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"5 Favorite Technology Integration Projects by Kelli Erwin"

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)

"Wordle.net is becoming one of the most used new technology tools for teachers. It is free, and versatile enough to be used in any area of the curriculum. This article contains ten of the best ideas for Wordle lessons in the classroom."

"Teachers, I Love You (Happy Teacher Appreciation Day) I've been fortunate to be schooled from, worked beside, and befriend by some wonderfully gifting and heart lifting teachers in my life. "

"The Two Top Areas for Keeping Today's Students Top Notch This is the third guest post in a series running all week featuring guest edu bloggers. By Vicki Davis Stock PhotoIn the NetGenEd™ project with Don Tapscott-students from my school and over 300 students from five countries are studying the future of technology. They are breaking down trends like Mobile Computing, Open Content, Electronic Books, Simple Augmented Reality, Gesture-based Computing, and Visual Data Analysis. But who cares?"

"LEARNING TOOLS DIRECTORY 2010 More Collaboration Tools TOOLS: A-K | Tools L - Z These are further stand-alone tools suitable for individuals to work and learn more effectively with others - as well as on their own. Key: B=Social bookmarking and web clipping tools C=Calendar/event scheduling tools M=Mind mapping tools N=note taking/sharing/annotation/whiteboarding tools R=research tools O=Other collaboration tools Free tools are shaded grey = a Top 100 Tool, click on the star for more info"

"Free posters for your school, office or home! Just download and print! No registration required."

Projects By Jen K6 Online Projects A message to all members of Projects By Jen Hi Friends Another friend of mine, Mark Carls, is growing a Voice Thread wiki at http://elementaryvoicethreads.wikispaces.com/ If you have ever made a VT and would like to share it with other teachers WORLDWIDE to see what your class has done.....please consider adding the link to the wiki. It is grade level based -- and the ones you have sent me have been superb -- so please consider sharing it out to many many others.

I have no idea what the school change movement looks like in Australia, but I did get to speak to a class of perspective educators last evening. I was sitting comfortably in my living room, in my recliner, with my laptop on my lap. At the same time my good friend Ian Gibson was in front of the class in Sydney Australia. I occasionally Skype into his glass to have a conversation on some educational topic.

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

"Today, the entire public school system of Oregon will embrace Google Apps. 400,000 Students, teachers, and administrators will have access to a common e-mail and chat system, cloud-based collaboration tools, and a robust multimedia streaming service. Traditionally, statewide adoptions of any kind in education are hotly contested, with the most minute details up for extended debate."

"Have you ever stopped to think about what a blessing it is to be a good thinker? Now I'm not necessarily talking about being a genius or intellectually gifted. I'm mostly referring to being able to use good problem-solving skills and good old-fashioned common sense."

SlideShare, the popular service for sharing presentations, just announced a major update to its platform. Starting today, SlideShare users will be able to upload videos of their presentations, screencasts and other business-related video content. Thanks to SlideShare's LinkedIn app, LinkedIn's users will now also be able to share video on the popular social networking site for professionals.

In this video presented by Mobile Learning Institute, Alan tours his hometown of Marblehead, MA and comments on the historical global vision of his community. Alan challenges us to think about the emerging role of "student as contributor" and to globalize our curriculum by linking students with authentic audiences from around the world. (For more on this topic read Alan's article, Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm."

"School change: The best definition of a teacher's job EVER!"

This is an excellent resource!!