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"Welcome to the 21st Century Student Learning Example Page Why? As educators focusing on 21st Century Learning, it is important that we are able to share examples of powerful student work that we can share with educators around the world. It is important that we have this opportunity to not only talk about how we can empower students, but as examples of how this has ALREADY affected student learning. The Motivation? This wiki was inspired (as many things are) by a student that did a phenomenal job on discussing her PLN that was shared numerous times on Twitter Examples (Please list by title, format (linked), and then brief explanation) Student Examples Description Portfolios/Blogs * Cary Academy Student Portfolios - Student Blogfolios - Using WordPress as a platform, students at this school created their own portfolios that are open to the world and can be shared with the entire world. * Ancaster Meadow School Grade 1 Student Blogs -- Student Blogs -- Using Kidblog, my Grade 1 students have blogged on a variety of topics relating to numerous curriculum areas. These blogs have almost become portfolios: showing their best work in all subject areas. * Oaktree Elementary Grade 3 Reading Response Blog-Reading blog Third grade students using a blog to talk about the books we are reading, share what they are writing about, and comment on each other's thoughts. I used WordPress for this blog and all the blogs we use in class. These students also collaborated with 4 other schools on a blog about the rain forest , and we blog with a student that moved so we can keep in touch. * Mrs. Cassidy's Grade One Blog - The students' work is shown through pictures and video on the teacher's blog, and each student's blog (linked from the teacher's blog) is an online portfolio of their learning in many subject areas through the course of the year. * Student Blogging - www.dablog-dablog.blogspot.com - Getting teen students to write is usually an impossible task.

Excite Students to Writing 826 National is a nonprofit tutoring, writing and publishing organization with locations in seven cities across the country. The organization's goal is to assist students, aged 6-18, with their writing skills and to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. After the founding of 826 Valencia, the flagship center in San Francisco, educators around the U.S. joined in to pursue the same goals in their local communities. Now 826 Valencia also serves as the headquarters of 826 National, an umbrella organization that coordinates the adaptation of 826's tutoring and mentorship model in other cities. Already, 826 has sister centers in New York, Los Angeles, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Seattle and Boston. Through volunteer support, each of the seven 826 chapters provides drop-in tutoring, class field trips, writing workshops and in-schools programs-all free of charge. 826 chapters are especially committed to supporting teachers, publishing student work and offering services for English language learners.

One of the keys ways to help students develop their reading skills is to help them find something they're interested in reading about. Learning about their names, and the name of their family members and friends, could certainly fit into the "high-interest" category. And there are several websites that are designed to facilitate learning just that. After exploring these sites (or before), students can also talk with their family to learn other stories behind their names.

"Teaching conventions can become somewhat dry. Try using interactive online games instead. After making a simple Google search, I found a couple your students might enjoy playing. In Power Proofreading , students act as proofreading technicians to fix TV scripts, memos, and other writings for a television station. Then there's Punctuation Paintball , a creative way for children to learn many of the rules of basic punctuation and capitalization. Schoolhouse Rock! - No explanation needed... I hope. This is a perfect place to integrate music with writing. Have fun and visit Schoolhouserock.tv to links to YouTube videos and lyrics. Presentation A Finished Look - Have students be proud of their paper. Neatness counts! An Interesting Look - I can't leave the following resource out. Maybe it doesn't fit here, or maybe it does. However, you just have to give Wordle a try. Wordle creates beautiful word clouds. Simply copy and paste a story into the text box and Wordle will do the rest. The more a word was used, the more prominently it is displayed in the cloud."

5 neat ideas to try with your students

If your students miss school this fall due to an illness, H1N1 (swine flu) or other extended absence, Scholastic created a School Continuation Plan to keep them on track. Stay Smart! provides 20 days of reading, writing, and math instruction for students in Grades K-8.

great math game for k-3 students or older students struggling with multiplication and division

Bring the News to Life Would you like your students to browse newspapers from around the world? Would your students be interested in a kaleidoscopic reading of news reports? If you answered yes, then you should visit Today's Front Pages, which is run by the Newseum in Washington, D.C. As the name implies, Today's Front Pages provides daily access to newspapers all over the globe. There are three ways to read them: with the use of the gallery, list or map. In any of these three possibilities, the front pages may be sorted by geographical region. The site provides access to more than 800 front pages from 70 countries, updated daily. After choosing the newspaper you want to read, you can print the front page or open it in PDF format.

Deliver rich feedback on student work & check for potential plagiarism.

10 Apps for Learners Who Struggle with Reading and/or Writing | Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner http://t.co/0vJu58JB 10 great apps to help students with reading and writing. http://t.co/lqZXvREC

Students can use this to log on to web 2.0 tools that might not have personal email address.

"Across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period. By participating in this historic event, you will help capture the diversity of life and culture on this planet. Together we will create a document that is a gift to the world. One Day on Earth is a documentary and new media project about the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one 24-hour period on Earth. More than a film, One Day on Earth is a multi-platform participatory media project. The flagship of this project is a 120-minute documentary to be released theatrically. Through the One Day on Earth platform we will establish a community that not only watches, but participates."

Great list of websites to discover this summer for your own kids, grandkids or students next year.