The Global Classroom

The Youtube video is many different teachers and administrators talking about how they have used Google Docs in their school. 

Gifted organizations and advocates across the country are communicating through social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. Deborah Mersino offers a three-part series on her webpage explaining how gifted education advocates can use Twitter to share information effectively. Her articles are very helpful for beginners trying to learn how to communicate on social networking sites.

This site come complete with tutorial videos. 

Between the cat images and celebrity porn, the Internet actually manages to boast educational potential. Considerable educational potential, in fact. Even that Twitter thing the kids are into these days, with its 140-characters and its perpetual haze of pound signs, has its uses. More than 28, of course, but here's a nice little starting point

Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It's no wonder, then, that teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.

This paper "summarize(s) theory and research on intercultural competence, paying particular attention to existing approaches and tools for its assessment. We also review examples of the assessment of intercultural competence in the specific contexts of general education and college foreign language and study abroad programs. [The authors] hope that these resources will provide a useful basis to foreign language (and other) educators as they seek to understand and improve the intercultural competencies of their students.

This is a publication of The Council of Europe, " The Council of Europe has a long and well established tradition of developing consensus on the aims and guiding principles of language teaching. Through its programmes of activities and publications it continues to pursue the development of language teaching to meet the needs of the contemporary world. Among its most recent initiatives in this tradition are the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages providing guidelines for teaching, learning and assessment, and the European Language Portfolio which allows learners to plan and reflect upon their learning, and to chart and describe their proficiency. There has also always been a concern to help teachers develop their theory and practice, for example by organising seminars and interaction networks and by publishing compendia which offer examples of good practice." This guide direct teachers to use language as a means to intercultural understanding.

This is an excellent intro article about how to help the US education keep up. The idea of fusing the 3 R's with the 4C's(critical-thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation.

Harley School Receives Educational Leadership Grant from the Recognized as national leader in teaching empathy and emotional literacy (Rochester, NY-May 27, 2011)-The Harley School, a preK-12 independent school located in Brighton, NY, has been awarded a 2011 Edward E. Ford Foundation Education Leadership Grant to further its work in teaching empathy and emotional literacy.

Slideshow of recommended educators on Twitter - I already started following several new people.

This article really drove home the idea again for changing our education system to adapt to the times. The factory system connection and the way different ideologies influenced our teaching is very powerful. We need to be setting critical thinking skills at the forefront of our objectives. We are looking for students to continue their life with a thirst of finding out more.

tool for enhancing Twitter notifications