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Interesting article based upon Speak Up survey results.

This is another story on Mobile Learning based on the results of Project Speak Out. It identifies five school districts that Project Tomorrow has identified as "Mobile Learning Explorers."

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative. This multi-year project aims to help improve both college readiness and college completion in the U.S. through the use of technology. Administered through the nonprofit EDUCAUSE, the program will provide grants to organization that will help develop technology tools to more teachers, students, and schools.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative.

First and foremost, LAL is a writing contest for young readers in grades 4 - 12. How has an author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed your view of the world or yourself? That's the LAL writing challenge. Don't write a book report, we tell our young readers. The author already wrote the book and knows what it is about. What the author does not know is how YOU responded to his or her work. Write about that--your personal reader's response!

Interactive map right in your browser

A very cool site. Google has an app for the Android called the Google Sky Map. It uses the GPS function to draw constellations etc. that appear above you. It is also very nice.

Can upload adn create study materials, notes, class content, group projects and organize them by course, book or personal tags.

This is an interesting story about how libraries are reinventing themselves for the iPod/iPhone generation. How can we do this for the TRIC? Should an iPod App be part of the virtual TRIC constellation?

Using Rubric sites in the classroom

Making your own SMART Board lessons is not as difficult as you might think. The following article will give you some tips on how to make them a structured interactive learning experience for your students. A SMART Notebook file, complete with example techniques, is also available to download. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/86120.aspx#ixzz104cjWkK9

This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too.

This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too.

Eight 21st Century Learning Shifts for Every Curriculum

The Learning Registry project is an informal collaboration among several federal agencies that share the same goal: making federal learning resources and primary source materials easier to find, access and integrate into educational environments.

The Learning Registry project is an informal collaboration among several federal agencies that share the same goal: making federal learning resources and primary source materials easier to find, access and integrate into educational environments.

The following infographic illustrates the trends and averages for texting in the United States and around the world. How do you and your texting habits compare?

Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson? A Comparison Table

Interesting perspective on using games for assessment.

WAVE is a free web accessibility evaluation tool provided by WebAIM. It is used to aid humans in the web accessibility evaluation process. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicators that reveal the accessibility of that page.