Richard Byrne, an award-wining Google Certified teacher, created this resource, which provides a selection of free technology tools that can be used in any K-12 classroom. It is intended to assist teachers who are fairly new to the practice of integrating technology into their curriculum.

The following link provides a list of 50 worthwhile technology tools for educators to explore and use to make connecting with their students a little bit easier. The tools have been divided into 4 categories: Social Learning, Learning, Lesson Planning and Tools, and Useful Tools. They provide resources to make lesson plans more engaging and interesting, to help teachers stay connected and organized, and to develop effective learning tools for the classroom.

The data illustrated in this infographic, from the Australian-based company Open Colleges, reflects the impact that technology is having on 21st Century classrooms. It shows that embracing technology in the classroom, especially mobile technologies, is actually helping the learning process.

As popular as YouTube has become for entertainment purposes, it can also be utilized in the education field. There is a wealth of information that can be found on various channels to help reinforce concepts, introduce new content, or simply educate both students and teachers alike.

Sophia.org is an enhanced social teaching and learning website that offers academic content free of charge. There are over 25,000 tutorials that are currently offered in the areas of English, Science, Math, Social Sciences and Fine Arts, just to name a few. It has been described as a mashup of Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube, that is focused solely on education. Sophia.org has become especially popular with teachers who have flipped their classrooms, and have seen their students’ grades improve after using the content found on this website.

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century

In February 2011, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report identifying our nation’s focus on the academic, classroom-based approach to education as being too narrow-minded. The American Youth Policy Forum hosted a special event upon the release of the report, which included an overview of the report, the reactions of a panel of education and business leaders, and special remarks from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.