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This open, online global community for 21st-century education leaders exists to foster Global Education Transformation-the "GET" in GETideas.org-via virtual collaboration and international dialogue, including the sharing of best practices and resources.

Jason Bedell is an instructional technology consultant and a library media specialist at Belmar Elementary School in New Jersey. In his columns, Jason explores how effectively integrating technology can deepen student learning and make the school environment more student-centered.

"Since I am still in the classroom I am able to watch students perform various searches with Google. I have the opportunity to see what I claim is inefficient input resulting in a multitude of needless results from Google. Assisting our digital natives in the process of searching is something that all of us as digital immigrants can help with. We have the life experiences and educational background to help our students fine tune their digital skills and become more productive in research."

"Ever wish you could create a personalized, customized search engine that searches only across sites that you specify and displays results that you know will be right for you or your students? Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) allows you do do just that. All you need to do is choose the websites and pages you'd like to search, then follow a few simple steps to create a CSE. Think of it as putting the power of Google web search to work for you."

H.E.A.T. stands for Higher-order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic Connections, and Technology use. The H.E.A.T. Framework measures the integration of these four factors in classroom instruction.

Ideas for creating blog postings.

An interactive site which links the 2.0 tools we use with levels of Blooms.

Glean Comparison Search (formerly "All Sides" at Boolify) helps you and your students explore differing points of view about a topic. Through its fluid scaffolding structure for the comparative research process, it helps researchers develop a keener, more refined ability to explore their own conceptions vis a vis differing views.

Enter a url and the tool walks you through steps to validate. Take your notes about the site and print them out - if you want. Uses Wayback Machine, Links and more.