12 yo chatting for the first time and she's just sitting there while 2 guy friends talk to each other. Her education starts now.

TrailBlazing Royal Society
Welcome to Trailblazing, an interactive timeline for everybody with an interest in science. Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians – and co-ordinated by Professor Michael Thompson FRS – it celebrates three and a half centuries...

Wikiversity
"Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning....

More than just passing notes in class? The Twitter-enabled backchannel
draft study of twitter use at conferences - some great comments and refs in there

How to be a good cyber parent
Useful article from The Guardian

Royal Society
Trailblazing is a user-friendly, ‘explore-at-your-own-pace’, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty fascinating and inspiring articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 published by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010.

Wolfram Education Group: Free Online Seminar Catalog
Our seminar series offers brief presentations by senior Wolfram Research technical staff on topics of interest to Mathematica newcomers as well as to experienced users. These seminars provide you with an easy way to learn about what's new in...

Two charter school studies, two findings on effectiveness - washingtonpost.com
This year, two major studies offer contradictory conclusions on a movement that now counts more than 5,000 charter schools nationwide, including dozens in the District and Maryland and a handful in Virginia.

Top News - Obama launches new STEM initiatives
President Barack Obama on Nov. 23 announced the launch of several nationwide programs to help motivate and inspire students to excel in science and math, including a grassroots effort called "National Lab Day" and a White House science fair.

Jobs Summit - Preparing Workers with Job Training and Investment
by Domenic Giandomenico One of the most bandied ideas for stimulating our economy starts with the notion of “green jobs” - that we should consider a green economy which designs, produces, and installs environmentally-friendly products. I, for one,...

Manage the People Managing You |At the Whiteboard | Online videos for busy IT professionals | TechRepublic Video
well made video shorts teaching all sorts of interesting topics - brief 2-3 mins

Today's Give Away: Story Time Felts Free Giveaway
Product review of Story Time Felts - unique children's christmas gifts that are educational.

@thenextwomen how about all of the above; or going to museum is a way to make education or culture "social"--eg bring it alive

We used to hold these truths to be self-evident...
(Tim, w/thanks to David W.) Breathlessly, the BBC reports our latest neuroscience findings. (By the way, keep track of that whole neuro thing. It's hot and will soon explain everything as a simple question of brain waves. Including...

National Educational Technology Plan
The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can...

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