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This article lists 33 digital skills every 21st century teacher should have and under each skill includes links to different tools teachers can use to develop those skills. Lots of great resources! :)

What does that look like in the classroom?

Carl Wieman (Nobel physics) video on knowledge of the teacher is trumped by pedagogy http://t.co/aH0SKHHi #edtech #edchat #cpchat #edadmin

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Powerful article to share with teachers

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

Recently, I was told by a teacher that she doesn't have time to teach digital citizenship because she has to cover too many other content-specific standards. I get it... the Common Core-state tests-AP/IB/SAT/ACT Madness eats up so much of our time.

Now more than ever, education should prepare students for global civility and peace. So what in the world are we waiting for? Good teachers and principals, in the United States and elsewhere, know that good education begins with clarity of purpose. The purpose of schooling is to prepare students for life in the real world in their communities and societies, both in the present-while students are in school-and in the future-after they leave school behind.

Modern science tells us that our complex education system's overall success depends on the little things that happen in the classroom with the 77 million students, 7 million teachers, and infinite number of ideas in the over 60 million lessons taught everyday.

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.

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.

Leadership | In Print 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals Patrick Larkin, principal of Burlington High School in Burlington, MA, started a 1-to-1 iPad initiative in the fall of 2012. The conventional wisdom in education is that any school reform--be it curriculum, instruction, assessment, or teacher professionalism--is most likely to take hold in schools that have strong leadership.

The education of today's student for tomorrow's workplace should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before. What does this mean for classrooms? Many teachers are finding that POWERING ON not only boosts student achievement-it lets them do more while capturing the imaginations of our young people.

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.

As another school year begins to come to a close, I have recently had some of our administrators (mostly elementary) contact me with ideas for making administrative tasks more paperless and create a more efficient workflow not only for themselves but for their teachers. Some of these have been regular "end of year" tasks and...

Great video about 10 min. Long. Excellent for showing parents (and teachers!) how we can use technology in our classrooms.