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"The American school year has been largely unchanged for decades, despite evolutions in culture, demographics, technology, and a wide range of other social and economic factors. In our increasingly global economy, this is starting to become a disadvantage, especially as students in many school districts are struggling to meet national standards and are simply unable to keep up with their international counterparts, many of whom spend many more hours in the classroom than they do. While there is no one magic solution to reforming schools, many districts around the nation have sought to level the playing field by adding more time to the school day or school year to more closely match those of other nations. While some changes have been more successful than others, what is clear is that the school year that worked for students decades ago simply isn't practical for today's students. Read on to find out some of the biggest reasons many are moving to extend or rearrange the school year for American students."

"The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test."

"Mobile technologies are playing a big role in the classroom, in virtually all kinds of education. Music is no exception, as a wealth of new applications for tablets and smartphones have made it possible to learn, share, and have fun with music education just about anywhere. Whether you're a music teacher looking for new tools to share with students or a student looking for new ways to practice and learn, here are some of the apps that we think are helping to revolutionize music education, offering fun, information, and instruction anywhere, anytime."

The benefits of co-teaching in helping #studentteachers develop in-class practice: http://t.co/neBCzK0DyP #ntchat #highered

Do you spend a lot of time searching for worksheets with practice problems to give your students? Now you can easily create your own in just a few seconds with the Math Worksheet Generator. This is a tool that generates multiple math problems based on a sample, and then creates a worksheet that you can distribute. By analyzing the math problem you provide, or one of the built-in samples, the generator determines the structure of the expression and provides similar problems. We tack on an answer sheet too. The Math Worksheet Generator works best with Word 2007.

"Here is one of my private assumptions about education innovation that could use some public criticism: If [x] is going to change teaching practice at scale, then [x] needs to be easy, fun, and free for both the teacher and her students. [x] needs to be all three of those things at the same time. Realize that if you're a teacher and you're reading a blog post, you're automatically seeded in the top 10% of innovative educators. You'll try anything once. Let's also go with Jack Welch and assume that 10% of educators are hopelessly and/or willfully incompetent. Convince yourself, then, that 80% of teachers exist on a sliding scale of innovation and are basically up for grabs. Those who don't want to try [x] aren't necessarily bad educators. They may have made a rational calculation that [x] isn't easy enough, fun enough, or free enough to adopt. There are implications here, some obvious, some subtle: "

"NYU School of Medicine Virtual Microscope " * Parasitology * Histology Supplementary Slide Collection * Histology Slide Collection * Pathology Most Viewed: Slide Views Artery, vein, ... 5,075 Dentine formation 2,581 Thick skin, ... 2,218 Spleen, small ... 2,070 Pig head 1,994 Kidney, cardiac ... 1,765 Endochondral bone ... 1,540 Tag Cloud 771 slides available. 137,853 views. 227 chat messages. 127 Faculty Markers. 780 Student Markers. NYUSM Students and Faculty: When you log in via an ALEX course you can: * SlideChat: real time chat across lab rooms or dorm rooms with synced microscope viewing * Add/Edit slide markers * Tag slides with any terms you want * Take practice quizzes * Within ALEX this application is available in Foundation for Medicine or by joining the Virtual Microscope course from the Course Browser within your My Workspace Get started by checking out some sample slides from the collection:

" A national survey of more than 368,000 K-12 students, parents, teachers and administrators documents the increasingly significant digital disconnect between students' beliefs about how technology can improve the learning process and the practices of educators who are less comfortable with using technology in the classroom. The findings of the 2009 Speak Up Survey, conducted by Project Tomorrow and sponsored by Schoolwires, are being presented today at the first of two congressional briefings in Washington, DC."

"Discover successful schools and strategies across the country -- and use their best teaching practices, training materials, and rubrics with your students."

"Welcome to the iPod Touch Classroom Wiki! This wiki has been created as a collaborative space for educators using the iPod Touch in the classroom. There has been a great deal of demand for a space such as this so that schools and teachers who are using the iPod Touch to share what they're doing. This wiki is (and should be) a work in progress as we explore best practices and ideas for implementation of the iPod Touch in the classroom. If you are using the iPod Touch in your classroom, school, or district, please consider joining this wiki and share what you're learning!"

Michael J. Gorman (organizer) -Michael is available for presentations, inservice, and consulting - (or scroll to the bottom for more info) - A big thank you to those thousands of people who visit this web site every month. In four short months the resources continue to grow along with my commitment to contributing to the transformtion of education for the 21st Century. Please consider joining the Wiki, it's free! I plan to start a monthly newsletter in the future with the best of new additions to the site. By joining we can collaborate together to grow 21st Century Education! Also, please pass on this site to other colleagues, be sure to bookmark in your favorite social bookmark site, and add it as a link on a page you work with. As always, please feel free to contact me anytime. I make it a practice to answer all emails - Thanks, and Welcome To The Future Of Education - Mike (mgorman@sacs.k12.in.us)

Staying true to our goal to offer you the most comprehensive coverage of the most innovative and exciting new products, we introduce the Macworld Superguide series. These PDF-based books are produced by the Macworld staff and are packed with practical how-tos, in-depth features, tips and tricks, and more. Starting at $9.99

"Reading and creating stories online is a great way for students to practice their story telling skills. With improving technology and advancements, it is now possible to create 3-D pop up books, too! "

The goal of the iPhoneography blog is to provide honesty and truthful reviews, that reveal both the good and the bad that we find as we test these apps, and to ensure our integrity, we follow the following code of practice:

Learning in Hand Podcast Episode #24: Project Based Learning demonstrates how iPad and iPod touch can can play a role in the the planning, research/investigation, and presentation of projects. View the 18 minute video on Vimeo, on YouTube (Part 1 and Part 2), or in iTunes (#24) or download the video to learn about practical ways handhelds can fit into learning through projects. A transcript, resources, and links to apps can be found at learninginhand.com/pbl. This video is part of the 2010 K12 Online Conference where you can also view and discuss the episode.

is a site where you can find ready flash animations to reuse by customizing them. You can use text-to-speech feature to make the characters talk. You also have different language selections. It's an interesting and a fun site to play with,and a good practice for writing and listening.