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Blogs are easy to create. But just because something's easy doesn't mean it will stick. As someone who supports teachers in understanding and using digital learning tools, this is a pattern I've seen all too often. So how does a teacher or her students find blogging success? Here are a few things I've discovered in both my own blog as well as with my work with students and teachers.

a conceptual model to measure classroom teachers implementation of the tenets of digital-age literacy as manifested in the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). The LoTi Framework focuses on the delicate balance between instruction, assessment, and the effective use of digital tools and resources to promote higher order thinking, engaged student learning, and authentic assessment practices in the classroom

Northeast School Division Wiki for all things Web 2.0 and computerish.

Welcome to the überShare Wiki - educational resources for use in ICT. In an attempt to take a collaborative approach to Infusing Learning Technology into the Classroom we have begun a wiki that all can post resources, ideas and student projects and samples to. This is a joint project begun between the Horizon School Division and North East School Division. This resource is for anyone to use and add to. It is hoped that this resource would be an ongoing resource for any teacher not just the teachers who have begun its creation! This is for you!

"With the understanding that this list will need revisiting every couple of years, here are my nonnegotiable requirements for 2011:" - perhaps this list should be nonnegotiable for all teachers??

This is a good teaching presentation.  It practices what it preaches.

Edutopia.org asked several innovators in the field about what practical steps teachers and administrators could take right away -- without making any major investments or waiting for policy shifts -- to improve technology integration in our classrooms. Here's what they suggest:

Edutopia.org asked several innovators in the field about what practical steps teachers and administrators could take right away -- without making any major investments or waiting for policy shifts -- to improve technology integration in our classrooms. Here's what they suggest:

So often when we talk about schools, students, parents and teachers, we discuss things in arm-lengths type of way. We discuss how they need to have richer and more meaningful learning experiences, how we need to provide them with the opportunities to use the technological tools in authentic learning experiences. What we don't discuss is how schools need to be places of living not just of learning. They need to be places of community where children can experience life-lessons not just academic lessons. The story that follows is about one such event that took place at our school this past year.

web site developed by two Living Sky School division teachers to support their presentation on using Glogs in the science classroom.

"Digital Storytelling can transform your students' writing into a visual masterpiece that is filled with voice and emotion, while enhancing critical thinking skills. The iPad takes digital storytelling to a new level by making the process easier, and even more engaging for students of all grade levels as well as for their teachers. "

"A free directory that connects teachers and helps them use Skype to enrich students' educational experience."

PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

This is an amazing assignment! "One of our grade 7 Humanities teachers, Dan McWilliam, just finished a project with his grade 7 students. In order to understand the concept of perspective in historical accounts, Dan had his students re-write a 'picture book' on colonialization from an alternate perspective."

danah boyd on the importance of being present in kids' lives online a 30 minutes video interview - excellent! A must see for parents and teachers.

More and more special education teachers are finding that the implementation of "Wii Therapy" in their classrooms enables special needs students to break down barriers and develop skills they might not otherwise be able to learn.

Read Write Think offers a free program called the Profile Publisher. Profile Publisher allows students to create and print mock-ups of social network profiles. Students can create profiles for themselves of for fictional characters. Profile Publisher includes fields for "about me," "blog posts," "interests," and all of the other profile fields typically found on a social network. Completed profiles can be printed.

CanLit provides a much needed book selection service to school libraries across Canada, delivering quality books at attractive discounts, while saving you valuable time. Explore our web site to find out more about this excellent service for teachers and librarians.