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Lessons and ideas on Skype in the classroom.

"How to use Diigo for bookmarking, saving highlighted pages, sharing with other educators, and implementing with students"

Student Literate Leaders. Getting students to be literate on the internet from Andrew Schwab

If you are a parent, teacher, or other adult working with children, this blog aims to help you learn, as much as possible, about helping digital kids grow into thoughtful, collaborative, and savvy digital citizens. The blog's mission is to provide context for adults - defining and clarifying digital world issues, 21st Century learning challenges, and those virtual environments and devices that children take for granted.

article on ideas that support our 21st Century learners.

"Designed with your busy schedule in mind, DEN Connects builds thematic units around four different activities that allow you to select which components meet your needs. Mini Lessons: Try our quick 20-30 minute lessons that have media and effective integration strategies embedded. Student Digital Dives: Take a scavenger hunt through Discovery Education for resources on this month's topic. Content Creation Challenge: Try our content creation tool-of-the-month. We'll provide you simple instructions and a platform to showcase your students' work. Class-to-Class Connections: Have your students connect with other students around the world through video chats. We'll provide you a list of educators interested in making connections."

Build story on searches in google Docs

Impressive collection of classroom-ready, free digital resources

Filamentality provides fill-in-the-blank templates that allow teachers to use Web resources to create interactive classroom activities. A variety of activity templates are available, including Hotlists, Subject Samplers, Treasure Hunts, and WebQuests.

This vast educational resource for parents, teachers, and students offers several online Teaching Tools including a Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center, Worksheet Generator, Lesson Planner, and Clip Art Gallery. Free registration allows you to save the work you create in your own "Custom Classroom."

By building on National Geographic's reputation for breathtaking photography and in-depth reportage about the world's cultures and exotic wildlife, this kids' site provides an overwhelming amount of high-quality visual learning tools. Profiles of animals and countries include videos, photos, maps, sounds, and brief fact sheets.

A visual online thesaurus

We give you a blank wall. You put anything you want on it, anywhere. Simple, yet powerful.

Article on benefits of having chromebooks and ipads connected.

"Now you can harness the power of Teaching Channel for all of the educators in your school, district, or education organization with Teaching Channel Teams."

"Experience the web inside a video. TouchCast is a new medium that looks like video, but feels like the web."

One of the hardest things with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. We have started to list some of the apps we've found under each of the Key Learning Areas.

Help the carpenter with his job. Think carefully before you cut a plank, because there are no second chances if you make a mistake. So remember the carpenter's saying: "Measure Twice and Cut Once"!

21st Century ideas to help facilitate good teaching and learning.

I'm a huge fan of Naperville Reads.  The collaboration between Anderson's Booksellers, District 203 & 204, and the Naperville Public Library has brought some amazing authors to our community.  The chance to listen and learn from these talented individuals has proved inspirational for our students, teachers, and parents.