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Speak Up 2012 is open for input through December 21, 2012. Speak Up, a national online research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow®, gives individuals the opportunity to share their viewpoints about key educational issues. Each year, findings are summarized and shared with national and state policy makers. Participating schools and districts can access their data online, free-of-charge in February 2013."

"This is a collection of some awesome educational infographics for teachers, parents and students" All located in PinInterest

ASCD's research on interactive whiteboards. Can you lead you to other research.

"Inspire Drive, Innovation, and Creativity: The 20% Project in the Classroom Written By: Kate Petty - Jul* 20*12 Daniel Pink asks us to find what drives us. Sir Ken Robinson asks us to inspire creativity in students. The latest in education is asking us to find essential questions for students. How? One way is to institute a 20% project in class."

"Every day, more and more teachers are using the world-building game Minecraft to engage and educate. The game is a true phenomenon and gamers young and old are using it in countless creative ways. Practitioners of Games Based Education have realized the potential and have embraced Minecraft in classrooms around the world. Now you can too!"

"Organize any video, article, or website into a Playlist."

"CyberSafety Resources Staying Safe on the Internet"

Lessons from the TED site

" Jobs, Worksheets, and Flashcards for the ESL and TEFL Teacher."

"20 time - Your own time for learning August 14, 2011 in learning, lesson ideas, thoughts"

"If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn't for you. But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should reconsider"

" Share Ideas Instantly Simple and FREE, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations. Create images and videos of what you see on your computer screen, then share them instantly! Use Jing to… Take Screenshots: Capture an image of what you see on your computer screen Record Screencasts: Record up to 5 minutes of onscreen video Collaborate: Jing's older siblings - Snagit and Camtasia - are great for editing and "

Brokers of expertise site to collect resources and inormation for classrooms around California

"Now that you have bought your iPad, what are the questions you need to ask? Questions: 1. What is an iPAD? -- The iPAD is a WiFI/ 3G slate computer that is based on the iPhone/ iPod Touch operating system. The iPAD can be used in any direction It can be used as a note-taking device; an e-reader; a web browser; to send email; and has many other uses as new applications are developed. The iPAD has accessories that can convert it into a laptop, or a projection device. Click here to learn how to set up the iPAD out of the box or the iPAD2 out of the box."

Hewlett Packard Experience exchange. Ideas and lessons. A community of teachers

"This site has been compiled by Lenva Shearing If you are using a cool web2.0 tool in your classroom that is not included here, please email me and I will add it (email link in navigation bar)"

"Make your course come alive. The simple way to manage your course and engage your students. "

"Wyoming science teacher London Jenks not only allows mobile technologies in his classroom, but he's also learned how to maximize them as educational tools, tapping the devices for assessments, research, and even student scavenger hunts using QR codes."

"The Learning Registry is a new approach to capturing, sharing, and analyzing learning resource data to broaden the usefulness of digital content to benefit educators and learnerThe Learning Registry: Use, Share, Find, Amplify.s. Not a website or repository… not a search engine… and not a replacement for the excellent sources of online learning content that already exist… ...the Learning Registry is an open source technical system designed to facilitate the exchange of data behind the scenes, and an open community of resource creators, publishers, curators, and consumers who are collaborating to broadly share resources, as well as information about how those resources are used by educators in diverse learning environments across the Web."

"K12 Digital Citizenship This site provides k12 curriculum on digital citizenship and professional development for adults working with K12 students on digital citizenship. What is digital citizenship? Using technology Safely Responsibly Critically Pro-actively to contribute to the digital society For a six-module online tutorial on using this wiki, go to http://ecitizenship.csla.net/ "