Hynes is Pegasus Professor of Education and director of the School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership; and Stacey Hardin is a doctoral candidate in exceptional education. All authors are at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Research Article written by the following authors: Lisa A. Dieker (lisa.dieker@ucf.edu) is Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholar Chair; Carrie L. Straub is director of research for TLE TeachLivE; Charles E. Hughes is Pegasus Professor of Computer Science and codirector of the Synthetic Reality Laboratory; Michael C. Hynes is Pegasus Professor of Education and director of the School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership; and Stacey Hardin is a doctoral candidate in exceptional education. All authors are at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

UCF's Glenda Gunter discusses mobile technology integration in education.

Using technology to build students' literacy across the science disciplines Laurie O. Campbell, UCF, College of Education Dari Williams-Rossi, SMU