Articles

• How we use technology in education is more important than which technology we use
• The Computer ate my Teacher
• From Toys to Learning Tools: 5 Questions with Gail Lovely
• One Oakland School Closing the Achievement Gap
• Subjects Matter: Why Students Fall Behind on History
• Amid economic uncertainty ed tech leaders do more with less

Contests & Challenges

• Free Rice Challenge - for every right answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to fight world hunger
• Google Global Science Fair for ages 13-18 
• Learning4Life Student Video Contest
• ThinkQuest Global Competition 2011...   more...

Our new text editor means that now you can use any browser with My eCoach. This text editor is different than our older text editor so you may have some questions about some of the new features. This is a quick overview of some of the features.

Some of these features are pretty intuitive like the first row. There are more fonts and options plus whatever font ...   more...

Webinars are a convenient way to participate and gain professional development without the hassle of flights and travel details. Here are a handful of upcoming FREE webinars for educators:

• Joy of Learning at Classroom 2.0 Live with Barbara Bray on Saturday, October 30, 2010 9am PST will provide an overview of learning, the background of flow, where technology helps, and why it is important to bring back joy to learning so students and teachers are engaged in a joyful learning experience.
  
• Understanding Common Core Standards This free session by Leslie Noonan of Collaborative Learning addresses ...   more...

• Create projects that have students work in pairs or small teams.
  

• Encourage students to communicate with each other while they are working on projects.
  

• Have students to come up with a guiding question and support questions.
  

• When you introduce new projects, have students use think/pair/share groupings whenever you can. 

• Use mind mapping activities...   more...

• Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii teachers are including inquiry and project-based learning in their lessons. Barbara worked with an amazing team of facilitators who guided 15 teams of 8-10 teachers to create public service announcements about their school. Read more...
  
• Madison Middle School in Oakland, CA is creating exciting learning environments where teachers participate in job-embedded ...   more...

• Flat Stanley Meets our Community
  
• Map Skills for Today
  
• El Dia de los Muertos
  
• Principal's Multicultural Advisory Committee
  

• Space Shuttle
  
• Connect Safely
  
• Read.gov

• Study reveals factors in edtech success
• 4 Very Different Futures are Imagined for Research Libraries
  
• Meaningful Professional Development
  
• Learning Powered by Technology by Karen Cator
• 1:1 Computing on the Rise with Netbooks Leading Adoption
  

• Classroom Video: Tools and Strategies to Engage Learners
  

• Multi-year "Challenge" Grant Competition from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation due November 19, 2010
  
• Art Teachers Fellowship Program
  
• Teachers Helping Teachers Award
  
• Youth and Scientific Education Grants...   more...

• K12 Online Conference going on now for the next 2 weeks and is a free online conference that invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning.
• The 2010 CRSTE Global Symposium will be held evenings and weekends for nine days, from October 16 - 24, 2010, to pursue and explore this notion of worldwide collaboration among professional educators. Online and free.
• Discovery DEN Tech or Treat Fall Virtual Conference ...   more...