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Welcome to the Center on Instruction, your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning. Part of the Comprehensive Center network, the Center on Instruction is one of five content centers serving as resources for the 16 regional U.S.

So many levels of separation...I know, it's weird to be posting a link to a collection of links on a collection of links. But this is a good one.

Education World provides a home for educators on the Internet, where teachers can gather and share ideas.

1. Last night President Obama continued his misleading claims about Warren Buffett's tax rate.  David Leonhardt recalls that I rebutted those claims several years ago.  David usefully asks for a response to my rebuttal from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning research group in Washington.

I was having trouble get acquanited with Diigo. This video helped me so much.

Video explaining diigo in plain English

Very informative video on how to understand the benefits of using Diigo!

This video details what approaches should be taken in regards to teaching in the 21st century.

This blog posting of Steve Wheeler suggested 10 top uses of Twitter for education.

Found this National Online Teacher Certification announcement

Found this National Online Teacher Certification announcement

An interesting view of just how big YouTube is...

The article discusses the paradigm shift in learning styles and approaches using the web resources. Personal learning environments and internet sifting for content is discussed as well.

As explained by Wikipedia.org

The Internet Archive/Wayback Machine provides a way of accessing older versions of a website. It can also be useful if a site is temporarily inaccessible. Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.

Very unique tool to remind online participants of upcoming events. Carol H

I like this gallery view of open apps for edtech classes. Carol H

See PDF Guide to Using Twitter in university research, teaching, and "impact activities".

See the Guide to Using Twitter in university, research, teaching, and impact activities. Carol H @ltaparaprof