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Blogger Terry Heick unravels the mysteries of Google+ and suggests how this emerging social media tool can become a valuable teaching aid.

2/9/12
Blogger Shahzad Saeed explains Google's Summer of Code, an open source program to keep students fluent in and excited about their tech skills.

2/9/12
Blogger Ben Lenz highlights one of his college students who uses blended learning in the special education class she teaches.

2/8/12
Teacher, student and blogger Adora Svitak explains how teachers can give students a more empowering role in their own education.

2/8/12
Blogger Eric Brunsell takes us on a tour of his favorite online resources for science teachers.

2/7/12
Blogger Nick Provenzano presents five ways that cloud computing helps him as a teacher.

2/3/12
Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall project showed that children could teach themselves, and each other, how to use technology.

2/3/12
Blogger Jim Berman opens our eyes to the increasing value of offering career and technical education at the high school level.

2/2/12
Geoff Butterfield, Edutopia's longtime Technical Production Director, sends his fond farewells.

2/1/12
To celebrate Digital Learning Day, blogger Andrew Marcinek presents the description of a course that offers his tech-savvy high school students a valuable introduction to the IT world.

2/1/12
Blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares tips for students learning online.

2/1/12
Blogger Todd Finley examines the role of social media in civic activism and compares the youth empowerment strategies of the Boomers and the Millennials.

1/31/12
In the third installment of her New Teacher Academy series, blogger Lisa Dabbs invites veteran teacher Paula Naugle to illustrate some best practices for delivery of instruction.

1/31/12
Blogger Andrew Miller visits the world of game-based learning to help civics students get a feel for how government really works.

1/27/12
Blogger Anne O'Brien shares resources for helping students grow their digital literacy.

1/25/12
Easier, cheaper, and more accessible textbook publishing is here, according to blogger Nick Provenzano.

1/20/12
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz embeds lessons in information literacy using internet research projects.

1/13/12
Blogger Nick Provenzano reminds us that, when introducing new classroom technology, school administrators need to be in the loop, too.

1/9/12
Activist principal Pam Howard talks about the successful nutritional outcome of health-focused gaming software.

1/6/12
If you're looking for resources for yourself or others, use Google and your personal learning network to help you find just about anything.

12/20/11
Blogger Audrey Watters looks at the digital possibilities for customizing and updating texts -- at a fraction of what the hard copy would cost.

12/19/11
Blogger and middle-school teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers up a list of new things she plans to try in the classroom.

12/19/11
Terrell Heick of TeachThought.com leads a guided tour through the evolution of gaming and hints at how students can customize their own educational experience.

12/15/11
Blogger Bob Lenz poses a question around the effectiveness of Blended Learning.

12/14/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz suggests that, instead of feeling intimidated by those teachers who do everything better, we should learn from them.

12/12/11
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares the real payoff for his digital literacy students.

12/9/11
Blogger Nicholas Provenzano previews five must-have holiday gifts for that special nerd in your life.

12/8/11
Open source enthusiast Shahzad Saeed makes a strong case for the educational benefits of software that isn't bundled with a corporate agenda.

12/8/11
Educators are informing edtech decisions now more than ever, not just as consumers, but as creators and makers.

12/6/11
Blogger and PBL specialist Andrew Miller offers an array of creative suggestions for using Quick Response codes in the classroom.

12/5/11
Student engagement and performance have been steadily rising at Cochrane Collegiate Academy, thanks to research-backed teaching methods and professional development.

11/30/11
Tech integration specialist and computer teacher Mary Beth Hertz suggests that sometimes low-tech is all you need.

11/29/11
Blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares a blended genre unit where students research and write their own persuasive speeches in the TED.com format.

11/21/11
Blogger Will Richardson makes an alarming projection about why the economics of phasing out teachers is just so appealing.

11/15/11
Students in Donna Roman's fifth grade class shared holiday cards with students in Taiwan.

