Acoss My Desk (weekly)

• Education Update:Preparing Latino Students for College Success:Guest Editorial

  A must-read article written by Ed Gragert from iEARN talking about the imperative of developing a culture with schools that values international education.
  "The next generation of American leaders will not magically learn to work well with their peers in other countries. U.S. classrooms need to help youth build these skills to ensure future cooperation on critical security issues such as the environment, combating terrorism, public health, and economic and trade relationships. The research, tools, knowledge, partners, and enthusiasm from young people are all there. Now is the time for the new education administration to explicitly encourage and support schools to try a new approach to international education to help the next generations learn to be global leaders for the future security and prosperity of our nation."

  tags: globalawareness acrossmydesk globaleducation flatclassroom_book

• Digital Explorer

  tags: globalcollaboration globaleducation globalschool acrossmydesk geography experts

• Common Sense Media and Cybersmart join

  Common Sense Media Announces Launch of Free Pioneering Middle School Digital Citizenship Curriculum and Acquisition of CyberSmart! K-12 Student Curriculum - Yahoo! Finance

  tags: acrossmydesk digitalcitizenship

• Born Digital - Understanding the first generation of digital natives

  I just bought this via the Kindle app on my iPad!

  tags: acrossmydesk digitalcitizenship

• Programs for Educators Resources and Curriculum for Teachers

  Excellent resources and developments at this site. A free digital citizenship curriculum is being rolled out. And Common Sense have bought Cybersmart recently! Watch this space!

  tags: digiteen digitalcitizenship acrossmydesk

• 20th vs. 21st Century Classroom

  Interesting chart comparing 21th Century classroom or school with 21st Century version.

  tags: 21stcenturyclassroom acrossmydesk

• E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods

  "E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites using PayPal Website Payments Standard, PayPal Website Payments Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro (coming soon!), Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, ClickBank and 2CheckOut."

  tags: acrossmydesk ecommerce innovation digiteen

• My VR Spot

  Educational video hosting service - paid model - but looks like n excellent way for a school to outsource multimedia.

  tags: acrossmydesk video web2.0 flatclassroomproject

• Zooburst

  "ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. Click on some of the pictures below to check out books created by members of the ZooBurst community. If you have a username and password you can log in and create your own books using the 'Login' link at the top right side of the screen."

  tags: acrossmydesk digitalstorytelling

• Webinars | iEARN-USA: International Education and Resource Network

  iEARN-USA has an exciting Professional Development opportunity for its members and prospective members. Thanks to a generous donation from Elluminate, we are using Elluminate Live!® V-Rooms to conduct these interactive workshops over the Internet. The purpose of these is to help teachers get started and effectively use iEARN projects in their classrooms.

  tags: iearn acrossmydesk globalcollaboration globalproject

• Wiley::Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools

  New book about educational reform and innovation!

  tags: acrossmydesk education innovation

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