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Website Mission

It is the mission of this website to assist in the development of learning environments that promote Career and Technical Education as well as academic excellence. To provide examples of effective 21st century teaching and learning strategies in order to assist in the development of more engaged and motivated classrooms. To provide multimedia Podcasts and articles to facilitate an understanding of how to implement technology and multimedia in classrooms regardless of content area. To encourage independent and personalized learning by teaching students to enjoy the process of learning. To assist teachers in becoming facilitators of learning.

Links

Web 2.0 Tools

The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You

This list (posted on Edudemic.com) was compiled based on the recommendations of educators who have had success using these tools in the classroom.

Digital Education

This State of Digital Education infographic highlights new trends in digital education today, and provides a look at classrooms of the future.

Blended Learning

This infographic, entitled Blended Learning: A Disruptive Innovation, depicts what blended learning is, why it’s popular, and how it works in both traditional and virtual classrooms.

Mobile Learning Trends

Tina Barseghian has posted a list of the fastest growing trends incorporating mobile devices that are currently being implemented in educational environments. Some of these trends include the use of ebooks, online collaborative learning, social media in the classroom and cloud computing.

10 Major Mobile Learning Trends to Watch For

Google+ in the Classroom

The Google+ Guide for Educators

A new social networking site, Google+, could potentially be a great resource for incorporating social media in education. This blog provides links to several sources of information regarding the use of Google+ in student collaboration and blended learning.

Staying Relevant in a Digital Age

Are We Irrelevant to the Digital, Global World in Which We Now Live?

This 4-page article by Scott McLeod of Iowa State University discusses what he believes “principals and superintendents should be thinking about right now regarding 21st century schooling.” It was published in the Summer 2011 issue of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Review.

A brief summary of the full article can be found on McLeod’s blog, entitled A Technology Broadside Against School Leadership Preparation Programs.

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