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Grants also support efforts to develop new learning environments to understand how schools, libraries, museums, and other formal and informal institutions need to adapt, change, and collaborate as a result of young people's use of digital media. Projects are looking at learning in virtual worlds, through game design, with mobile devices, and through the interactions in social networks-in and out of school. Resources support new school design, including a model based on the principles of game design that shape and inform all aspects of teaching and learning.

So by 2020, uses of technologies will change some aspects of teaching and learning but schools and classrooms will be clearly recognizable to students' parents and grandparents. Online instruction will continue to expand incrementally but will still be peripheral to regular K-16 schooling. End of prediction.

We are pleased to welcome you to New Hampshire's first statewide on-line virtual public school. The Academy's goal is to use the latest internet technologies to provide our students with any time, any where access to a rigorous, personalized education that helps them learn today, graduate tomorrow and prepare for the future. A few highlights about the Academy: Tuition-free for all students residing in NH; We accept both full-time and part-time students; We accept out-of-state students. Out-of-state students pay tuition fees; An approved New Hampshire public school; Courses taught by New Hampshire certified instructors.

Interesting ideas from a non-educator on what high school is for...

Our goal is to provide examples of differentiated lessons and student activities to inspire you. We post the examples here and provide the source/reference. This is so that we do not loose these wonderful examples because links are no longer valid. These differentiation resources are used in a middle school or high school classroom.

The Initiative believes that the more that is discovered about how the brain works and the various motives which drive human behaviour, the more we are convinced that education has to be about much more than intellectual development, and that learning and schooling are certainly not necessarily synonymous. What politicians and commentators in many lands describe as being "a crisis in schools" is, we believe, better understood as a crisis in society's commitment to young people. All this is aggravated by a materialistic agenda that degrades the spiritual needs of individuals and nations to the single minded drive towards economic profitability.

After receiving a modest technology grant, a middle school in Ohio began deploying mobile devices and traditional computers in classrooms and labs. And a key component of the rollout has been in-depth development for teachers focused on problem solving, project-based learning, and student engagementAfter receiving a modest technology grant, a middle school in Ohio began deploying mobile devices and traditional computers in classrooms and labs. And a key component of the rollout has been in-depth development for teachers focused on problem solving, project-based learning, and student engagement

A Publication of the 3C Collaborative: This manual presents materials through which teachers/counselors in all subjects can help students define and understand the skills they will need in their careers, post-secondary education and as citizens. It begins with an overview of 38 skills grouped into ten categories, followed by a Student Skills Assessment of the 38 skills that teachers/counselors can introduce at any stage in a high school student's program. This is followed by guidelines for teacher/counselors evaluations of the Student Skills compact lessons for each skill and includes a plan for which students can use to practice and continue to assess their development of each skill.

This blog is the collected thoughts of school administrators that want to share best practices in education. All of the authors have different experiences in education but all have the same goal; ensuring we do what is best for studentsþff.

Links, blogs, and other information related to cell phone use and text messaging in school

Welcome! I am Jeff Thomas and I have been an educator for 30 years, most recently as a Director of Technology at a private middle school. I am currently consulting on edtech integration in the classroom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A middle school was currently exploring the possibility of implementing a 1:1 program with approximately 1,060 students next year. They researched which devices to use; exploring the options of using MacBooks, netbooks, iPads, or iPods. After evaluating the devices above, we realized that a hybrid environment will likely be the most effective for our purposes. Even with a hybrid environment, though, we determined we needed one main device for the majority of our students. For that, we've chosen a netbook running Linux (they also provided more information on the Linux image they used). In our environment, we plan on distributing a netbook running Linux to the general student population. We will, in some cases with some students who have specialized learning needs, use iPads to accommodate the specified needs if appropriate. We will also have 6 carts of MacBooks (previously purchased) available for teachers to check out should they want to conduct a more in-depth multimedia project. The majority of the student work, however, will be created and engaged on the netbooks.

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!