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Empowering students to prevent violence in schools. Created by students (Kyle Barrett: University of Illinois and Bobby Barrett: Cary Grove High School) for ...

This video shows how our children interact with technology - and have come to expect that kind of interaction! It's no less natural to them to use their technology than it is for us to pick up a pen to write.

Very thought provoking video that makes you question our societal assumptions, our economy, our hidden beliefs and curriculum. What do we really need to teach our children?

A one-year, ongoing, job-embedded professional development opportunity built around emerging social Web technologies that connects: 20 schools from around the state (or world) 5 educators (administrators/teachers) from each school 10-21st Century Fellows (Champions) selected from participating districts

A video about how parents can help create great schools.

Sample letter for parent explanation and consent for classroom blogging

Great first comment: Parents have the responsibility to monitor and guide children and teenagers. Of course kids will object. How many of us thought our parents were right when they tried to limit what we wanted to do? We must be wise enough as parents to know best and strong enough to stand up to the kids' anger. Bullies are not all the same, but their patterns of behavior, their tactics, are the same. That's why we can find ways to stop most of them. Sometimes, fighting is the key to success. If we don't stop bullies, they'll think we're easy prey. Like sharks, they'll just go after us more.