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As more educators turn to gamification to teach core curriculum and engage students, how can we ensure that these games have real educational value and are not just entertainment? This is a collection of stories and resources to help answer that question.

Wiggins, Grant and Jay McTighe. "What is Backward Design?," in Understanding by Design. 1st edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2001, pp. 7-19. Copyright: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 1998 Backward design, or designing with the end in mind, is explored in this first chapter of the book "Understanding by Design". It outlines how we as instructors can rethink how we deliver instruction, by first identifying what the desired results are, determining what evidence we will accept that illustrates these results and then plan learning experiences and instruction to achieve those results. This design process may help filter which features you may choose to use in a LMS or non-LMS.

This article examines the potential of synchronous communication in online education by analyzing the newest tools and platforms that facilitate real-time group communication, and the pedagogy associated with implementing synchronous communication tools into asynchronous learning environments.

Terry Heike from TeachThought has compiled this wonderful list of apps, resources, graphs, charts, and more to help project-based learning be successful for your class.

After seeing Avi's grade 9 class website I got excited and curious about starting my own. For someone who has never managed a web page before it can seem a little overwhelming. This page offers some helpful step-by-step information as well as some resources to get you started on creating a class web page.

Google is amazing...instead of a virtual get-together on Skype, try Google Hangouts and for teachers, you could "hold virtual meetings, hosting guest speakers, or creating a video podcast." Also--it is a free service!

Edutopia offers a wealth of resources to help you facilitate blended learning.

"This course provides teachers with the foundation for understanding the movement towards virtual instruction. It introduces fundamental knowledge needed by teachers to succeed in a technology-dependent, instructional environment."

Provides explanation of what a virtual lab is, the advantages as well as the challenges.

Cursive writing has been all but eliminated from the classroom. Good thing or bad? Well... according to this piece in the Economist... not so good.

This is a terrific tool to select apps for non-LMS build

I am so glad I happened across this. In preparation for next week I am revisiting my bookmarked links and came across all of your awesome links Avi! Thank-you!

E-learning 2.0 BY STEPHEN DOWNES / OCTOBER 2005