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Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.

Explanation of the uses of "frameworks" as visual structures to capture students' thinking. Frameworks have non-linear formats and provide writing space to record what students are thinking about course content as well as how they are thinking about it.

An example of the explanation one professor provides to his students in a "flipped classroom" environment.

One example of how to design a hybrid course.

Several ideas for how to incorporate the social bookmarking site, Diigo, into your classroom.

Creative ideas for how to incorporate the social bookmarking site, Diigo, into your classroom.

A collection of resources describing the "flipped classroom" and how to do it. several online resources are provided for potential active learning activities.

A comprehensive guide to RSS feeds and how they can be used in the classroom.