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"Beginning next fall, Scott's new Renaissance Academy will be home to more than 100 freshman and sophomore students selected to participate in the new student-centered, project-based program that encourages students to use 21st Century skills, think outside the box and question the "why" and "how" of what they're learning in the classroom."

"Empower your students to collaborate and learn from each other within MixedInk's fun, social, environment. Our web-based tool celebrates students' individual voices while enabling them to evaluate and synthesize their classmates' writing. It hones the 21st century skills that students will come to rely upon for the rest of their educational and professional lives."

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Every child in America deserves an education that prepares them for success in college and careers and a rich, fulfilling life. Unfortunately, our antiquated school calendar is too limiting to provide millions of children with the breadth and depth of educational experiences they will need to thrive.

"Ames (1992), Lepper and Hodell (1989) suggest some strategies to increase students' classroom motivation. Turner and Paris (1995) term these the Six C's of Motivation: choice, challenge, control, collaboration, constructing meaning, and consequences. As we apply the Six C's of Motivation to instructional design it is important to remember that these strategies are extremely flexible and can be modified and adapted as needed. "

21st Century Digital Skills for Teachers

"Just bringing new technology in your classroom and working it into day-to-day routines isn't enough."

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(I love alternative points of view, varying viewpoints cause us to question and hopelfully improve our instruction) Five Reasons I'm Not Flipping Over The Flipped Classroom Nov 8 Written by: 11/8/2011 3:38 AM RssIcon If you've read my thoughts about the Flipped Classroom in USA Today, you probably are either in agreement with my caution over the excitement around the flipped classroom made popular by Sal Kahn or you are a flipped classroom advocate who wants to convince me and other innovative educators that flipping is for everyone. While I certainly see benefits in flipping instruction as I wrote about earlier this year, there are also reasons to move ahead with caution.

"In the 21st century, we flip Bloom's taxonomy. Rather than starting with knowledge, we start with creating, and eventually discern the knowledge that we need from it."