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The internet of things  Interesting interactive infographic

"we are educators, not nannies. We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you do. If we give you advice, don't fight it. Take it, and digest it in the same way you would consider advice from a doctor or lawyer. I have become used to some parents who just don't want to hear anything negative about their child, but sometimes if you're willing to take early warning advice to heart, it can help you head off an issue that could become much greater in the future."

As an instructor of undergraduate and graduate students at University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, I created a syllabus for the benefit of other college/university level instructors. I created a copy of the original syllabus for modification to use with high school students (probably juniors or seniors). I will rely on actual high school teachers to help me modify this source document. Please feel free to use, modify, and share this syllabus in your own way. Reorder the modules, add or subtract required or recommended texts and learning activities. Use your own assessment methods. If you wish to help improve this seed document, contact howard@rheingold.com and I will add you as a commenter and/or editor. 

A Wonderful follow up to the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. 

@whatedsaid's PYP project on plants around the world. 

32 interesting ways to use iPods in the classroom

Create a unit (re)design template and/or classroom walkthrough template that will allow educators to think about technology integration within the context of student agency and higher-order thinking skills steeped in important disciplinary concepts

Heather's rubric for Graphic design. Would be good to adapt & modify for our students

Slides from Charlotte Diller's session at Learning 2 on the Future of Learning

Frontiers for Young Minds is a web-based scientific journal with an editorial board of kids.

The full report from the OECD

I am looking for ideas for our K-6 teachers on what they can write about for their classroom blogs. This is NOT for student blogging ideas, but it is for teachers that have a blog they share with parents, students, and staff.

Excellent bank of ideas to share with teachers new to classroom blogging about what they could blog about.

Site for free stock footage for use with Green screens. Looks good!

Hours of fascinating online footage are waiting to be spliced into your video - you just need to know where to look, writes Ben Frain