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"This textbook is the result of over a year of collaboration between several individuals. Garth Holman, the Social Studies department chair and 7th grade world history teacher envisioned this project as a way to engage students through the use of technology and help them see the "big picture" that is often lost, or ignored, in history classes. Beginning in the summer of 2006, Garth began working with a student teacher, Michael Pennington (Currently teaching at Chardon Middle School). Another member of this project was Angie White, an intervention specialist at Beachwood Middle School (now at Hilltop Elementary in Beachwood CIty Schools). Angie provided a strong knowledge of curriculum differentiation and techniques to include students of varying abilities. A project of this nature, allows students to disseminate knowledge in a digital format that is congruent to the world in which they live. Our students are digital natives and this new technological paradigm allows for the democratization of knowledge. Wiki technology and the ability to instantaneously communicate across cultures and physical boundaries means that nothing our students create is isolated. We not only want our students to learn, but understand how the puzzle pieces fit to create the world in which we live."

The Changing Tools of Teaching online magazine

"UDL - Universal Design for Learning The pedagogical framework to designing learning environments to teach and to support ALL learners! Curated by Kathleen McClaskey"

" This fifth edition in the annual K-12 series of the NMC Horizon Project examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within the environment of pre-college education. Six emerging technologies are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, "

"The NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly released the NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition at a special session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2014. This eleventh edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education"

"Using the power of technology to improve teaching and learning for students with disabilities and their classmates."

Presentations from the Teaching and Learning with the iPad Conference

"apps to reate books on the iPad in the past, but the following listly by Meg Wilson goes further, including 15 apps to do so. The artful collision of technology, learning, and literacy is an idea promoted in the Common Core Standards, which is likely your rule book if you teach K-12 in an American public school. This is a new age of literacy where students can read, research, write, publish, and socialize on the same device sitting right in their lap with a pinch-and-zoom elegance that somehow makes the whole process seem easier than it really is."

"Find the right educational tools for your needs A discovery engine of websites, mobile apps, desktop programs, and electronic products for teaching and learning"

" Drawing upon research and an extensive collection of evidence from multiple sources, the Common Core State Standards were developed to reflect the knowledge and skills that young people need for success in college and careers.  Those standards impact teachers in several ways, including to guide them "toward curricula and teaching strategies that will give students a deep understanding of the subject and the skills they need to apply their knowledge" (Common Core State Standards Initiative, FAQ section).  For many the standards require changes in how mathematics is taught, thus they will influence instructional strategies that educators use"

"KanPlan is a task management system for kids and teenagers, it helps kids visualize and manage their tasks and homework using a mobile device. KanPlan teaches kids a workflow process based on Kanban, an AGILE and visual methodology used in the software engineering industry to manage projects. This methodology has been simplified and made fun, easy and pleasant for kids to use everyday. KanPlan can be used as a standalone mobile application, or as a collaborative system with parents, family members, friends and teachers.

"I would highlight some strategies that can be built into routines of the classroom to promote EF skills for all students, including those who struggle with it. "

"What is LAMP? Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles. The goal is to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities a method of independently and spontaneously expressing themselves in any setting. LAMP focuses on giving the individual independent access to vocabulary on voice output AAC devices that use consistent motor plans for accessing vocabulary. Teaching of the vocabulary happens across environments, with multisensory input to enhance meaning, with the child's interests and desires determining the vocabulary to be taught."

"For years, students with significant support needs (SSN) received little or no literacy instruction as their education programs focused on life skills, social skills, and vocational training. The little literacy instruction they did receive relied on teaching methods that we now know helped them learn simple component skills in isolation. For example, students matched upper and lower case letters or learned a limited set of sight words. Unfortunately, this instruction never helped students with SSN learn how to read or write to gain or convey meaning. A series of changes in education laws, along with the efforts of students, families, and educators, have raised expectations for academic achievement for students with SSN."

"Our students benefit from learning in an environment where they feel included and where they are taught in ways that recognise and support their needs as individuals, and as part of a learning community. Our commitment to inclusivity means we recognise and value our diverse student body. It also means we take measures to improve the success of specific groups, where research has shown that the route to educational success is less straightforward. "

Welcome! On this site my goal is to provide useful information to help facilitate 21st Century Teaching and Learning. This site is meant to be interactive; comments, posts, and content contributions are encouraged.

Welcome to the AAC Language Lab The AAC Language Lab is designed to help you teach language for a lifetime, thus empowering the AAC communicator to develop expressive language to his or her optimum potential.

"iHelp for Autism For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It's also way cool."

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Currently posting 1,800 short video teaching targeted topics. We are complementing Salman's ever-growing library with user-paced exercises--developed as an open source project--allowing the Khan Academy to become the free classroom for the World.

"This Wikispace is set up as a centralized place for educators to: * Learn the benefits of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how to implement UDL in their classroom. * Access a list of resources, tools and instructions on how to use free internet tools in the classroom for all learners. * Learn how to access/use/set-up free internet teaching tools and resources to apply to all learners for their classroom as well as, computer applications /software built into to the computer such as Word, Sound Recorder, PowerPoint, Paint, etc. "