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Please feel free to post any exceptional resources or tools specifically pertaining to online resources for educators or for teacher professional development that may inform our own practices within Spark:

Companies and/or Labs that may be on to something...

CK-12 Foundation

PBS LearningMedia (used to be PBS Teach); Check out online PD offerings, too. Rumor has it, may go commercial.

Teachers Domain, Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development

Gooru - A Search Engine for Learning

Digital Human Library, connecting experts with learners (Canada)

iLabs Central

Federal Registry for Educational Excellence from Dept of Ed.

The Concord Consortium

The Teaching Channel

My NASA Data

Northwestern University's Project Access (Kemi Jona)

HP Catalyst (new)

CIESE from Stevens Institute of Technology

E-mission Distance Learning Scenarios

Black Girls Code

The Learning Registry

Programming: Tynker, Alice, Scratch

SCALE UP movement for Student Centered Active Learning Center Environment w/ Upside-down Pedagoies

Untangling the Web (Adam Bellows): http://padlet.com/wall/ISTE13/wish/10581459

Flipasaurus.org

Center for Teaching Quality, CTQ

Other Websites

US Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Technology (OET), Richard Culatta, Interim Director

PBS Learning: What is CyberLearning? (Examples; Kemmi and other big players are featured.)

Center for Innovative Learning and Collaboration (CILC): Selection portal for Internet Video synchronous programs between schools and museums, labs, etc.

Edutopia - site designed for educators that brings research to practice. A lot on project-based learning.

Gigaom - tech innovation news across all markets

Science Buddies: Science careers, science fairs etc.

Understanding science, How science really works

Inkling Habitate - Ebooks; wow!

Teacher Learning Network, Australia

Online Communities, Organizations, Networks, Projects

edWeb.net is a highly-acclaimed professional social and learning network that has become a vibrant online community for exceptional educators, decision-makers, and influencers who are on the leading edge of innovation in education. Join if you dare - too many webinars for one life!

HASTAC (Haystack), a consortium of scientists, social scientists, artists, humanists, & engineers committed to new forms of collaboration across communities and disciplines fostered by creative uses of technology.

The Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and Internet (began this June for 12 month period)

Powerful Learning Practice - PD for Connected Educators

SMILE Pathways

Educause: a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology.

National Girls STEM Collaborative

Afterschool Alliance

iSchools

Internet2 K20

EdTech Talks - Teachers Teaching Teachers

ISTE

Connected Educator Month (October), Dept. of Ed.

Triangle Coalition for STEM Education

OpenCurriculum

People Contacts, External - here's a few to start:

Kemmi Jona, Northwestern University, remote labs and virtual labs leader

Internet2 K20 Committee members led by James Werle who were with us last August 2012

Jerry McCarthy, CO Governor's Office for Information Technology (at I2 meeting), CO Distance Learning, jerry.mccarthy@state.co.us (Receive Jerry's newsletter if interested)

Nikunj Oza is the leader of the Data Sciences Group at NASA Ames Research Center. His expertise: big data. See more at: http://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/big-data-innovation-boston/speakers#sthash.afQm5ljG.dpuf

NSF: Edith Gummer, Janice Earle, Barry Sloane, and Arlene de Strulle (Technology and Education/Educational Research)

Dr. Sherry His, LHS, and co-lead for SMILE Pathway (w/ Exploratorium more long period, too)

Philip Bell, University of Washington; Brita Barron, Stanford, Life Center Co-PIs

Internal collaborators:

COMET crew; Jeff Custard, CISL NETS and FRGP; Rich Loft - CISL Outreach; Karon Kelly (DLS Assoc. Director); Mary Marlino (DLS Director at NCAR); Kaye Howe, Director NSDL; Tony - GLOBE; UCAR Connect committee members; Alison Rockwell - EOL EO Outreach (mostly post secondary)