Top 10 list for the week of 3/18/11

The Top 10 list for this week:

10.  Why Formative assessments matter

http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=1777

9.  Tying incentives to student performance for teachers.  What’s the evidence say?

http://www.danpink.com/archives/2011/03/does-giving-teachers-bonuses-improve-student-performance

(also watch the movie Freakanomics)

8.  Lyn (@L_Hilt) is an AMAZING principal, I’ve mentioned her here a number of times.  I love her thoughts on where we are in education and the homework section really gives me thoughts to chew on

http://lynhilt.com/crossing-the-finish-line/

7.  Don’t have a Twitter account, but want to "SPY" in on what’s being said.  Check this out...

go here http://www.tvviboard.com/ Type in #edchat or #edtech

watch it load and enjoy the resources...

6.  Free assistive reading tools.  This is pretty cool and a great set of resources for writing, reading, and more

http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-assistive-reading-tools.html

5.  This looks like an awesome resource from the most gifted tech person down to the person who needs help using word/pages.  Check it out

http://teachertrainingvideos.com/

4.  Wallwisher.com, corkboard.me, spaaze.com, Lino it (http://en.linoit.com/) which one is the best...dunno, I like them all!

3.  Can you flip your classroom.  It’s all the rage now for 21st Cenetury learners

http://cybraryman.com/flipclass.html

2.  THIS IS SOOOOOO COOL!!! Making an interactive lesson using YOUTUBE

http://www.knewton.com/blog/edtech/education-edtech/2010/12/15/how-to-make-an-interactive-lesson-using-youtube

1.  Yep! Google WILL do that.  Great presentation on the google tools

http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/yep-google-will-do-that.html

Videos of the week

3 who lead, learn and think – 3 great videos…

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/thinking-and-learning-3-quick-videos-586.php

Pay attention – our students are changing to digital learners…