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Wes Fryer's Technology for Teachers course Spring 2010 for pre-service teachers.

You know what the iGeneration in your classroom looks like. They're the students willing to experiment their way through anything, confident that trial and error can crack the code better than reading manuals or following directions. They're turning to the Internet first and the library second when assigned research projects. Their minds are working fast, but not always as deeply or as accurately as the adults in their lives would like. Yet teachers can capture the attention of the iGeneration and help them grow by integrating technology into classrooms in a way that focuses on the skills that have been important for decades. Teaching the iGeneration shows how to integrate proven instructional strategies with 21st century tools to make learning more accessible to today's technology-savvy students. Each chapter identifies an enduring skill that students need to acquire-information fluency, persuasion, communication, collaboration, and problem solving-and offers a digital solution to enhance, rather than replace, familiar practices to teach that skill. With this book, educators can make learning more efficient, empowering, and fun. Authors William M. Ferriter and Adam Garry provide: Practical solutions for using technology to teach essential skills A guide to understanding the pros and cons of Web 2.0 resources Over 70 handouts and activities for each skill and digital tool

The COETAIL program (Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy) is based on best practice student-centered online learning theories and techniques. Harnecing the newest and latest in Web 2.0 technologies the program leads educators through a process not only demonstrates how to use technologes but allows educators to apply their learning in their own school and classroom.

"Welcome to the PLP Pregame Festivities! Your success this year is built upon how well we mesh as a community of learners who understand how to leverage networks in the co-constructing of knowledge. The following activities are designed to get you in top physical shape for understanding many of the concepts we'll be covering in our professional development experience this year. We encourage you to work through the ten plays in order to have the winning advantage. Don't worry if you can't get to all of them. Any you do will help you get up to speed as we get started."

This looks like a neat way to connect teachers. Are you thinking about the summer course?