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This is a great post about teaching digital citizenship. This post has a great way of illustrating the importance to our students.

Camtasia gives you the tools you need to record on-screen activity, edit and enhance your content, and share in high-quality to viewers anywhere.

I purchased Camtasia a few years ago and find to be invaluable. It is quite intuitive as long as you aren't afraid to play a bit and figure out the transitions, etc. I recommend practicing some of the zooming and highlighting techniques on a test video so you aren't trying to learn it all right when you need to create a video for class.

"Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results. This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds of questions to making inferences and publishing results. In the final Capstone Project, you'll apply the skills learned by building a data product using real-world data. At completion, students will have a portfolio demonstrating their mastery of the material."

Strategic planning materials for 1-to-1 program implementation. You will need to register at this site in order to view the materials.

One stop shop for any online resource you may need. Richard Byrne has tried and reviewed just about any online resource available online for education that you can think of.

This story on NPR describes how some virtual schools address student needs, but others have issues with quality and personalizing instruction, especially for students with special needs.

Great resource on Motivational Theories.  Provides easy to understand examples.

This 'Need-to-Know' blog post series features noteworthy stories that speak of need-to-know developments within higher education and K-12 that have the potential to influence, challenge and/or transform traditional education as we know it. 1) Purdue's three-year degree: "Think 3 Years!

What is the best way to meet today's students "in the middle?" Kids today are more tech-savvy than ever before, and teachers are struggling to make sure that every student is educated according to their needs. From elementary to secondary school, students learn at different rates and have varying needs of social and educational interaction.

Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century

Great idea on using virtual reality in the classroom

This article explains that differentiated learning is not the same as personalized learning. From my interpretation, differentiated learning is tailored to the needs of a learner within a specific framework (such as State Standards/Common Core) while personalization also considers all of the learner's interests outside of the overarching academic goals, paces the learning to the needs of the student, and uses feedback to adjust as necessary.

Discusses the benefits of a flipped classroom for students with disabilities and the ease with which their accommodations and modifications can be met.

If you're looking to get started in the cryptocurrency world, one of the first things you'll need to do is create a Binance account. Binance is one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, so it's a good idea to have an account there. Creating a Binance account is relatively simple and only requires a few pieces of information from you. However, before you can start trading on Binance, you'll need to verify your account. This process can take a little bit of time, but it's worth it to make sure your account is secure. Once your account is verified, you'll be able to deposit money into it and start trading cryptocurrencies. If you're new to the world of crypto, Binance is a great place to start. With its large selection of coins and easy-to-use interface, it's perfect for beginner investors.

As flipped learning continues to grow, there is a greater need for flipped learning to scale beyond individual teachers flipping, to larger roll-outs with systemic planning and leadership.

On Tuesday, July 10, the US Department of Education (ED) hosted "What Teachers Need to Know about Personalized Learning" as part of their Teacher Summer Seminars. Richard Culatta, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Matthew McCrea, Science Instructional Lead Teacher at G.

Interesting question from the article: "Let's say that a delivery truck shows up at your school and suddenly you have all these devices such as iPads, netbooks, classroom response systems, and learning and data management portals.... Will teachers in your school teach any differently?"