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Rafi.ki is a secure online learning community that lets your pupils talk to schools all over the world. We have a dedicated team of facilitators who will help you work with your existing partners or find new ones. Rafi.ki contains an exciting and constantly updated bank of more than 30 projects covering all areas of the curriculum. The site is rigorously password protected and all members are vetted. Trained moderators help to ensure friendly international collaboration.

Ask question from a community of teachers; Answer questions to share your best practices; Join the crowd to vote up great answers, earn reputation for your own, and help run EdCrowd.

A new sort of tools - and a new sort of ethics - are required for the next generation of students to succeed in the face of global challenges. Come explore how social media can be used by educators to effect positive social change. See examples of how teachers have collaborated with colleagues, connected their classrooms to others around the globe, and helped to bring green initiatives to their schools and communities. Discover how students too can use powerful (and often free) tools to tap into their own passions, bring new relevance to their learning, and make a real difference in their world.

Are you ready for new Kidlink adventures? Kidlink Projects increase your students' life-skills and help children get friends,build social networks and get peers around the world. Let your students experience the communication tools inside of Kidlink! 

These projects are examples of the work that is done at all of the High Tech High Schools. It is our record of what we have done and how to get there. Teachers can utilize this to show off what they have done with their students, and get ideas from others teachers. Students can show their parents and friends the work that they have done, and the community can see how project based learning enables students to do and learn. Please enjoy the projects and videos.

Today, we can restore the dignity and integrity of the child as a contributor. Across the country, pioneering teachers are providing students with new roles that have students making contributions to their learning communities. We have powerful, easy-to-use tools such as screencasting and podcasting that give students opportunities to contribute content to the class. At the same time we can also provide them with rigorous and more motivating assignments and better prepare them to become more productive in our new global economy.

Elevate the education conversation with your voice! This is a site for students to submit videos that... Offer new ideas for what education could be, and/or Inspire others to transform education, and/or Propose specific actions you or others can take to improve education in your community

5 publications worth reading! There is a huge opportunity to create effective, viable, and robust education technology policies that will improve the way teachers teach and increase student achievement. Now is the time for the education community to take bold steps for America's students!

Freshman in high school writes this blog...amazing. This is what our kids can be doing...talk about writing skills, communication skills, creativity, passion, self-directedness...c'mon, people! If I could go back to teaching....

What is the Great American Teach-In? A day to remind ourselves and our students that citizenship means asking questions, finding answers and standing up for what you believe in... and that education must mean that too. Every classroom, every student, every school... draft a declaration of educational rights. When it comes to education, what are the truths you hold self evident? Let's make time to talk about these ideas within our learning communities. Then, let's document these truths, and continue the hard work of making a high quality public education accessible to all who want it.

The recent release of Apple's iPad has opened up some great new ideas and creative paths for teachers looking for assistive technologies (AT) for their classroom. Tactile learners and digital natives alike love to use these handheld devices to learn about core curriculum standards within the classroom. According to Apple's website, "iPod touch and iPhone use a high-resolution Multi-Touch screen, ideal for those who have difficulty using a traditional keyboard and mouse." The iTunes app. store has even showcased a tab for special education apps, available as AT for students with learning disabilities. The app store often offers these same apps for the iPod Touch and iPhone. These tablets and handheld devices can be used in many different ways and offer communication options for students with autism.

Good advice for all.