Patrick Larkin

Standing Desks Are Coming To Schools, To Cure Obesity And Increase Attention Spans

Researchers looked at members of five different organizations over a five year period and came up with some interesting insights:

How to Create, Edit, and Share Notes on Google Keep

Mobile phone bans 'improve school exam results' - BBC News

Eight Free Photo Sites That Require No Attribution

Check out the short clip above where Chef's son checks out his Twitter feed the morning after setting it up and sees that his dad has picked up over 1,500 Twitter followers overnight.

Turning a Children’s Rating System Into an Advocacy Army

She Skipped School And Couldn't Pay Her Fines — So Texas Sent Her To Jail

What can a whole school get from a Twitter account

Great example of Student-led iConferences

A new tool called Choosito, allows students and teachers to avoid inappropriate sites and also search by grade level and reading level.

Google Classroom iPad App User Guide for Teachers - by EdTechnocation.com - Google Docs

Why do a random Google search when you can search inside this network of links that have already been vetted by others?

The Best Resources For Teaching About Selma

Every time I see one of these stories it makes me think a bit about why this is the case. It actually amazes me that people are so surprised that "Digital Natives" prefer real books to e-books.

Ignoring and/or banning the use of social media and mobile technologies in schools is still far too prevalent and it is bad for kids.

How to Import Blogger and Other Blog Feeds Into Google Sites

Back to School: Preparing for Day One

Three Ways to Create Mapped Timeline Stories

9 Best EdTech Tools for Presenting

5 announcements from Google I/O that Google Apps customers need to know

My first undertaking this summer is the start of a six-week online experience called #PTcamp which centers around Beyond the Bake Sale, the Essential Guide to Family/school Partnerships.

A Smart Way to Skip College in Pursuit of a Job -