ISTE 2011

Access free and engaging middle school science curriculum, explore underwater environments, design a thrilling roller coaster, and post assignments on the JASON Mission Center. Requires JASON Mission Center Account and Resilient Planet.

MIXEDINK: Write, edit and remix. Discover how to craft a collective essay by writing, remixing, and voting on submissions with MixedInk's free collaborative writing tool.

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The Achieving Technological Literacy in Arizona Students and Teachers (ATLAST) is a three-year project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-16, in educational tasks. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

Live Blog reporting from ISTE11. Ed Reach Education Media Network provides a platform for passionate, outspoken educators- aiming to strengthen their voices by highlighting innovation in the field of education, through reporting critical educational news and providing commentary and criticism of the educational issues of the day.

Webcast archive of the ISTE 2011 opening keynote presentation featuring Dr. John Medina with a welcome by ISTE President Holly Jobe.

Although PLCs have received a great deal of attention in the literature, few research studies have been conducted to determine their effectiveness.

Create customized Google Maps with placemarks, images, hyperlinks, and video. Publish student work and join a global history project with schools from around the world. You can download Carol LaRow's handouts here: http://bit.ly/mtsX6i

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Will Richardson's presentation. At a time when we have access to two billion potential teachers and a world of knowledge, we and our students need to begin to shift our learning practice in some significant ways. We need to be adept at reaching out to others, at parsing information, and at solving real problems, and more. This presentation covers eight of these shifts that we need to integrate into every class regardless of age or discipline. Additional resources may be found here: http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/

Tuesday Live stream: World renowned leadership expert, Stephen R. Covey, unites with Muriel Summers, principal of a top-rated magnet school, demonstrate ways to engage students in learning while preparing them for a world that none of us can fully predict. They will discuss findings from Dr. Covey's recent book, The Leader in Me, which portrays how more than 400 schools across the globe are transforming their cultures with very promising results. ISTE's particular focus with this session connects the Leader In Me principles with ISTE's specific NETS-S standard for Digital Citizenship.

ISTE Virtual Environment Playground schedule.

Students watch vodcasts at home and class time is spent in engaging hands-on activities and directed problem solving. We believe that all teachers can benefit from Vodcasting their lessons live, and that the Pre-Vodcasting and Flipped Classroom can revolutionize instruction in Math, Science, and Foreign Language.

Experience history repeating as you travel from a historical example of genocide -- a Native American village -- to modern day Darfur. Interact with objects and people as you become part of the story -- but will you become part of the solution? That decision will be yours. This immersive storyworld was created in Second Life by Semionle County Public Schools.

McGraw-Hill launched its first all-digital, cloud-based textbook for the K-12 market on Monday at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference.

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