Sir Ken Robinson really has his finger on the pulse of what needs to happen within educational systems to bring education into the 21st Century for all students. We cannot pay lip service to Bloom's Taxonomy or students' different learning styles, if - as Sir Ken says - we keep trying to do it, using educational models from the past.
This is a great and empowering resource to listen to - for the benefit of our students.
The slogan is "start simple". That works for me! This allows you to curate tools for tech. use in the classroom. The tools can be grouped according to their use. Bookmarking, movie making etc.
Preparing students for a 21st Century education in a global society. This website and its documents explore the 4 Cs' of education: Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication.
With CCSS upon us, this website is a great tool for students to work through informational texts, vocabulary and grammar online - at grade level. There are free samples to try out - then it seems you need to commit to purchasing. Very accessible and the free samples are worthwhile.
Jason Bretzmann is a teacher who founded The Bretzmann Group that runs courses online through MTI for teachers. The courses carry graduate credit. I have his book 'Flipping 2.0' which is an excellent resource. I also took a course with Jason this past March - it was very informative and interactive. I Highly recommend taking a course with Jason!
A British website that has many free resources to download in PDF. Sometimes needs to be tweaked for American English, but a fantastic resource for literature, language, media resources.