Curriculum 21 - Mapping the Global Classroom of the Future

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

This blog attempts to chronicle the latest innovations and projects at the real life School of the Future in Philadelphia. The School of the Future is a project sponsored by Microsoft and the Philadelphia School District, to bring innovation and reform to K-12 schools. The blog shares projects, best practices, insights and commentary from the Educators, Learners and other SOTF affiliated people. The blog discusses technology innovations in K-12 education, curriculum and project based learning, and critical issues that the Educators want to share with the global education community. This blog strives to be a single source of information and content regarding Microsoft Education technologies being used at the school. Blog posts seek to demonstrate and write about how to implement and use specific technologies in classrooms or school districts.

Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo M?ori, is a user centered environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities.

Our mission is to help schools get a richer picture of student learning through the use of digital portfolios. We can help you collect, select, and reflect and show student growth over time.

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Hill, Laban Carrick. Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Little, Brown, Young Readers, 2009.

New York Times article on brain research applied to changing education: "The teaching of basic academic skills, until now largely the realm of tradition and guesswork, is giving way to approaches based on cognitive science. In several cities, including Boston, Washington and Nashville, schools have been experimenting with new curriculums to improve math skills in preschoolers. In others, teachers have used techniques developed by brain scientists to help children overcome dyslexia."

This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of the information contained in Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, an ASCD book edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and published in January 2010. You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book, or as you finish each chapter.

Hey, Hey, Hey this is Ryan Goble coming at you with teaching resources and fun; and if you're not careful we'll share some cool web links before we're done! ...Making Curriculum Pop was created in the spirit of groundbreaking shows like Fat Albert, Sesame Street and School House Rock. Each of these programs embraced common cultures to engage kids in learning. That type of education - the fun, cool, meaningful and engaging kind - is what Making Curriculum Pop is here to facilitate through Ning's Web 2.0

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Council for Teaching About the United Nations has a range of lesson plans and resources to engage your learners K-12 on global issues.

Resources from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills which has brought education, business, and political leaders together to forge a commitment to prepare learners for their future.

The UNICEF Television video catalogue is a resource tool for educators, child rights activists, journalists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), policy makers as well as the private sector. We offer high quality productions to profile a deeper understanding of the rights and needs of children everywhere.

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

A New Path to Student Achievement Join EdSteps in building a new way to see growth in student performance, using real examples of student work. EdSteps seeks work samples from people of all ages that demonstrate key skills, beginning with Writing samples and Global Competence work samples.

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Jing is free software that adds visuals to your online conversations.

Article from The New York Times. A must read for all of us.

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The historical archive of almost all websites in the world. Compare today's version of a site with snapshots of past years. Great for research. Great for teaching web ethics. And it is FREE.

Talk. Listen. Embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. In a lab or wireless laptop setting it is quite useful to engage your audience. Its beauty is in its simplicity, no adds, no sign ups, no instructions, it just works...