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In An Open Letter to Educators, Dan Brown challenges educators, as well as our past notions of education. It is bound to spark controversy in some areas. Nevertheless, this should cause each teacher to re-examine the relationship between teacher, student, and material. Enjoy…

I’ve just returned from presenting at the California Charter Schools Conference in Sacramento. With so many topics and such diverse backgrounds it was quite enlightening. The interest in Web 2.0 technologies was intense. It seems to be one of the hottest topics and everyone is scrambling to learn how it can improve education.

As with any new technology, there are challenges (legal and technical) to its implementation. Additionally, some are more apt to embrace its use while others are more cautious or even try to block them. We will discuss this in depth in future posts. For now, I’ve posted our presentations below. Feel free to use them, we only ask that you attribute them to us.

New Moodle app presents exciting opportunities for online learning!

I wish I had this when I was in school!

Shmoop is an online resource that provides learning guides and academic resources to help teachers make learning relevant. Shmoop provides free learning guides in seven subjects: literature, poetry, bestsellers, US History, civics, biography, and music. The learning guides are written by experts and contain analysis, interesting insight, questions, and multimedia for each topic. Check out the video introduction to Shmoop.