links

A smattering of links ...

[|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills] - The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education. __
 * 21st Century** Skills: Will Our Students Be Prepared? __- A TechLearning article stressing the importance of 21st Century skills.

21st Century Tools - Liz B. Clark has some great tutorials avaialble to assist teachers and students in using some common tools. She also has a book of the same title, [|available for download].

[|21st Century Skills for Educational Leaders]- Greenwich Public Schools has a solid online professional learning workshop with some [|great resources on 21st century tools].

[|Teaching History with Technology] - The Center for Teaching History with Technology is a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. The site has resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Teachers can explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects, l earn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks, explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum, and find out how others are using technology in the classroom.

[|21st Century Connections] -

[|Teachers' Tools for the 21st Century: A Report on Teachers' Use of Technology]- This report from the National Center for Eductaion Statistics uses multiple data sources to describe teachers' use of education technology in their classrooms and schools. It examines the availability of this technology in their classrooms and schools, their training and preparation for using it, and the barriers to technology use they encounter.

Blogs

[|Steve Hargadon] is a leader in Web 2.0 in eductaio and 21st century tools. His blog conatins various ning communities and wikis for eductaros. If you are new to Web 2.0, his blog is the place to start!

[|History Tech Blog] from Glenn Wiebe contains commentary on "History, technology and probably some other stuff". Glenn also has a great collection of tech links on [|his delicious site.] Glenn also runs [|socialstudiescentral.com], another great resource!