11/14/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz makes a case for why every school needs both a tech mentor and a tech coach.

11/14/11
Chris Baer and his students share One Day in the Life with their peers across the globe.

11/11/11
Digital media instructor Daphne Bradford turned an after-school technology enrichment program into a valuable lesson for retired community members.

11/8/11
Blogger Nick Provenzano offers a creative metaphor for how electronic technology can help both students and teachers in the classroom.

11/7/11
Blogger Audrey Watters looks at two educational games where gamers teach scientists.

11/3/11
North Carolina English Teachers Association Outstanding English Teacher of 2010, Autumn Crisp, shares how she balances teaching in the digital and the real world.

11/1/11
Teachers John Suralik and Blake Wiggs teach at two schools 23 miles apart from each other. But by using Skype and the inner circle, outer circle model, they are bringing the a 21st century Socratic seminar to their classrooms, and increasing student participation and engagement.

10/31/11
Blogger Ben Johnson shares iPad features to assist in classroom learning as well as apps to include in curriculum.

10/31/11
There is a growing disparity between those who have used apps on mobile devices and those who have not, writes blogger Audrey Watters, but what is the real impact?

10/27/11
There is a lot of buzz around the flipped classroom model. Blogger and AP Chemistry Ramsay Musallam covers the pros and cons and offers a framework to help you consider whether flipping is the approach for your classroom.

10/26/11
Bridging the digital divide means more than having "access," it includes digital literacy which ensures the birth of new ideas and informed citizens.

10/25/11
Dr. Alex Games (his real name), Education Design Director at Microsoft Studios, describes some new game experiences that bring both augmented reality and embodied learning into the living room.

10/24/11
The digital divide is no longer an issue of access. Instead, there is a widening gap between those who use technology to be entertained and those who are empowered by it.

10/24/11
Blogger and technology curriculum specialist Nick Provenzano provides tips for performing a Tech Drive By for teachers.

10/21/11
Blogger Audrey Watters examines the origins and current uses of the wiki platform for educators.

10/18/11
Blogger Andrew Miller shows educators some specific techniques for building a game structure across different subjects.

10/17/11
Blogger Andrew Marcinek interviews Rick Kiker about how one school district implemented high school e-learning.

10/12/11
Teaching digital citizenship and internet safety is a lot more meaningful when students can engage in authentic online experiences.

10/12/11
Blogger Eric Brunsell reflects on how Steve Jobs turned his mistakes into spectacular opportunities.

10/7/11
Blogger Audrey Watters examines the perceptions and reality of students recycling Internet content.

10/7/11
Teacher/tech blogger Nicholas Provenzano retools his strategy for the less tech-savvy.

10/7/11
Steve Jobs' innovation, creativity, curiosity, passion, and a dedication to learning can be an inspiration to all of us.

10/6/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for evaluating Evaluation are reviewed in this fourth post of a five-part series.

10/4/11
Comic strips contests can be used as a tool for educating students about bullying.

10/3/11
Factors for success include shared understanding across stakeholders, and policies in place in case things go wrong.

9/28/11
Blogger Bob Lenz reflects on project-based learning, intervention strategies and college readiness.

9/27/11
A game-based unit includes structures, themes, and mechanisms for trial and error.

9/26/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for evaluating Evaluation are reviewed in this fifth post of a six-part series.

9/22/11
New tools have been released recently that demonstrate that texting can, in fact, be used for educational purposes.

9/21/11
A five part story of how one school is transitioning to using ePubs through their 1 to 1 iPad program. This installment covers the process.

9/20/11
In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares 20 ways to share technology with students. Please add your own!

9/20/11
Some inventive ideas for using the latest mobile device scanning technology with students.

9/13/11
Adam Bellow, Outstanding Young Educator at ISTE, shares his thoughts on simple ways of integrating technology.

9/12/11
Blogger Suzie Boss shares 20 ideas for getting engaging projects going in your classroom.

