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Skim the 2nd half of the article. It is what we already know, but is well stated.  Thought I'd share it with you all.

Love how he states that Innovation in education is not that hard. It is a sum of generosity, gratitude and inspiration.  

(via @MrWejr) "I often hear that students with little home support NEED extra incentives to get them to read.  The staff of Kent school, with over half of our students at or below the poverty level, have worked hard to prove this theory incorrect. It is not about pizza parties, book bucks, and stickers - it is about creating the conditions for ALL students to develop a love of reading."

10 Great YouTube Tips Every Educator should Know about: YouTube is a fascinating video website. It is one of my ... http://t.co/kw0m7twH - Jeff Crews (crewsertech) http://twitter.com/crewsertech/status/221469771152113665

(via @medkh9) "With the advance of mobile technology into our life, the notion of professional development has been radically reshaped.To grow professionally is no longer limited to a certain geographic setting with a predefined set of resources, we can now learn wherever we are and on the go. No more boundaries and this is certainly one of the biggest advantages in embracing this kind of technology."

BrainPOP is a great website that offers educational videos, activities, and games. It is very user friendly. 

(via @JonathanEMartin) "This post could be almost infinite: there is most certainly an extraordinary array of options for videos which expand educators' understandings and inspire advances in 21st century learning.  But curation is about choice and selection, and while I know I will leave out many, I thought I'd offer up a set of 15 of my favorites for your consideration for video screening at at back-to-school or beginning-of-the-year faculty meetings (and/or parent and board meetings)."

(via @rmbyrne) "Clipboard's basic structure is similar to Pinterest in that users create private and public boards to which they can save content from the web by using the Clipboard browser extensions and bookmarklets. Clipboard does have one feature that makes it slightly better than Pinterest. That feature is the option to save Flash-based games and apps on your clipboards and using them as fully-functioning games and apps within your clipboards."

Tennessee Jeopardy game based on info from V is for Volunteer by Michael Shoulders- for 2nd graders-PDS

"The site shows very nicely how to construct the airplane. First, you have a 3D representation of the final product and then an animation that takes you through the steps required to build the plane. This is definitely a resource for fun and inspiration."

Via @dougpete - This is a great site to assist the boys in constructing their own paper airplanes.

Teaching for Understanding- What is it? Basketball analogy, David Perkins

Lion's operating system relaunches programs when your computer restarts.  Here is article how to turn that feature off. 

RT @raventech: Independent School Daily Mashup is out! http://bit.ly/eRf7kX ▸Stories today via @stgregoryschool @thelovettschool @inlyschool - Matt Scully (mattscully) http://twitter.com/mattscully/status/65522022008107008

(via @pernilleripp) "As a proponent of student blogging I am often asked what it "does" for my students.  The thing is, it does quite a bit. "

(via @rmbyrne) "This collection of resources for locating music and sounds licensed for re-use is one that I am sharing with the group."

Checklist for educators to assess how their school/class is addressing in the areas of global issues, global culture and global connections.

Globally competent students recognize the relationship between places and people. Globalizing your curriculum demands a strategic design. Here is a menu to help you make discerning choices that will assist your students in becoming globally competent in the 21st century.

Challenge 20/20 is an Internet-based program that pairs classes at any grade level (K-12) from schools in the U.S. with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries; together, the teams (of two or three schools) find local solutions to one of 20 global problems.

5 Free Apps to Create and Edit Videos on iPad: Making videos is an important skill we should, as teachers, maste... http://t.co/faGvCeQp - Jeff Crews (crewsertech) http://twitter.com/crewsertech/status/223238487049117696