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How do you get teachers within a department to share resources? http://google.com, voicethreads, video-conferencing, etc. etc. The flex book program in Virginia High School physics. The curriculum is flexible and continually being updated.
 * Pear Q**


 * Conversation Starters** - Need help getting started? Use the following to help get the conversation started:
 * What types of digital resources do the teachers in your district collect, use, modify, or create to help support classroom instruction?
 * Wikis
 * Twitter
 * Delicious
 * District website-public teacher (example: http://sites.google.com/site/glenwoodlinks/Home/rainforest-animals)
 * Email
 * Grade level
 * Team meeting
 * Closed circuit tv
 * Video conference-ichat
 * skype
 * google docs
 * Blogs
 * What methods could you use to enable teachers in a department to view, contribute, and share the different types of previously listed resources?
 * Same as Above
 * How would your methods benefit teachers in the long run? Technology coordinators? Students? teachers and students become content creators, build on learning- creates more rich content, deeper understandings,
 * What tools (tech and/or non-tech) are going to enable this to happen in an efficient, practical, and logical manner?
 * How can students become involved in the contribution of materials?
 * create podcasts,
 * websites,
 * add to wikis
 * blog

Use the conversation starters as a a framework (or develop your own framework) to design a solution to your problem. "Edit" this page and record your plan, actions, and results in the space below. Leverage your network to make this often talked about topic into an actionable item.
 * Make it Happen**

Discovery Unitedstreaming videos Websites like fliker-Picnic-picasa Photoshop Open up blogs podcasts wikis voicethread

All these enable students to be creators of content Not a static creation-future classes build on that content

Video contributions through vodcasts-student created documentaries, training videos digital story telling


 * Resources** - What resources did you use? List and Link here!


 * Group Reflections -** Take some time to respond to the following questions after completing your task.
 * What does the student experience in a classroom look like when the curriculum is integrated with technology that they use?
 * What support structures need to be in place for this classroom to exist, for the experiences to exist?
 * What is your ideal school look like where access to learning is not held in check by the classroom walls or the teacher itself?
 * Where does learning happen in the schools of the future?