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Resource link regarding the use of technology in education. There are a number of articles relating to classroom applications, the internet, virtual/augmented reality, multimedia, and beyond the classroom.

Resource link regarding the use of technology in education. There are a number of articles relating to classroom applications, the internet, virtual/augmented reality, multimedia, and even technology beyond the classroom.

Here is a great FREE resource for teachers - Google for Teachers...Books, Docs, Maps and more

Wikipedia co-founder launches YouTube-like web site for children.

Even though this was written in 1997, I believe that it has a lot of value for us today.

Find free graphics and photos for teachers.

This article introduces distributed cognition from different points of view. The greater focus is on its relationship with resources and the environment, rather than with members of a group. The characteristics of a distributed learning environment are discussed in detail.

Gang, I am probably the last person in the world to learn about this great resource. We are finding that some of our federal grant competitions ask people to disseminate their project through OER

a fantastic website -effective tool for integrating tech

a fantastic website for integrating tech

Targets educators. Won 2008 edublog for best resource sharing blog.

A list of webtricks for teachers using digital content.

Practical uses of technology for the classroom setting.

MIght be of interest to all content areas!

This has 20+ tech tools and how to use them in practical ways. Very useful!

This is a great presentation that looks at ways the web is changing our world. It is a You Tube clip so watch from home, but worth it. You have to be ready to really pay attention. They have used lots of close up shots of websites and typing to get their point across,

Thought provoking and a great discussion starter. It really emphasizes how " the times the are a'changing"

60second Recap™ wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today's teens. 60second Recap™ video albums seek to help teens engage with the best books out there ... not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives.

Interesting site designed to engage kids with great literature using the media of the day: video. Check out the Library, and check out Recap Resource.

My "ton of bricks" idea: "Now we have an unlimited combination of resources (human and nonhuman), tools, and the creativity to teach in ways that we have only dreamed about" (Schrum & Levin 47). I'm really interested in this notion of multitasking and students helping teachers and teachers helping students learn how to navigate among the different skill sets needed to utilize and then create with the new literacies. I found this Digital_Nation website and it is fantastic. Check out the interviews titled "The Skill of the Future" and "Human 2.0" both featuring Henry Jenkins, USC's Provost's Professor of Communications and Cinematic Arts.

A look at some innovative high schools from a student's point of view.

Page with link to article "Leading a Multigenerational Workforce" on how to build a workplace where all generations are understood and valued.

These are examples of "green" cities that have or are building sustainable energy plans. For science, note that most of them are arctic or sub-arctic cities. They offer diverse combinations of approaches to clean sustainability, using resources at hand. Ref.: ISTE student standards 1, 4, and 5. It is great that the new standards recognize the live-or-die mission of today's students. E.g.: Within their global digital networking environment------- they must enact citizenship that will make a planetary environment that is friendly to human survival (and the survival of many other species, too). This web site shows cities all over the northern hemisphere. Students can actually blog, facebook, or wiki or whatever with other kids in those same cities. Think of the science, economic, and social studies possibilities! Plus you could use Google Earth, a photo sharing site, and whatever (Picassa?) program that San Antonio lesson used to make a virtual tour of these star green cities. And of course you would apply all of that to mega projects here in Anchorage. A student network of kids in all those cities could grow into a network of future engineers, designers, and policy makers whose influence could go viral. Voila--civilization saved!

the media files you use in your story have to be ones that are licensed or shared with permission to re-use; this is the only way you can safely then share your new creation knowing it does not contain any copyrighted material plus it is just darn human courtesy to give credit where creation came from. So just finding a picture via Google is not satisfactory. For each media file you find, as you search, be sure to document the source by title and URL and find a person or organization to give credit. "

This is a great page to show teachers a way to help students find creative commons media.

"Most of our young teachers and all of your students are already skilled with using Web 2.0, but they need you to have the knowledge and the vision to use these tools for educational purposes." p.24 Schrum & Levin Without teachers to explain, teach and enforce ideas like intellectual capital, creative commons, and copyright, students would not be aware of these issues. In fact, I'm wondering as our Millenials get into the workforce, if individuals will still be able to profit from intellectual capital. In many ways, the focus on collaboration lessens one individual's worth and transfers the value to the group as a whole. Will this change the way copyright laws work and the models for compensation that have been in place for years?

"Teachers in every strata of education are increasingly dealing with a student population that is not only more wired than they are but also grew up in a techno-drenched atmosphere that has trained them to absorb and process information in fundamentally different ways." This quote from the article sums up the dilemma we are faced with.. I think Edutopia is a terrific resource! I have highlightes more examples in the article that popped out at me that deal with the learning environment and why it needs to change..