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This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it...

"people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations than older adults, more vigorously deleting unwanted posts and limiting information about themselves."

Good article to balance the hysteria and myths that us oldies know what's up and the kids aren't informed.

It is good news about the older teenagers, and those in their 20's however as noted in the article "Younger teenagers were not included in these studies, and they may not have the same privacy concerns. But anecdotal evidence suggests that many of them have not had enough experience to understand the downside to oversharing". These kids need to be our target audience when talking about cybersafety etc, as like with many other facets of a teenagers life, they don't necessarily have the "fear factor" and understand the long term risks.

"Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. "

I know my students are learning how to use a text book, take them outside and measure/photograph a problem and they are left hanging. This is a great view on how to get students to discover knowledge. It is a powerful tool.

So, in the interest of preparing for teaching a new course next year, and wanting to sort TED out a bit, I've created the following list based on disciplines (organizing knowledge or research by discipline is, it should be pointed out, in stark contrast to the real objective of TED Talks in general). I really like this TED fella, and I hope he doesn't mind:)

Midway is a different approach by Chris Jordan. Instead of manipulating the images to great effect, here he leaves found nature untouched - to great effect.

"What Does It Mean to be a Great Teacher? (Ten Ideas)"

Here's a report that confirms my thesis that the 20th Century's "One Size Fits All" has shifted to "All fit to one's sighs" in the 21st.

A fantastic source for the greatest thinkers and achievers of our day. Use the Web or iTunes interface to view, download and watch snippets to support Learning to Look

You may have noticed the ads - too bad. Looks like it might be time to bail on what used to be a great service.

The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is thus something we make happen. (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990, p.3)

AS technological devices have become more portable and more popular, they've enhanced our connectedness at work. But they have also led to a greater degree of incivility - a trend that is damaging our workplace relationships.

Increasingly schools are having to deal with this issue, in classrooms with students and with colleagues in meetings. At conferences delegates seem to be hiding behind their screens and I wonder what level of engagement is taking place between them and the speaker/s? What messages are being sent and received..on a number of levels?

"Internet giant Google is out to expand its kingdom to the living room with an ambitious new service that lets people mesh television viewing with surfing the web."

This is a collaborative project to generate Social Media Guidelines for school districts. The goal of this guideline is to provide instructional employees, staff, students, administrators, parents and the school district community direction when using social media applications both inside and outside the classroom.

Tutorials for teachers to learn how to use basic software Web2.0 applications such as: Audacity, PhotoStory, Edublogs, flickr, vokis etc

Here's a handy one screen Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 terms from the Wikipedia entry on that topic. Many of the terms are clickable to the entry on that heading. Good for use after exploring Web 2 applications to see if there's any jargon that still wants clarification.

Great document (Word) with skills for students to become independent learners.