9/12/11
Blogger Audrey Watters shares resources and reflections for engaging students around thorny intellectual property issues.

9/9/11
From wikis to blogs to social media in the classroom, blogger and educator Lisa Dabbs shares twenty great ideas for new teachers.

9/2/11
An overview of useful sites where educators sharing curriculum with other educators.

8/30/11
Library media specialist Laura Fleming showcases Inanimate Alice, a new transmedia story with numerous free educational resources.

8/26/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Applying are reviewed in this third post of a five-part series.

8/24/11
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares the process his school is undergoing to implement ePubs via their 1:1 program.

8/23/11
Eric Brunsell's ongoing series showcases some innovative tools and examples for student collaboration.

8/22/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Understanding are reviewed in this second post of a five-part series.

8/18/11
Some great suggestions for how to best manage new Web 2.0 tools in your classroom.

8/16/11
Educators at 140Edu in New York discuss the power of the real-time Internet to make lasting change in education.

8/11/11
The Dean of the Family Support Department at the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School shares some best practices.

8/10/11
A San Jose, CA elementary school shows improvement on math scores with a blended learning approach.

8/10/11
High school English teacher Nicholas Provenzano shares a couple simple tips for using the Web to keep students engaged.

8/9/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Remembering are covered in this first post of a six-part series.

8/8/11
Eric Sheninger, principal at New Milford High School shares his ideas on leadership during challenging times.

8/8/11
8/4/11
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act was put in place in 1998; journalist Audrey Watters suggests that it could be time for a review.

8/3/11
Teacher and blogger Mary Beth Hertz writes that the tools are less important than the skills.

8/3/11
Open source tools are free and often easier to update; Dr Chris Craft shares some tips for making the leap.

8/1/11
Boot Campers are playing with this powerful drag-and-drop storytelling tool this week.

7/19/11
Teacher and tech enthusiast Jon Schwartz espouses the benefits of blogging for teaching elementary English language learners and boosting student engagement.

7/14/11
Mary Beth Hertz shares a list of tech skills by grade level that she helps her students obtain. How do they compare to yours?

7/13/11
An overview of all things VoiceThread, a simple multimedia tool that's got endless classroom applications.

7/12/11
Blogger Suzie Boss spots trends at the ISTE conference this year.

7/8/11
Test-prep instructor Andrea Alexander shares some tips to help students raise their scores.

7/6/11
Blogger and middle-school teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron interviews ePals co-founder, Nina Zolt.

7/1/11
Blogger Suzie Boss shares resources for connecting project-based learning with current events.

6/27/11
News from this year includes student-centered narratives, open-source digital learning toolkits, flipped classrooms and more.

6/26/11
An overview of the best organizational tools to help you keep track of your digital resources.

6/25/11
A review of some of the most powerful web tools that can help students use the Internet efficiently. This blog is part of Edutopia's Summer PD series.

6/21/11
Blogger Meredith Stewart uses blogs in her classroom to teach digital literacy as part of her English and history classes.

6/20/11
Teacher Mary Beth Hertz suggests that the best PD for tech integration will give teachers time and freedom to explore.

6/16/11
University of Memphis Professor Trey Martindale addresses the challenges of online learning. He paints a bright future for personal online learning.

6/10/11
Blogger Andrew Marcinek on how we can improve meetings with the help of technology, like Google Doc, that encourage collaboration.

6/7/11
A dynamic list of the best resources: Practical (useful right now), Innovative (useful someday), and Persuasive (can make the case to change someone's mind), as rated by educators.

6/3/11
Blogger Eric Brunsell "kicks off" The Web Tools Collective, a summer series to help educators learn about Web 2.0 tools.

6/2/11
How one educator uses the popular video game platform to increase student engagement.

6/1/11
A dynamic list of the best resources: Practical (useful right now), Innovative (useful someday), and Persuasive (can make the case to change someone's mind), as rated by educators.

