21st Century Collaborative

The recent NEA NBCT Washington State Policy Summit was simply incredible. It was evident in every way that this group strives for excellence.More than 200 National Board Certified Teachers gathered in Seattle Oct. 21 to craft policy recommendations that would ensure students in high-needs schools have access to our most-accomplished teachers.About 225 National Board teachers, [...]

Darren and I were interviewed over at EdTechTalk about the K12 Online Conference. It was my first experience over WorldBridges and what a wonderful time I had! We had quite a few folks that were in the chat room during the Skypecast which added real energy to the conversation. The conversation went beyond the conference [...]

Rick Broida over at LifeHacker posted this about the newest search engine Ms. Dewey. Google? Yahoo? Dogpile? BO-RING! Who says a search engine can’t be innovative, entertaining, and easy on the eyes? That’s the idea behind Ms. Dewey, a comely, "interactive" librarian who stands around waiting for you to type a search term–and throws out [...]

Exciting was the word of the day as 200 teachers, administrators, and other educational leaders gathered in Birmingham, Alabama for the second year kick-off of the ABPC 21st Century Teaching and Learning Project. The purpose of the 21st Century OctoberFest was to gear up for a busy second year of this incredible  professional development program [...]

Do you ever find yourself too busy to blog? I mean really, really too busy to blog. I have learned so much, so fast– all while doing! Life has been at hyperspeed lately but it has been nothing short of amazing. K12Online When Darren, Will and I first started talking about putting together a K12 [...]

Please make plans to attend the K12 Online 2006 Unleashing the Potential Kick Off Fireside chat with Preconference Keynoter David Warlick on October 16, 2006 at 6pm EDT. This informal virtual chat will take place online using Elluminate Live software. What is Elluminate? Elluminate is a classroom/conference tool enhanced by VoIP (live voice communication). We [...]

David Warlick has been working hard on his preconference Keynote presentation for K12 Online 2006. And the conference kickoff is getting closer by the second … as you can see from the new counter in the sidebar. David will kick off the conference on October 16. Later that evening, at 6 pm eastern time in [...]