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There are 3 main organizations that have defined 21st Century Literacy. All three definitions point to the same goal: that being ICT literate (Information and Communication Technology Literacy) is much more than just having good technology skills. It is learning core subjects with application of these learning skills and communication tools.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national  organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.

The MIT Video website - developed and maintained by the MIT News Office - aggregates and curates video produced by the Institute's offices, laboratories, centers and administration. This includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more. Each day, the editorial team at MIT Video selects one or more videos to "spotlight" based on the videos' content, production value and timeliness.

a free tool for creating custom social networks with easy setup and complete feature set.

Create your own social networking site. Ning's are gone but this is a great option. Now known as wall.fm.

12 Free services for integrating technology easily into a classroom. From blogging to video sites. Short reviews and links to some great resources.

Using Universcale you can experience the sizes of various objects in the universe. AWESOME!

Great overview of Twitter and how it can be helpful to educators.

One of the best resources for finding technology tools in all subject areas. Integration goldmine! 

In the Radioactivity iLab, students explore how radioactive radiation changes as a function of distance. Below are all of the high school curricula that can be used to teach the Radioactivity iLab in different subject areas. Curricula are available for the following subject areas: PHYSICS AP PHYSICS BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY MATH

WEB 2.0 RESOURCES FOR 21st CENTURY INSTRUCTION

Between the NBC "Education Nation" Summit, Waiting for Superman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to Newark city schools, there has been a lot of media attention focused on the topic of education reform. Unfortunately, much of it has excluded actual educators, let alone students. Furthermore, and perhaps as a consequence, the dialog has become divisive, blaming, and ultimately counter-productive. Click to watch or listen to this education reform discussion.

Schoology is a free web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration.

Use Bloom's revised taxonomy to create differentiated lessons and activities.

Finding the Right Tool. Research, media, collaboration and much more.

Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games |

This post describes how to use the form feature of Google Spreadsheets to conduct a survey.

Seth Priebatsch looks at the next layer in progress: the "game layer," a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.

The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level.  Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary grade levels. There are many new 'tools' or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today's Internet.

A place for K-12 teachers to find other teachers\nfor cross-classroom collaboration.

Blooms digital taxonomy. Great wiki about Bloom's Digital Taxonomy.