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Share your ideas for Educational Reform here.

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.

ISTE Learning is an anytime, anywhere online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas. This space provides relevant learning experiences in multiple formats to strengthen the teaching experience and grow digital literacy.

"What Is ISTE Learning? ISTE Learning is an anytime, anywhere online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas. This space provides relevant learning experiences in multiple formats to strengthen the teaching experience and grow digital literacy. ISTE Learning's Mission The mission of ISTE Learning is to provide robust leadership, learning and teaching opportunities that are grounded in the NETS to support educators in effectively implementing technology into their learning environments."

Another jam-packed session of curriculum ideas with Annette Lamb!

This is the story of how this simple idea grew from teacher use of one iPod to four and five year olds practicing letter formation, number recognition and early literacy skills in the palm of their hands. You will find links to research and resources for using iPods in the classroom and the site will review several iPod applications specifically designed for early learners.

Free collaborative Web 2.0 tool for mapping out ideas.

How do you help students tell stories that are interesting? Stories that are well organized, creative, interesting, and vivid? This site and the resources you'll find here are a collection of ideas and projects to help you do just that.

Thinking People's purpose is to provide a place for Thinking People to share, collaborate, and support ideas; seek, provide, and contribute knowledge; congregate with other Thinking People and express themselves in an intellectual community.

"Learning Tools Smackdown ~ Teacher-librarian and technology educator practitioners will share their ideas relating to effective practice in use of 2.0 tools to deliver the mission that resonates well with ISTE's NETS*S."

Dean Shareski reflects on the conference.