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You tube video on blended learning posted by education elements.

Hudson ISD has embraced a "New Vision" for the district. This vision will focus on five key goals: digital learning, 21st century learning sta…

This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning. The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage. Download this today and get started!

Looking forward to Sir Ken Robinson...TED Talks In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

" But while respondents from all of the countries agreed that schools aren't getting what they need, the survey found that Chinese students say they spend more time with technology in school than students in the U.S. and Germany. One function of that could be that 37 percent of Chinese parents said they provide funding for technology students use in schools, as opposed to 16 percent of American parents and 23 percent of German parents. Chinese students also indicate that they're more likely to integrate technology into all parts of the curriculum, as opposed to American students who say technology tends to be used for special assignments and research. Additionally, more Chinese students (80 percent) say they use technology for summer enrichment than U.S. students (62 percent)."

Isn't it interesting that China is using more social media than the US

Great article! Teachers as "architects of opportunity"...I love it!

This is very nice to discuss the levels of learning and how to increase rigor within the digital environment

We needed to consider a collaboration center that includes a long conference table with a plasma screen at the end, level with students who will be seated around the table-almost removing the barriers of geography. Within spaces like these, it will be important for librarians to teach students how to responsibly and safely connect with others from around the world. You can show students how to go online and find other students, professionals and organizations that would be willing to discuss and debate topics being studied. You can make use of web databases such as ePALS where classrooms from India, China, Australia and other countries abroad are waiting to bring a new dimension into learning. Additionally, you can use software like Skype that will allow your students to make these connections for free through online audio and video conferencing.

At one high school in Texas, where every class in every grade is project based, the answer is devotion to a consistent process, belief in relationships, and commitment to relevance and rigor. Results? Hard to beat. Topic: Project-Based Learning School: Manor New Technology High School School Setting: Suburban Target Audience: Grades 9-12 Note: Demographic data below is from the 2011-12 academic year.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

These authors have examined decades of research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning. To learn more about these strategies, click on Building Better Instruction by Kathy Brabec, Kim Fisher, and Howard Pitler. Another article,Focus on Instruction , by NREL,gives K - 12 examples of classroom activities.

This article discusses anleader's impact on student learning

A two page document on maximizing the impact of technology on the growth of real learning.

Great piece as we move into a new year and new semester.

This is the book we discussed with Alan about the global achievement gap and the implications for 21st century school leadership. It is my professional opinion that you and your leadership cabinets all read this in order to callibrate your instructional and technological initiatives. "The Global Achievement Gap Posted: August 20, 2008 By Kevin Conlon , a new book by Tony Wagner, codirector of the The Global Achievement GapChange Leadership Group, examines the U.S. education system in the 21st century, considers why American students are falling behind their international peers, and proposes methods to begin to correct the downward slide."

Choice Boards & Extension Menus "Choice Boards," "Extension Menus," "Think Tac Toe" ... You can call it lots of things, but the bottom line is choice: giving students a choice of products and processes by which they can communicate what they've learned. The Adobe Reader icon indicates that a file is .pdf format.