5/27/11
Blogger Suzie Boss highlights the students and their winning projects at this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup.

5/27/11
Mary Beth Hertz suggests focusing on accomplishments and encouraging positive student reflection to end the year.

5/25/11
A dynamic list of the best resources: Practical (useful right now), Innovative (useful someday), and Persuasive (can make the case to change someone's mind), as rated by educators.

5/20/11
A dynamic list of the best resources: Practical (useful right now), Innovative (useful someday), and Persuasive (can make the case to change someone's mind), as rated by educators.

5/13/11
Lauren Moyer taught herself to use the interactive white board, and her students opened to a new level of understanding.

5/6/11
Suzie Boss highlights how one internship program has allowed students to get a head start on careers in the health profession

5/5/11
Blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron makes the case for blended learning -- a combination of both online and face-to-face education.

4/28/11
Eric Brunsell, Assistant Professor of Science Education, shares the three general principles for engineering education. Included is a vast list of resources on ways to weave engineering concepts into the classroom.

4/25/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz shares her experience in applying gaming concepts to her classroom practices.

4/19/11
Blogger Andy Marcinek outlines the conditions that need to be in place for a successful 1:1 implementation.

4/11/11
Todd Finley defines social media as the new frontier, and adolescents are the early frontierspersons. He includes ten tips for adding social media tools into the classroom.

4/7/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz shares some great ways to raise money for your classroom technology projects.

3/25/11
Reasons for integrating technology in classrooms and schools far outweigh the reasons for not.

3/17/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz shares her four levels of classroom technology integration: sparse, basic, comfortable, and seamless.

3/16/11
The changing role of science educators, wikis, mobile devices, and other exciting science trends from the 2011 National Science Teachers Association Conference in San Francisco (March 10 - 13).

3/11/11
The Department of Ed's Karen Cator answers your questions about the National Education Technology Plan (NETP)

3/9/11
Andrew Marcinek uses Twitter, Googledocs and a variety of other tools to connect his classroom for a lesson in information fluency.

3/8/11
George Lucas shares his thoughts on shining a spotlight on the most exciting classrooms, schools, and districts where innovations in teaching and learning are taking place.

2/27/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz shares a simple but powerful model for integrating tech in elementary classrooms.

2/25/11
How teachers can use Zynga's Farmville as an educational tool in the classroom.

2/24/11
Technology expert Ben Johnson wonders how learning -- and schools -- would change if teachers stopped using paper.

2/23/11
Wireless schools, a laptop per child, and online classes and assessment tools are just the tip of the technology iceberg when it comes to the future of learning.

2/21/11
Andrew Marcinek shares how collaborative assessment can be applied in a digital classroom.

2/16/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz provides tips for teaching technology to elementary school students.

2/14/11
Blogger and education journalist Suzie Boss reports on a few of the highlights at the EduCon gathering in Philadelphia.

1/31/11
Blogger Andrew Marcinek reflects on social and digital media integration into the lives of teachers and students.

1/26/11
Blogger Audrey Watters demystifies the National Educational Technology Plan & the U.S. DOE answers your top five questions.

1/25/11
Blogger Mary Beth Hertz shares the winners of her tech integration lesson plan contest.

1/20/11
Blogger and education journalist Suzie Boss proposes that media and digital literacy is not just for students, but essential for all citizens nationwide.

1/19/11
Seven great tech integration lesson plans. Vote for your favorite; the winner gets to donate Steven Johnson's new book Digital Tools for Learning to a deserving colleague.

1/6/11
Guest blogger David Thornburg on how the open-source movement is transforming the textbook industry.

1/4/11
Mary Beth Hertz will give away a copy of Steven Johnson's new book, Digital Tools for Teaching, to the best tech integration lesson plans (Phase one of a two-part contest).

12/22/10
Andrew Marcinek on using social media to empower students as thinkers, learners, and collaborators.

