Kansas Learning First Alliance

"We all know that students don't learn at the same pace. And everyone jokes about the broken "sage on the stage" classroom model. These teachers are doing something about it. "

"Blended high schools incorporate multiple modes of learning to prepare students for college and careers. Blended learning is a shift of instructional responsibility for at least a portion of the day to an online environment to boost learning, staffing, and or facilities productivity."

"We are complementing Salman's ever-growing library with user-paced exercises--developed as an open source project--allowing the Khan Academy to become the free classroom for the World. "

"I spend a lot of time visiting innovative classrooms in New York City. As I do, there is something that I've noticed in many classes I've visited - there are still some educators that don't seem to know the no nos for teaching with a projector or interactive whiteboard (IWB). Perhaps it's easier to notice when you're sitting as an audience member or an observer which is not often the case for teachers. If you're an innovative educator teaching with a projector or IWB, you too might be engaging in a no no or two. "

" The social bookmarking web site Diigo has many features, other than simply collecting and tagging web addressess. Diigo offers a wide variety of tools for teachers and students in the K-12 classroom. Diigo is a powerful Web 2.0 application and social networking web site, as it empowers users to save, categorize and annotate information all over the Internet and share it with others Diigo users and on other social networks."

"I'm an educator and there is so much out there? Where do I begin? All areas of this wiki reflect K-12 interests. However, I discerned a need for a starting point for teachers and educators who are overwhelmed with resources to begin looking for digital citizenship resources of immediate use. What I present here is my favorite short list. You will find lesson plans, videos and other resources, often broken down by grade level."

"This wiki was created as a companion resource for the book Digital Community, Digital Citizenship by Jason Ohler (Corwin Press, 2010), as well as a general resource for anyone interested in the issues of digital citizenship."

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