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The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has developed a new resource to improve the quality of science instruction in the nation's schools: an online hub that provides affordable, on-demand professional development to help educators boost their knowledge about various science topics, as needed.

A typical desktop PC with a 17-inch LCD monitor requires about 100 watts-65 watts for the computer and 35 watts for the monitor. If left on 24x7 for one year, this same computer will consume 874 kilowatt hours of electricity-that's enough to release 750 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the equivalent of driving 820 miles in the average car! Faronics Power Save delivers desktop computer energy management that doesn't interfere with user or IT needs. Power Save keeps computers running when users need them, accurately determines when computers are inactive so they can be powered down, and can prove its rapid return-on-investment through network-wide power consumption and savings reports.

In so many ways, YouTube is the world's video portal. It is also, perhaps, the fastest growing website. Sure, lots of it is seedy and inappropriate.  But so much of its content is legitimately important for education, for media and information fluency.  For example, I blogged recently about the learning potential of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, an international collaboration. YouTube's YouChoose became one of the richest presidential campaign resources. Our President-elect now chooses to upload his transition team messages to our nation on this portal.

Educators are, in large part, bullish on the role technology can play in improving student outcomes. But too large a percentage of them aren't receiving adequate training in the areas that matter most: instructional software, technology integration, learning outcomes management, and designing individual lesson plans.