12/16/10
Suzie Boss highlights how a teacher has successfully promoted computer science to a large number of girls at the high school where he teaches in Maryland.

12/9/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three important steps in re-examining the library to boost students' information literacy.

12/8/10
Computer teacher and blogger Mary Beth Hertz recommends some of her favorite books for some holiday reading.

12/2/10
Edutopia shares its six core strategies for reforming education as part of the National Day of Blogging for Real Ed Reform.

11/22/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares some ideas for jump-starting a tired classroom.

11/21/10
Katie Klinger discusses the implications when schools in the U.K. use outsourcing services in India for online learning.

11/18/10
Milton Chen, Edutopia's executive director emeritus, offers a glimpse into some exciting developments in public education.

11/3/10
Anne O'Brien explains the importance of civic education in our schools, stressing that our country cannot thrive if its citizens do not know how to maintain it.

10/22/10
On this Spirit Day Edutopia's Ken Ellis suggests that social media is becoming a bit too anti-social.

10/20/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three tips to how to help students use social media more effectively

10/19/10
Mary Beth Hertz, one of the organizers of the edcamp Philly, outlines the first steps in producing an edcamp "unconference" in your own community.

10/15/10
Third-grade teacher Gaetan Pappalardo offers some practical suggestions for introducing some simple, yet valuable tech tools to younger kids.

10/14/10
A Primer on Citizen Science: How to Ignite Students' Natural Curiosity

10/13/10
A web 2.0 class crosses geographical boundaries to teach information literacy: 21st century skills, collaboration and digital citizenship.

10/11/10
Beyond Superman: Edutopia founder George Lucas responds to the \"Waiting for Superman discussion\"

10/11/10
Bob Lenz highlights a recent study's findings that shows the effectiveness of project-based learning.

9/30/10
Introduction to Edcamp: Mary Beth Hertz, one of the founders of edcamp Philly, gives an introduction to the "unconference" model for educators.

9/29/10
Not My Father's Shop Class: Fusing Career Tech with College Prep

9/28/10
Dr. Katie Klinger describes a plan to bring school virtually to middle and high school students in Hawaii.

9/27/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek offers suggestions for dealing with the most common obstacles to tech integration.

9/24/10
A primer on Glossing, an innovative approach to composition instruction, by guest blogger Bob Alexander.

9/21/10
An LMS suggests that information literacy is a key 21st century skill in an increasingly info-overloaded society, and that librarians should be the last (not the first) to be cut.

9/17/10
Edutopia's senior fellow Milton Chen on the evolution of technology as educational tool.

9/16/10
Blogger Eric Brunsell writes on how to engage students with high quality science tradebooks.

9/14/10
Which Tech Tool Do I Choose? Blogger Mary Beth Hertz helps us sort through the myriad options.

9/13/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek cautions against embracing new technologies in the classroom without mastering the old ones.

9/9/10
Laura Fleming, a school librarian, offers a primer on the expanding field of interactive books.

9/8/10
Blogger and elementary teacher Gaetan Pappalardo lets his students get creative with their room decoration because it gives him a chance to get to know them, and each other. And that lays a solid community foundation right from the start.

9/3/10
Educator and blogger Todd Finley on why student journals are an important tool for measuring comprehension. And he shares his favorite reflective writing formats and describe a labor-saving method of teacher response.

9/1/10
Your challenge, if you choose to accept, is to find a way to connect your students with a scientist, engineer, or other expert and share it with us.

8/31/10
A Maine high school takes on the project-learning task of building a replica of a 16th-century ocean vessel.

8/30/10
Are there specific technology tools you use in the first weeks of school? In case you’re not sure where to start, I asked my Twitter colleagues to tell me what tools they are planning to use, or have used, during the first week of school and why.

8/30/10
Will the new measures reinforce great, modern teaching and learning -- the kind that engages kids with real-world projects and cultivates the problem-solving and collaborative skills that are so essential in this day and age?

