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"Are our schools teaching the 21st Century skills that students need and employers are looking for? Watch this video and let us know what your think!"

Need to know how to do something in iWeb, check out these tutorials on YouTube.

If you loved the Bloom's Taxonomy Blooming Butterfly Poster for Elementary Teachers or enjoyed the Bloom's Taxonomy Blooming Orange Helpful Verbs Poster, you will love the new poster of the week series by Learning Today.

"Interview w/ EdTech Leader Mary Beth Hertz on PLNs & Education Today"

"Teachers often give assignments to their students and have them imagine what it would be like to have dinner or spend the day with a famous historical figure. Virsona gives students the opportunity to do just that. "

"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! "

"Last week blogger of the week, NJ Principal Eric Sheninger, spoke out against fellow NJ Principal Anthony Orsini and his efforts to his students from using social media tools. This week, Sheninger takes time out of his administrative duties for an interview including tips and advice for administrators and teachers on incorporating social media and web 2.0 in the classroom. "

"Trending Towards Change | Twitter Tips for Educators"

"5 Essential Traits of 21st Century School Administrators and Leaders"

"Hear This! - 3 Free Resources for Audio Stories for Students"

"Can Educators Flourish Without Twitter? | Blogger of the Week"

"1, 2, 3. Math Resources for Free!"

People can use the social media site Twitter to do so many things. From updating personal statuses, to getting news to advertising a company, the possibilities are endless. Some people like to have fun with these sites, and what better way to do so then to play game using Twitter?

Planet Quest Alien Safari is a great interactive site for kids. It lets you go on an adventure by exploring different "life zones" around the world. By visiting these, you will find all different types of organisms that are living on our planet. Students get to learn about what the organisms reveal about finding life in space. So, they will learn which can survive without sunlight, which have a high radiation dose, the most acidic and the ones that live the furthest underground, for example. By clicking on a life zone on the 3D Earth, you can watch a video introduction to that organism. This website is a great classroom and research tool. You can use it to simply explore all the things around you, or use it as a starter for deeper learning and researching on a specific subject or topic. Students can really get creative by writing stories and other works of writing based on the subjects and organisms they have been learning about. This site is a great tool to use in the classroom on an interactive whiteboard. With the music and interactive nature of the site, the whole class can get involved with learning about the various organisms. Go on a safari without leaving the room!

"Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009 Hundreds of books are challenged in schools and libraries in the United States each year. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, while a banning reflects the actual removal of those materials. The American Library Association (ALA) provides confidential support to teachers and librarians and tracks challenges that occur. ALA recorded 513 challenges in 2008 but estimates that this reflects only 20-25% of actual incidents, as most challenges are never reported."

I learned of Twine from Richard Byrne's Free Technology 4 Teachers blog post. It is great to see an opensource option that one can download and run locally or remain on the web to write.