Oswego County 21st Century Leaders

We are always looking for tools to help special-needs children learn more effectively, so as to reduce the frustration level felt when they can not be independent or do not understand. The IPad has become such a tool, with over 10,000,000 apps in the Apple Store. The question is, where do you begin to look for the apps you need for your child? It takes a lot of time and research, but it can be done. Hopefully, this list will be the beginning of a process that will enable your child to feel successful and increase his or her self-esteem.

Taking notes is an everyday skill in education but often overlooked. Technology -- and more specifically, the Internet -- has rendered paper and pencil passé and allowed educators and students to raise note-taking to the next level. Most of the following sites use some form of the "post-it" or "sticky," but with the integration of Web 2.0 technologies.

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....

Thisis the blog of Lisa Sykut, Reading coach in Phoenix. Check it out! She is using it for a book study she is doing with teachers.

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

Good advice for all.

Many ideas for using the ipad from a HS student.

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!

Let's dream for a minute. What if we lived in a world in which students and educators…

Self-evaluation Rubrics for Basic Administrative Technology Use, 2010

They would be the first group to try a different curriculum, test the facility's innovative educational technology and undergo a learning experience unlike that of previous generations. After four years, they are expected to graduate with the habits of mind-curiosity, skepticism, compassion, wonder-that will prepare them to be better physicians.

The following chart shows ConnectSafely's recommendations for most teens. We realize that not all teens have the same level of maturity and that not all parents have the same rules for their kids' online socializing, so please review this chart with your teens to help set the right privacy settings for them.

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Feel free to click on any of these links to explore exciting tools for getting your young learners to love learning a language!

The intent of this project wiki is to address: How can the TED talks be used as springboards for further discourse, exploration, reflection, and action?

has been set up to provide an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others to help promote an understanding of the benefits of educational blogging. The menu for the website is to the left. Please explore AND contribute. This website is actually a "wiki," which means that it is hoped that you will contribute to the content of this website.

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

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.

Udemy's goal is to enable anyone to teach and learn online. In less than 5 minutes, you can create your own online course on Udemy. You can upload presentations, videos, host live classroom sessions and write articles. It's fast, easy and free. By making it easy to teach online, Udemy also brings together the best teachers on the internet in an effort to educate the world. That means if you want to learn Multivariable Calculus, you can. If you want to learn Photoshop, you can. If you want to learn more about the metaphor for good and evil as presented by the dark and light colors in Star Wars, you can on Udemy.

Founded in 2003 by Jenny M. Buccos, ProjectExplorer.org is a nonprofit organization (501c3) that produces free, online global travel series. Designed for family and classroom, ProjectExplorer.org provides students with access to peoples and places they may never have seen or knew existed. ProjectExplorer.org's multi-award winning online video series, photos, educational blogs, and lesson plans are provided free-of-charge. ProjectExplorer.org's programs cover multiple subject areas that foster cross-cultural understanding.