8/25/10
A math teacher shares what matters most when preparing students for STEM careers.

8/24/10
Post wisely and you can take advantage of your (permanent) digital footprint.

8/21/10
Bittersweet News for Social Media in Education: Edutopia's Elana Leoni reports from the #140conf in San Francisco

8/20/10
8/20/10
Give students the gift of a writing routine to help them build a crucial foundation.

8/16/10
A case study showing how Clark STEM Magnet School is integrating STEM with arts and academics.

8/13/10
Edutopia's first online Project-Based Learning Camp wraps up with some impressive results.

8/11/10
Mary Beth Hertz on how to integrate technology into your classroom with limited resources.

8/11/10
8/6/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares his favorite tech tips for engaging parents.

8/5/10
Shelly Blake-Plock weighs in on increasing student engagement by getting rid of textbooks.

8/5/10
George Lucas dedicates at least half his wealth to improving education.

8/4/10
Literacy instruction is the responsibility of all educators – regardless of the content they teach.

8/4/10
Susan Colby and Caitrin Moran Wright share four silver linings to the budget crises in education.

8/2/10
The first in a five part series on the integration of arts in STEM education by guest blogger Jim Brazell.

7/30/10
Guest blogger Pernille Ripp on the common goal of education.

7/27/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek describes how he uses technology to keep students connected -- and engaged -- during the summer months.

7/26/10
Collaborate on projects online with other educators at Edutopia's PBL Camp.

7/20/10
Elisabeth Soep of Oakland, California's Youth Radio shares how a radio commentary can engage students on real-world issues.

7/19/10
Blogger Suzie Boss shares one simple but profound activity to help students prepare for the 21st century workplace.

7/16/10
Mary Beth Hertz gives an overview of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S, and suggests some transformative ways to integrate them in the classroom.

7/15/10
Edutopia's Senior Fellow and Executive Director Emeritus on the six leading edges - innovations that will redefine schools, teaching, and learning.

7/14/10
North Philly Teacher stimulates her students' passion as well as her own with an updated version of Romeo and Juliet.

7/6/10
The director of information systems of the Racine Unified School District is making a revolutionary move: he removed the firewalls that had blocked students from many parts of the Internet. Bold progress or brash mistake?

7/5/10
Science ed blogger Eric Brunsell on the process of developing national science standards.

7/2/10
Edutopia's new Tech Integration - High School blogger Andrew Marcinek on the topic of Information Literacy.

7/2/10
Edutopia's new Tech Integration: Elementary School blogger Mary Beth Hertz introduces herself.

7/2/10
The gaming world is taking on the challenge of getting today's students ready for careers as computer scientists and software engineers.

6/23/10
New York City's experiment in differentiated instruction relies heavily, but not exclusively on technology to adapt lessons to individuals.

6/11/10
A student can access a world of information on the iPad -- and also create a blog, or design a digital project.

6/9/10
Edutopia's Betty Ray on how to get started using Twitter to expand your personal learning network.

6/7/10
Guest blogger Kyle Pace on how to plan the perfect PD.

6/7/10
Guest blogger Anne O'Brien proposes that career and technical education classes can prepare high school students for the demands and rigor of college just as well as college prep courses.

6/4/10
What do you want video games to do for you?

6/1/10
Twelve teachers hatch a plan together to land a conference call with US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan -- and it works.

5/31/10
5/28/10
Guest blogger Andrew Marcinek suggests ways to transform assessment for the 21st-century.

5/26/10
STEMtube is a new Web site hoping to create a catalogue of student-created projects from around the world.

5/24/10
Milton Chen covers some innovative uses of the iPod in helping young English language-learners master reading, writing, and much more.

5/17/10
Online simulations and games are a new frontier for many classroom teachers.

5/10/10
Social media like Facebook provides 21st-century learning opportunities for students -- and a forum for teachers all over to unite and network.

