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We often hear: "Teachers won't use tech unless administrators make them..."  This article argues otherwise - and ends with some ideas of tools that should be available to students today.

 10 tips for using social media in the classroomTeachers should use social media in classroom lessons, and banning such tools will stifle learning and lead students to question teachers' relevance, university English professor Todd Finley writes in this blog post. Finley provides 10 guidelines for incorporating social media tools in the classroom. He offers several resources and suggests that teachers: create social media rules that are directive, but unrestricted; draw a distinction between academic and informal writing; and promote constructive online discussions. Edutopia.org/Todd Finley's blog 

Using Google Sketchup and some plugins, this teacher shares some examples of Augmented Reality and gives steps on how to do it. This is from almost 2 years ago.  One of many times when I feel WAY behind...

Lots of resources for teachers at every level.

Blog about great ways to use cell phones as a tool for teaching and learning.

Google Sites, Weebly, Edmodo, Wikispaces, Chatzy, TodaysMeet, Twitter, Vocaroo, Voki, Poll Everywhere

An attempt to protect kids with unintended consequences? Is it prescribing the wrong medicine (or amputation) for a different disease?

8 tips for blogging with students.  Includes link to feedback from kids about educational benefits of blogging. We are looking at adding blogger to Jeffco Google Apps for some users.