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Water for Schools is harnessing the passion and talents of students to raise awareness and funds for freshwater projects at schools in developing nations. It takes just 4 schools, raising $5,000 each to give water to 1 school in need.

There is a great service learning opportunity here. The founder was profiled in the NYTimes today by Kristof http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/opinion/12kristof.html?ref=opinion

Kate Messner, an author herself, shares a list of book authors--middle school, teen, adult books--who are wiling to Skype into your school for a presentation.

7.) Drop the filters on your internet service. Period. The most simple thing you can do in your school that can have the greatest impact on student learning. Give kids resources. Teach them to use them properly. Hold them accountable when they don't.

Good example of policy and sensible use of web for students and school staff, with an eye to both duty of care and keeping the web open

Good example of policy and sensible use of web for students and school staff, with an eye to both duty of care and keeping the web open

Details and signup sheet for Challenge 20/20 (a collaborative project with a school in another country to solve the world's 20 most difficult problems).

School Library Journal is the earth's biggest review source for books, multimedia and technology for children and teens --- along with news, features, and hot topics for librarians and educators.

Twitter is an enormously popular tool at the moment and literally thousands of third party companies have starting developing applications that can enhance its capabilities, but which of these are good and which ones can help teachers to grow their network and use this tool in a more effective way? Karen Schweitzer from the About.com Guide to Business School has volunteered the guest posting on her top 25 Twitter applications. Thanks Karen.

Whether you're a high school or college student, a small business owner looking to set up a new business plan, or someone who wants to be better organized with your errands, goals and regular to-do lists, there are a variety of tools to keep your notes and tasks safe and filed away online. These 50 tools and tricks will revolutionize your note-taking by introducing you to techniques and websites that let you share ideas, store your thoughts directly on a web page and more.

Extensive list of educational blogs. Includes students, teachers, classroom, and administrative blogs. Use left sidebar for great blogging resources.

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. You can pay for a classroom or school account on ed.voicethread, or as a teacher there is a way to get free, unlimited Voicethreads on the regular site.

Good advice on running a Twitter account for you school/

gives evidence to admins arguing for increased participation in SM

NASA now offers easy access to a rich array of its educational resources--including websites and video--through its Find Teaching Materials search tool. The database is searchable by keyword, and may be filtered by: * Grade Level * Type of Material * Subject NASA allows offers a browsable A-Z List of Print Publications in pdf form.

video of CSS history/woodworking project