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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.

This site offers a wealth of information and many great resources for teachers interested in using digital media for storytelling and other activities.  There are a number of very good, clear, screencast tutorials for teachers to use. Preview a few to see if you might be able to use them with your classes. I thought they were great for high school students, and they inspired me to think about creating my own screencasts for other tutorials! :-)

There are a couple dozen ways to 'use' technology in education. There are also a couple dozen ways to integrate technology in education. Think those two things are the same? Think that throwing a few iPads and a few Edudemic blog posts into a classroom is the best way to launch a 1:1 initiative?

Seeing this in action in my school is really awesome. A traditional classroom would never allow students to have this much creativity. Think about it, would you want to sit in an uncomfortable chair for 6 hours a day? #eme5050

The History Teacher's Channel provides great historical content set to some of America's most popular songs. Think of it as and educational version Weird Al Yankovic. Every song and (and there is over 50 to date) contains a music video that reinforces the song.  I often use these for anticipatory sets in my class, and the students love them. Best of all they are free.

Join the conversation!  How do you use cell phones in class?  Cell phones in pre-k?  What do you think?

I found an online gradebook based on standards rather than points. It records the learning instead of the grade the student earned. I like the idea, but I do not think public school would use it without grades as well.

One of the world's most popular video games has made significant inroads into K-12 classrooms, opening new doors for teaching everything from city planning to 1st graders to physics for high schoolers. The game, of course, is Minecraft, a 21st-century version of Legos in which players use simple 3-D digital blocks to build and explore almost anything they can imagine.

The Clayton Christensen Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving the world through disruptive innovation. Founded on the theories of Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, the Institute offers a unique framework for understanding many of society's most pressing problems. Our mission is ambitious but clear: work to shape and elevate the conversation surrounding these issues through rigorous research and public outreach. With an initial focus on education and health care, the Christensen Institute is redefining the way policymakers, community leaders, and innovators address the problems of our day by distilling and promoting the transformational power of disruptive innovation. The Christensen Institute is based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Instructional rubrics help teachers teach as well as evaluate student work. Further, creating rubrics with your students can be powerfully instructive.

Instructional rubrics help teachers teach as well as evaluate student work. Further, creating rubrics with your students can be powerfully instructive.

A great read about technology integration in the classroom and using technology in general.

Kidspiration provides a cross-curricular visual workspace for K-5 learners. Students combine pictures, text, numbers and spoken words to develop vocabulary, word recognition, reading for comprehension, writing and critical thinking skills.

"Inspiration Software® uses research-based principles and strategies to develop and support our visual thinking and learning software for students and educators."

Sometimes we may think that our young students are too young for technology, but given the world that we live in it is still important to integrate it into our classes. Here are some tips for integrating technology in PK-Kindergarten (and probably other primary grades as well).

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.

AltSchool - The future of education???

There is a proposal for all Florida schools to do away with textbooks and use digital devices such as ipad, kindles, etc... Clearwater High School and several other high schools around the State are currently experimenting with this new innovative concept.

I think this is a good and bad idea, I love the fact that students can use the technology, but what about students in areas that can't take advantage of these tablets. Also sometimes it is a bother to try and explain why we only have enough for one group and not the other. Now if we can get enough for everyone in all areas, then I am for it. Bottom line great! post, its really something to look forward to.

Science Daily good resource for high school students