Learning to Change

shared by a teacher commenting on Nedra's blog posting; very good effort to pull together the appropriate research for an effective technology rich school environment; the philosophy is that it starts with effective leadership; no bean counters here!

Pearson Education gets it in this virtual world for children 6+.

Designs for Assessing Foundational Data Literacy is written for the geosciences, BUT it is has applicability for all disciplines

Teacher Toolbar included in Jane Hart's Directory of Learning Tools

Phone services by Google

Teach students how to conduct a search (results pulled from Google's SafeSearch - Strict)

From davegray | dot info: Dave Gray is the Founder and Chairman of XPLANE, the visual thinking company. Founded in 1993, XPLANE has grown to be the world's leading consulting and design firm focused on information-driven communications. Dave's time is spent researching and writing on visual business, as well as speaking, coaching and delivering workshops to corporate clients.

Playing games online.

This web application could be used with the following: -Research/ Reports in any content area -Lab reports -Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.) -Pre- and post-assessment -Ogranizer -Group or whole-class projects -Self-paced instruction -Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe -Group/ Project management -In IDT 7/8052

A subscription site with enough free info on Index page to both intrigue and give a sense of what's happening at a national level in education. The tech savvy will search outside of www.edweek.org for the details, avoiding any need to pay fees.

This might be an interesting way to facilitate conversation in classes and professional development.