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"Historical Figures Leave Their Browsers Open" by Sarah Schneider on CollegeHumor

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http://wiki.k12onlineconference.org/home/for-participants/2009-schedule

free online conference

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ipadio - phonecast live to the World, any phone, anywhere

"padio allows you to broadcast from any phone to the Internet live. Phone blog, collect audio data, record and update the world, or simply let your mates know what you're doing - ipadio is integrated with Social Media & Blogging platforms. (pat pend GB0820862.1)"

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Educational Videos – The Best Educational Videos Online | Educational Videos Directory

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A green industrial revolution calls | Noreena Hertz |guardian.co.uk

"Pledges to reduce emissions, whether made at Copenhagen or in the new year, can only be judged according to our ability to make good on them. Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the scaling up of climate change solutions, whatever deal is agreed risks never being realised. Given how probable it is that such an outcome would result in nothing less than global catastrophe, it is imperative that as soon as these talks are over we shift focus from the realpolitik of global negotiators to the real world problem of how to ensure that we translate whatever their words are into meaningful and lasting outcomes."

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Google acquires EtherPad online collaboration tool | Webware - CNET

Google, probably the most prominent advocate of moving traditional productivity software such as word processors online, acquired a small company called AppJet whose EtherPad service fits into that agenda. Current EtherPad users should brace themselves for the end of the service: "If you are a user of the Free Edition or Professional Edition, you can continue to use and edit your existing pads until March 31, 2010. No new free public pads may be created. Your pads will no longer be accessible after March 31, 2010, at which time your pads and any associated personally identifiable information will be deleted," AppJet said.

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Introducing Math by Design Resources . Educator Resources | Math by Design

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National Museum of the American Indian : Collections Search

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Oxford Digital Library

"Welcome to Oxford Digital Library Selected Collections "

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Generation Y: Are they really digital natives or more like digital refugees?
Synergy
Volume 7 Number 1, 2009; Pages 31–40
Barbara Combes

The notion that modern youth are 'tech-savvy' in terms of learning has been tested in recent research that carries implications for school education. An anonymous web survey was completed by 533 students aged 18–22 at two Australian universities. Interviews were then conducted with 40 of the students, who also completed two information tasks, one academic, the other recreational. Participants' activity was captured through photographs and through software that recorded their computer entries and 'think aloud' comments. Almost all interviewed students used the internet heavily, and had done so since late childhood, although a minority disliked doing so for educational purposes. Rather than being blanket users of technology, they tended to use ICT to satisfy specific, changing needs and purposes, for example, those who used ICT for internet telephony were a distinct group from those who used it for peer-to-peer file sharing. Few conducted banking or shopping online. They generally read from printouts rather than on-screen. They were confident with ICT and open to exploring new technologies. However, on the search tasks, 20–30% struggled to collect, manage and evaluate information, and to find the same information twice. They relied heavily on Wikipedia and Google. Many struggled to use databases, and were unaware whether they were in a closed database or the open web environment. When on Google they rarely went beyond the first page of results, and assumed that material they could not locate was unavailable electronically. They tended to rely on simple keyword searches and to accept the first apparently relevant results. They also tended to use the concepts of relevance and authoritativeness 'almost interchangeably'. Students' selection of search results was very fast, indicating a reflex action. It appears that students do not spare time to read summaries or other possibly rele

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