Mary Scroggs Elementary School: A Wired Education
A school works on closing the digital divide by making every day a technology day. Brave New Teacher: A Classroom Veteran Conquers Technophobia
In rural Freedom, Pennsylvania, a once-hesitant instructor is proving that even “old dogs” can learn new tech tricks.
I Want to Be a Tech Coordinator
Following the monster dot com format, individuals explain why they want to become school tech coordinators.
Advising President Obama
Video Series
This short video series turns today's students into tomorrow's advisors to POTUS.
Digital Learners @ Analog Schools
Students speak out on what it means to be a digital student at an analog school.Teacher and Librarian Collaboration
This parody of Blind Date is a clip from a project on classroom teacher and librarian collaboration.
Web 2.0 and Language & Learning
Presentation of Web 2.0 for educators interested in using the tools in their classrooms.
Electing a U.S. President in
Plain English
A short guide to understanding the U.S. election process.
Blogs in Plain English
A video for people who wonder why blogs are such a big deal..
Approaching Digital Students
A fifth-grade teacher shares techniques and strategies for integrating technology into intermediate learning standards. .
Chemistry Comes Alive
Sixteen quick chemistry demonstrations from The Journal of Chemical Education.
Tech in Real Life
Classes at Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, Utah, apply computers and diagnostic equipment across the curriculum to engage in authentic learning.
Three Steps for 21st Century Learning
How to teach the skills students must learn to be literate in the 21st Century.
Responsive Classroom Success
A report on one school’s success with Responsive Classroom strategies.
Behavior and Grades Improve After Fred Jones Training
Granite Hills High School freshmen describe behavior and grades improvement after their teacher adopted Fred Jones’s Tools for Teaching.
We Didn’t Start the Fire
A video of recent historical events set to Billy Joel's popular song.
Wise at the Olympics
A series of seven videos compares the performance of U.S. athletes at the Olympics with U.S. academic performance.
Basic Computer Components
A guided tour of basic computer hardware.
Games in Education
The value of games in education from the Orange County (CA) Department of Education's Educational Technology group.
The Connected Classroom
Designed to show teachers how to connect their classrooms to the world of information.
Language Learning and Web 2.0
An introduction to Web 2.0 for ESL and second language teachers.
Why Let Our Students Blog?
A presentation on the benefits of blogging in the classroom.
What Is Podcasting?
An introduction to the world of podcasting for educational purposes.
Technology Planning
Weighing the relationship between technology investments and student growth in the technology planning process.
What Teachers Make
Performance poet -- and former teacher -- Taylor Mali reads his poem “What Teachers Make.
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Professor Randy Pausch, who’s dying of pancreatic cancer, advises students on how to achieve their goals.
Education in Second Life: Explore the Possibilities
An overview of the possible educational uses of Second Life.
What Is RSS and How Is It Useful?
Jimmy Ruska explains…"the most useful thing nobody uses."
High Expectations
Discover how a focus on teamwork, individualized instruction, and ongoing assessment is improving ones high-poverty K-6 school.
SMART: World Teachers’ Day
The classroom uses of SMART Board interactive whiteboards
Excel Posters
Learn how to make classroom posters using Microsoft Excel.
A Private Universe
Why don’t even the brightest students truly grasp basic science concepts?
No Gamer Left Behind
Computer simulations are natural learning tools for virtual game players.
10 Steps to Building a Professional Learning Community
What kind of community is it when people don't work together?
Did You Know?
Exploring issues of globalization in our newly connected world.
Using Cool Web Sites in Education
A look at a creative way to use a Web site to kick start kids' imagination.
Just Say Yes!
Multiple learning styles require different teaching styles. But how?