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Being aware of the importance of template-based teaching with technology, I was delighted to learn this evening that VoiceThread now supports "Copying/Cloning your VoiceThreads."

In a nutshell, it's this: invite your students to turn your content, whatever your subject matter, into five-minute "top of the hour" newscasts, applying the craft of writing for radio (great resource here), and then speaking for radio. Then have them follow up, at certain points, with "talk radio" in which they discuss and debate their "content news."

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills recently released a new report, 21st Century Skills, Education & Competitiveness, which investigates the links between strong, viable economies and 21st century education systems. Creating a 21st century education system that prepares students, workers, and citizens to triumph in the global skills race is the central economic competitiveness issue currently facing the United States.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1 pm Pacific / 2 pm Mountain / 3 pm Central / 4 pm Eastern

PBS TeacherLine and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) have teamed up to create the PBS TeacherLine/ISTE Certificate of Proficiency Capstone Program. Enroll in this online professional development learning experience to: * Demonstrate your knowledge of the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards. * Collaborate with other educators who are leaders in technology integration. * Earn a certificate of proficiency in the ISTE NETS*T.

Would you teach your students to read without teaching them to write? Probably not. Educators know that linking these two pieces together makes for a more complete learning experience. Transferring this knowledge into the world of online search, does it make sense to teach students to search without teaching them what's involved in creating and managing a search engine?

Information Literacy is a transformational process in which the learner needs to find, understand, evaluate, and use information in various forms to create for personal, social or global purposes.

Highly recommended by Andy Dorn.

8 year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback.

In this second in a series of three articles on "Five Essential Tools for Campus Administrators," I offer some imperfect responses to the most common questions about blogging.

his website provides you with access to an immersive 3-dimensional virtual world where you can celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history.

Lately, I've been focusing on using technology effectively and productively. Here Godin connects skills with productivity.