5/7/10
4/29/10
4/26/10
Project-based teaching is an art -- and it takes lots of practice.

4/22/10
4/5/10
Heather Wolpert-Gawron suggests ways teachers can take charge in the race to fix our schools.

4/2/10
3/23/10
Blogger Suzie Boss outlines the basics for getting your classroom and students ready for project learning.

3/18/10
Test-taking skills matter, but just as important are things like knowing how to negotiate and how to get along with co-workers.

3/12/10
Guest blogger Steve Johnson makes the case for social media in education, the topic of March 9 #edchat

3/11/10
At Envision Schools, juniors and seniors are required to participate in a 12-week Workplace Learning Experience.

3/10/10
3/3/10
David Markus, Edutopia's editorial director, reports on Day 2 of the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN, also know as the Consortium of School Networking, in Washington, D.C.

3/2/10
David Markus, Edutopia's editorial director, reports from the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN, also know as the Consortium of School Networking, in Washington, D.C.

3/1/10
This weeks edchat guest blogger Nicholas Provenzano shares strategies for (re-)igniting passion in students.

2/25/10
2/12/10
Blogger Suzie Boss reports from the Educon 2.2 Conference in Philadelphia.

1/30/10
Innovative high schools like Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School offer students the chance to learn real-world skills -- and possibly get paid for it.

1/13/10
The Schools That Work case study about SEL was presented at the 2009 Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning conference.

12/21/09
By using Facebook as a forum, educators have an opportunity to write letters to President Obama, sharing their thoughts and concerns about his educational policies.

12/11/09
Imagination, innovation, and entrepreneurship needs to replace the current focus on regimentation in public education.

12/9/09
Leaders in education from around the world come together to discuss technology, and other ways to revolutionize learning.

12/4/09
There's nothing like teaching face-to-face, but even if you can't be there, tweeting is free and easy.

11/29/09
With the Internet offering instant information, today's teachers need to redefine the educator's role from conveyor of knowledge to facilitator of problem solving and inquiry.

11/19/09
Quest to Learn, a publicly funded school in New York, teaches entirely through games and hopes to open more of these Institutes of Play in the near future.

10/19/09
The federal government is offering tens of millions of dollars for grants that foster innovation, so this new educational buzzword deserves some defining.

10/12/09
George Lucas was interviewed about the new world of learning at the 2009 World Business Forum and in a special supplement to the Wall Street Journal.

10/7/09
Research papers no longer need to carry the negative connotation for students as a stand-alone, tedious assignment.

9/28/09
The popularity of such electronic reading devices as Amazon's Kindle may mean the arrival of digital texts in the classroom sooner than we think.

9/25/09
Students can learn new words and build vocabulary skills in fun and engaging ways on the Internet.

9/11/09
The media and politicians heavily critiqued President Obama's decision to address children in school, yet few teachers and even fewer students were asked their thoughts about it.

9/9/09
Government agencies, businesses, and public schools collaborate to promote STEM education.

8/26/09
The U.S. secretary of education defines innovation and explains criteria for Department of Education funding during an upcoming webcast.

8/17/09
If teaching and learning were an exact science, it would be a simple matter of finding the right formula and applying it.

7/29/09
If high schools use a high-stakes portfolio to evaluate graduating seniors, they should make this the importance of this body of work clear to students during their freshman year.

7/23/09
The graduates at one California high school are required to complete a College Success Portfolio their senior year, and nearly all plan to attend college.

7/15/09
Dedicating time to becoming technologically proficient in your personal life can translate into a more innovative classroom.

7/10/09
The media scholar talks up our recent project about technological and media literacy in his blog.

7/8/09
To one day be successful in the workplace, students must know how to collaborate with peers -- locally and globally.

6/30/09
For their academic tasks to have real meaning, students need to both become involved in and find value in their work.

5/23/09
Crafting a resume or learning how to change the oil in a car are relevant to students' real lives of students, but they should be viewed as springboards into more rigorous study.

