This very short and concise article has been in my thinking as I've worked with students especially recently and pulled together other resources on Common Core. Amidst the glut of information and feeding frenzy tendencies, structure and guidance is needed from all of us to be deliberate. As we design instruction, consider learning expectations, select tools and resources and raise the bar for students, "re-impress upon digital natives the importance of thinking in absence of endless - and endlessly accessible - data sources." I urge you to shake up completely the animal, planet or country report. (I doubt that you are doing this cookie-cutter work, but spread the word). If a simple Google search can answer the question, throw out the assignment.

a rich resource for VT inspiration and examples

I quote from the article one of the most salient features/best uses. "What distinguishes Izik is a search tool known as slashtags. This feature enables users What distinguishes Blekko is a search tool known as slashtags. This feature enables users to refine results and build curated collections of select Web pages and then search and share those resources with others. So create a collection of Web resources, then share the slashtag with students, suggests Price. "Now, the only sites they'll be searching are the ones you've selected," he writes.to refine results and build curated collections of select Web pages and then search and share those resources with others. So create a collection of Web resources, then share the slashtag with students, suggests Price. "Now, the only sites they'll be searching are the ones you've selected," he writes." I would be curious as to what you think of this. It's very visual, but has a trendy, pop, "People's Magazine" to it. I searched something and wanted solid results, but couldn't find a source. I wouldn't accept Izik as a source. Started out looking good to me, but having second thought.

Heard on NBC NIghtly News, an innovative program described as "walk the walk for those who can't. A YouTube is included. Uses Hangouts.

National Center for Learning Disabilities website, sections for parents/teachers, can browse apps for dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, browse by age/ stage, articles, podcasts, blog 

Awoke to an NPR interview of a most remarkable woman telling her story of living with Lou Gehrig's disease. With considerable assistance of her husband during this interview, who must translate her strained speech, I learned how she wrote a book using an iPhone (or iPod) with the use of one thumb only. Compelling, inspiring. Grateful for my life and limbs today, going out for an invigorating ski and thinking of her.  Apologies to Frank, an English teacher, for the disjointed sentence starting with "with considerable assistance....., needs editing.

This will likely be helpful for browsing the literature.

Another mega-list, after awhile they begin to look alike. 

A workflow definition is here. We have fluency, workflow and now, a suggested learn flow!!,

Took forever to load, hopefully worth the wait

Struggling to move parts of my book around, to the rescue came this wonderful tutorial

Great opportunity for students to reflect on a field trip

What About me? looks interesting. Can some personal curation be done with this?

for the visual learners, in us. Changes in video and music primarily noted.

for reading comprehension and text to speech

suggestions for minimizing the glitches in training sessions

Special features of interest to me recently included Teaching with Teenagers in the Times, a Learning Network Reading Club (good news journalism, a recent read was Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek), Common Core

I found this to be much more detailed and helpful than the Overview in the Writing Classroom that was included in our week's assignment.

Planning, challenges, checklists - PDFs available