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"In the same way that a garden is a rich and intertwined ecosystem where plants, air, soil, birds and bugs interact to grow and reproduce, today's emerging information landscape is an info-system, where content is produced, published, accessed, consumed, discussed, re-mixed and re-published. To be a "master learner" -- to be a teacher -- today, you must learn to work the info-system in order to cultivate new knowledge and skills from a continual flow of information. This book is a guide for teachers who seek to model for their students the practices of lifelong learning. "

All of these apps are available from ITunes and are free.

Three successful project-based assignments that utilize research skills, writing, history, and 21st Century instructional tools. Learn to fuse traditional language arts curricula with modern technologies that are rich with engaging real-life applications.

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.

This site is devoted to teaching educators how to use podcasts and vodcasts to increase student achievement. This is the brainchild of Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams who are pioneers in the field of using vodcasts in the classroom. They have devised a new method of teaching called Pre-Vodcasting. In this model, students watch vodcasts at home and class time is spent in engaging hands-on activities and directed problem solving.

A social network site for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom.

No teacher has enough time to search for instructional technology resources. Learn from ISTE author, Bonnie Hamilton, which Web-based resources will give you the most power.

New feature unveiled this week. Drag files from your desktop to the pages and files section of your workspace. Your files will be automatically uploaded to your workspace.

Handouts from David Warlick's session.

Utilize MyEZbooks to create an online yearbook. Works on Mac & PC platforms. Tutorials can be found here: http://www.ezbook.net/faqs.html

Mimio classroom family of products shown at ISTE 2010.

Live and recorded sessions at ISTE 2010

Download the daily publication of the ISTE conference.

Humerous take on rules for the school computer lab.

Live and recorded sessions from ISTE 2010 - brought to you by the Denver Public Schools.

Lessons Learned from Staff Development.

Blabberize is an easy web-based application that allows you to speak through a picture. Students can manipulate the picture to say what they want it to say. Teachers have used this resource for quick projects such as having students retell a story, book reviews, explain a math or science process, create biographies.

Pearson Prentice Hall asked FableVision to create an engaging and innovative multimedia experience as a companion piece to their Citizenship Activity Pack (CAP) textbook curriculum. The CAP curriculum teaches high school students a wide range of civics activities, such as how to serve on a jury, how to analyze a TV news program, and how to evaluate leadership.

Analyze test data.