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In the era of technology students do not pass notes or try and whisper quietly to one another, they send text messages from their cell phones or Facebook messages to one another if on a computer during class. These actions are done silently and do not cause a disruption in the classroom. But is it distracting? Maybe. Is it beneficial? I think so.

Ever wanted to learn a foreign language? Need to memorize facts for your biology and chemistry classes? Or maybe you're a history buff or a trivia fiend who just wants to know everything. We've got tools for creating whatever gets your mind excited, and also for getting this information into your head. You can search the Lists area for something you want to learn. Or even better, just make your own list for yourself and for sharing with others.

Engage your entire campus community through the first interoperable Facebook application designed for institutions of higher learning.

This is a list of links related to uses of twitter or other microblogging services in K-16 educational settings. (Bud Talbot)

My work usually has me working with passionate, caring teachers who truly want what's best for kids. They dislike bureaucracy and red tape (doesn't everybody?) and will try anything if they think it will help students learn.

Teachers are learners. If they're not, they shouldn't be teachers. In a world where we can engage in our passions through the affordances of connective technologies online, we need to be thinking about how to personalize the learning of the adults in the room as well as the kids.

RIScienceTeachers is a free resource aimed at strengthening science education in Rhode Island schools. Because its focus is local, we hope that it becomes a valuable resource for teachers statewide. If you are a science teacher who shares a concern for what (and how) students learned science, we invite you to join the site and add your contribution.

Blogs are considered an extension of the classroom and therefore are subject to these guidelines as well as the rules and regulations of Arapahoe High School and Littleton Public Schools.

The rSmart Group, Inc. (rSmart) today announced they have been selected by Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology, Inc. (RINET) and its consortium membership made up of RI's K-12 schools and districts to implement and support the statewide initiative to make ePortfolios available to all K-12 students by 2008. RINET will support the rSmart OSP ePortfolio(TM) to improve RI districts' ability to monitor and measure student performance and progress while allowing individual students to demonstrate skills, knowledge and abilities.

For A Farewell to Arms, we started with a lottery. Everyone chose a name of a junior and selected a second junior to follow. Besides choosing a quote to reflect on, students also read and commented on two classmates' blogs. The first effect: students talked about blogs during class, their own and their classmates'.

Murder under the Microscope is an online environmental game for school students in years 5 to 10, typically children aged 9 to 14 years.