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June 4, 2009: "Engaging the Digital Generation: Insights from Kids, Teachers, and Parents" Host: Amy Erin Borovoy(1), video programming producer, Edutopia Presenters: Nichole Pinkard, Founder, Digital Youth Network(2) and director of Innovation, University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute and Vicki Davis, Teacher, blogger(3), and IT director at Westwood Schools Today's students use digital media in ways hardly imaginable just a few years ago, revolutionizing how kids create, collaborate, and teach one another. Join us for a stimulating discussion with innovative educators, parents, and students from the Digital Generation Project(4) as they share practical tools and strategies for engaging the digital learner.

This link is to the meta-analysis done by Brotman and Moore. And the citation for their paper: Brotman, J.S. & Moore, F.M. (2008). Girls and science: A review of four themes in the science education literature. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(9), 971-1002. If you are at all interested in pursuing more information on the research and literature on science education and gender... their list of references is extensive... they've done the leg-work through 2008. Enjoy.

Complete resources for PBL, K-14: publications, online tools, professional development, and research. Website resources include 'how-to' videos and example projects, a Do-It-Yourself project planning tutorial, links to online project libraries, useful downloads of project planning and management forms, and a forum for posting questions to experts and fellow practitioners.

I encourage you all to see if you can get into workshops led by this group -- the Flipped.edu group. They are super K-12 teacher friendly and impressively leading edge -- and fun. 

This wiki will be previewed on Oct. 11 and will provide the background information for creating and/or revising one assessment that includes an image(s) that require learners to respond to open-ended questions.

Another awesome source for learning coding.

Why You Should Give Edmodo A Try by Steven Anderson Recently I attended the North Carolina Technology In Education Society's (NCTIES) Annual Conference. Each year it gets bigger and bigger and we try to find more and more ways to engage with the attendees to make the conference more meaningful and to carry on conversations beyond just the sessions.

Math education has not kept up with technology--especially with Web 2.0 tools, which have the potential to transform and expand learning beyond the classroom and into kids' social and recreational lives. What can be done, and what free resources are available to educators to help make a transition possible?

Creating practical food and water tools for the developing world.

Record your voice and screen captures to explain things to students.

Web 2.0 technologies are used to support the development of science content and evidence-supported argumentation construction in high school chemistry classes. I analyze video-podcasts, delicious.com tags and resources, individual essays, and

The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. It contains a variety of lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests, and information on science topics. You can find lessons related to biology topics in the links listed under "topics" on the sidebar. Topics include: Ecology, Genetics, Anatomy, Cells, Scientific Method, and Evolution.

Additional teaching resources presented here include: minds-on discussion/worksheet activities, games, and web-based activities for learning and review overviews of important biological topics, including major concepts, common misconceptions, and suggested learning activities. Some tips for chemistry

Some compelling options for the arts integration piece. I look forward to explore these with you all.

Video and book repositories of science content.

YeeHaw! Excited to be a part of an NSF grant promoting women going into engineering and computer science by helping young women see this as the clear pathway it is to making the world a better place for all!

An unforgettable portrait of four students in crisis and the teachers, counselors, and principal waging a daily, personal struggle to get them to graduation. What does it take to save a student?

Roots, prefix and suffix trees

Type in content and animated characters will speak it.