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We hear a lot about the 21st Century learner - But what about the 21st Century Teacher?\nWhat are the characteristics we would expect to see in a 21st Century Educator? Well, we know they are student centric, holistic, they are teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know too, that they must be 21st Century learners as well. But highly effective teachers in today's classrooms are more than this - much more.

Amazing blog post by a senior in high school.

"Schools and universities can set up free Google Apps accounts with their own domain name, where they can give all student and faculty acces to a variety of tools, including a GMail account, iGoogle portal, Google Groups for collaboration, and Pages, for creating websites. Each user can also use their GMail account to activate other Google services, such as GoogleDocs."

This is a series of podcasts on copyright.

In the Web 2.0 world, self-directed learners must be adept at building and sustaining networks.

I thought it was really interesting and a great example of what many teacher feel like entering the educational world.

A list of interactive games for students.