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Oscar®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) dissects the failing American education system, and in doing so, discovers ways to fix it.

SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds: * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented! * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

"Join Howard Rheingold and other noted educators in creating a world-class resource for teaching critical thinking and Internet literacies."

Angela Maiers reflections from EdubloggerCon 2010 at #iste10

Find those blue bunny slippers and get yourself an I [heart] EdTech button!

"ISTE Reflections" - Chris Lehmann

"we should all be more focused on globalizing the curriculum. I fear thar failure to do so will translate into drastically negative consequences for this and future generations. "

"Report from EduBloggerCon at ISTE10: Trends and Tools " - includes some tools from the smackdown

"5 Great #ISTE10 Blog Posts"

"how to grow the School 2.0 movement." thoughts on this by Chris Lehmann

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

Mission:To help students realise they can make a difference by empowering them to work internationally with their peers to develop solutions for global issues. Objective:To form satellite networks of schools around the world made of actively involved students/global citizens

"This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) via curriculum-based learning activity types ('ATs') to get up-to-date information, and (more importantly) participate in the vetting and refining of the activity types in each of the curriculum areas in which activity type development is happening."

"Let's Do It! Planning for Tech In Early Childhood Classrooms"

"Welcome to the original Learning 2.0 Program. This site was created to support PLCMC's Learning 2.0 Program; a discovery learning program designed to encourage staff to explore new technologies and reward them for doing 23 Things. "

"21 Things about 21 Things: Lessons Learned from Staff Development"