21st century learning

The website(http://www.p21.org/) is a great website that has a ton of resources for teachers trying to teach 21st century skills. What I liked best about this website is that it defined the skills that students must know for the 21st century. Unlike our school district, which tells us we need to teach these skills but does define what skills we should be teaching. Another great aspect of this website is all of the wonderful tools that it has to offer. For example, they have a large amount of videos that show teachers using these skills in their classroom. After watching a hand full of them, I really enjoyed watching the high school science teacher teaching his lesson on the hydrologic structures. Lastly, I was very pleased to see that Ohio (the state that I teach in) is one of only a few states that are a part of this website and has started to rework our state standards to better fit 21st century learning.

If you have five minutes, check out this high school science teacher using these skills in action. It's really awesome!
https://thepartnershipfor21stcenturyskills238.eduvision.tv/default.aspx

Blogs in the classroom

I know there are a lot of different ways a teacher can use a blog in their classroom from 1st grade all the way until college. I would like to start a blog for each of my classrooms and post questions regarding that day's lesson. I was wondering if anyone has done this and how successful it was. I am just worried about students not having internet access at home and therefore not being able to complete the assignments.

Smart-Slate

My School district has gotten all of its teachers Smart-slates for their classrooms. I know you can search for lessons on their websites but I was wondering if anyone has any other websites/ideas for using slates in a classroom. (I teach middle school science and social studies).