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Article by David Jakes regarding social bookmarking.

23 "Techy" Tips for Not so "Techy" Teachers A collaboration of ideas for quick and simple ways to use technology in the classroom - ANY classroom!

Most public schools are traditionally run by principals and administrators, who defer to policies dictated by the state. But a group of 60 schools across the country is subverting the top-down system, putting teachers in full control of running their schools. It's called the Teacher Powered Schools initiative, led by Education Evolving, and the goal is to seed a movement that will inspire other teachers in schools across the country to realize their potential as leaders. To that end, Education Evolving released a study [PDF]  in partnership with Center for Teaching Quality, which indicates that 91 percent of Americans believe teachers should have greater influence over decisions that affect student learning. What's more, 81 percent of Americans indicate they trust teachers to make "schools run better." In this model of teacher-run schools, teams of teachers "work collaboratively as leaders and partners to make professional decisions over the areas that matter most for their students, including selection of colleagues, evaluation, budget and resources, curriculum and school-level policymaking.""

"...the following series of fill-in-the-blank prompts can be used by teachers to create lessons, students to create projects-or teachers to collaborate with students to create lessons-or projects. Or, well, you get the idea. I use these sorts of stems to create "learning blends" for students-either with them, or for them. I couple these prompts with other components-technology like apps or social media channels, texts from literary classics to postmodern non-fiction, creativity, or even local matters of citizenship." -from Terry Heick, author of this resource

"Unique spaces allow children flexibility to move, collaborate, and express themselves in creative ways. And as a result of changing the learning environment, classroom instruction changed to fit students' needs too. The innovative spaces were a product of teachers changing how they taught and viewed student learning. Teachers realized that differentiated methods and changing their learning expectations for students required an environment that was radically different than rows or groups of desks.  Creating comfortable spaces that reflected the world outside of the classroom began to take shape."

"The Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs."

The Innovative Educator's Five Fave Ways to Create a Global Communication Center with Google Whether you're a classroom teacher or home educating family, you and the young people around you can collaborate with and connect to the world using Google tools. I've used numerous Google tools to connect to help myself and others connect to the world.  I love using tools like Docs, Hangout, Goggles, Translate, Earth and more!

Collaborative story writing and illustrating for students k-5.

Karl Fisch adjusts his instruction methods so students observe lessons at home as homework then homework is the actual in class collaboration.

"Inserting equations in Google Docs You can easily insert mathematical equations into your documents, and collaborate on a single equation at once with multiple people. Follow these steps to add an equation to your doc:"

Highlight text on a web site, wiki, blog, etc and share with others on the Internet

Social collaboration for teens and their education counterparts. Free resource for education to share, create, and connect projects by teens with teens.

Collaborate on a mind mapping while viewing others while they contribute too.

Online whiteboard for virtual colalboration.

Use stories, photos, and videos to create a collaborative interactive timeline.