5/8/09
Educators can use this Internet software to bring authors into the classroom virtually, to conference with other teachers globally, and to incorporate technology into project learning.

4/22/09
Students' project presentations to classmates and parents drive greater motivation and achievement.

4/9/09
Technology integration in public schools has recently taken a back seat in funding, leading to many grassroots battles in the classroom trenches.

4/2/09
An undeniable benefit to having kids produce real books is that they work harder when they know an audience will see it.

3/26/09
Research proves that our classrooms thrive when technology, such as interactive whiteboards, is used -- but only when used wisely.

3/17/09
Community leaders in Hawaii get involved in project learning to preserve both the indigenous culture and the ecosystem.

2/17/09
The ever-changing Web offers educators an endless supply of innovative tools to enhance their teaching.

2/12/09
Teachers may know more than they think when it comes to including technology in their classrooms.

1/29/09
Publishing a student blog is easier than you think, and urban students are more inspired to write when their writing matters.

1/13/09
Use technology to help children think better and become more invested in their schooling.

12/2/08
Apply the model of school-sports support to obtain funding for class projects.

8/19/08
Students use multimedia to share across the miles.

8/13/08
Kamaile Academy teachers receive training on how to use Web 2.0 tools to teach their students.

8/1/08
Educators celebrate the one-year anniversary of an exciting teaching tool at MIT.

7/28/08
A Hawaiian charter school seeks professional-development funding so its teachers can infuse their classrooms with Web 2.0 technology.

7/25/08
The CEO of an online community for student pen pals talks about the importance of collaboration.

7/20/08
Teachers can brighten their classrooms with personalized inspirational art.

7/18/08
Debbie Heimowitz employs the power of movies to promote online empowerment and awareness.

6/17/08
The former astronaut offers innovative science and math materials on her Web site.

6/11/08
The first female American astronaut celebrates twenty-five years of high flying.

6/4/08
Nicholas Negroponte unveils his plans for the next-generation XO.

5/20/08
If even tech professionals can lose data, why aren't you backing up your files?

5/13/08
Stay in the loop with this tool that lets users quickly touch base.

4/30/08
A Web site shows off teachers' displays while encouraging online community.

4/10/08
Does the tech staff at your school have an adversarial relationship with the faculty?

4/4/08
Can people use their mobile phones to make a difference?

4/2/08
A blogger reflects on the true purpose of blogging.

3/25/08
How far do schools need to go to keep videos and photos of their students off the Internet?

3/24/08
Students can learn about almost any subject by using the Web site xtimeline to chart history.

3/20/08
Teachers from around the world use the Web to learn together about social-networking software.

3/14/08
If you don't know how to shift gears, you won't be able to keep up, no matter how hard you work.

3/10/08
Find out what other people are reading, and talk about your favorite books.

3/6/08
Though making a movie may have become easier, making a good one is still hard to do.

3/4/08
Opportunities for remote but effective interactions with other educators abound.

2/22/08
Make available your class's most valuable resource -- you.

2/19/08
Members of this online community find, post, and vote on content from around the Web.

2/4/08
Assigning kids to tackle real-world issues gives them a reason to care about what they learn.

1/31/08
Share your love of reading with LibriVox's collection of books recorded by volunteers.

1/28/08
A collaborative Web site aids educators with visual teaching and learning materials.

1/21/08
Educators need to think about how they can harness the creative energy students devote to online interaction.

1/14/08
How do you employ devices in the classroom in new ways?

1/9/08
The social-networking abilities teenagers develop online are in line with skills they'll need in the workplace.

1/7/08
What will they think of next?

1/4/08
Check out these tips on how to efficiently use insufficient numbers of classroom computers.

1/2/08
The Web site FORA.tv lets you attend events you only thought you had missed.

12/11/07
Explore the possibilities manufacturers of the latest devices never imagined.

12/5/07

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