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"I resolve to embrace a sense of vuja dé. We've all experienced déjà vu-looking at an unfamiliar situation and feeling like you've seen it before. Vuja dé is the flip side of that-looking at a familiar situation (an industry you've worked in for decades, problems you've worked on for years) as if you've never seen it before, and, with that fresh line of sight, developing a distinctive point of view on the future. The challenge for all of us is that too often, we let what we know limit what we can imagine. This is the year to face that challenge head-on."

An Open Educational Resources site OER; in beta now. "Gooru is a search engine for learning that allows you to explore and study over 2,600 standards-aligned and personalized study guides. Study guides cover 5th-12th grade math and science topics, and resources include digital textbooks, animations, instructor videos and more. All resources are vetted and organized by teachers or Gooru's content experts, so you don't have to sort through the mess of subpar educational resources available online yourself. Gooru also makes it easy for you to connect with your worldwide peers to make learning a social experience. Post questions to an active community of students, teachers and experts, or find friends and peers to study with. Best of all, Gooru adapts to you. Based on the topics you study and your performance on self-assessments, Gooru suggests resources and study guides that will help you master the concepts. You can track your study habits and monitor your performance on any of the topics you study."

Not sure what resources are here for social studies but still looks like a very interesting site. Think you should check it out for resources and to share with students.

"This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately."

handy site for quickly discovering who ruled and when. Good for quick reference.

Digital Special Collections of the American Museum of Natural History's Research Library provides access to our rich collections of digitized archival photographic images, art and memorabilia images and Rare Book Collection illustrations. Use the tabs above to view Collections and Exhibits, or choose Browse to see all the images digitized to date. Enter terms in the box above to search across all our images or choose the Advanced Search option.

Article addresses the idea that while young people may know how to use a piece of technology that doesn't mean that they have a deeper understanding of how the technology works and/or "...could be effectively using technology to better their lives through a job, start something, or undertake further studies."

some very good points. Can't assume that students know all there is to know about technology.

US history curriculum and lesson plans for STanford univ.

Trust in America: Recovering What's Lost Podcast about people's rust in government. From NPR's All Things Considered

Interesting basis for our own investigation, 50 people one question video about trust in government or even school.

"Recognizing that the archaeological record is the legacy of all human beings and dedicated to bringing the benefits of archaeology to a wider constituency, ALI was founded to address a number of critical issues now facing archaeology and its potential beneficiaries:"

Excellent options for shy students or for students who may have issues with speaking. Also good options for presenting ppts when you aren't physically in class but want to make sure that all content is covered.

Some excellent options for adding voice to ppt presentations esp for shy students or students who can't speak. Also good for using when sub is presenting material when you are out.

From Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers: "good site for creating, sharing, and locating tutorials for all kinds of technology-related things. Tildee provides a template and platform for sharing tutorials with others. Each tutorial you create is assigned a specific url that you can share with anyone. Your tutorials can include any combination of text, screen captures, and videos. Each tutorial that you create on Tildee is assigned a unique URL that you can share wherever you like."

"DoodleBuzz is a new way to read the news through an experimental interface that allows you to create typographic maps of current news stories." "The interface for DoodleBuzz is simply a scribbled line. Draw a straight line. Draw a curved line. Draw a crazy, chaotic, all-over-the-place messed up line. It's up to you how you want to layout the information - DoodleBuzz simply provides a blank canvas for you to use and abuse."

Very interesting way to view news

"one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions...You'll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race-from the conventions to the debates to election night."

Different models of research including Guided Inquiry by Carol Kuhlthau and Ross Todd from Rutgers. Lots of options with links to all of them.

many different frameworks for research. What framework for research do we follow? Do we have one? This might be a good discussion point.

"All week I've started each day with a list of eleven good resources to try in different content areas. On Monday I shared mathematics resources. On Tuesday I shared science resources. On Wednesday I shared language arts resources. And today I bring you eleven good social studies resources to try in 2011. "

"Read any book with your friends in Subtext. You can exchange ideas and share all types of information and Web content as you read. Join now and discover the world's first collection of community-enriched books"

App which makes reading more social. Should share with Lang. Arts teachers as well.

a one-stop shop for all you wanted to know about rubrics.

Links to many different sources on US history. They can all be searched by decades.

" free tool for quickly creating maps that contain simple placemarks. Using Mapfaire you can create a custom map that highlights places you specify. To use Mapfaire just sign in with your Google Account then name your map and start adding placemarks. To add a placemark all you need to do is enter a location then label your placemark. You can publish and edit your maps at any time. From Richard Byrne)"

Readers may browse the site according to region, including information on Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe/Ex-USSR, and Middle East/North Africa. Selecting any of these tabs triggers a drop down menu of respective countries. Selecting any of the countries navigates to an archive of all the articles published about that country written in the past decade or so. Other important features of the site include a World Press Freedom Index, which evaluates each nation on a number of variables to assign them a yearly ranking.

"Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College to provide materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels."

Curriculum Kits and Lessons