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  • Social Networking in Schools: Incentives for Participation -- THE Journal on 2009-12-09

    • References

      DiScipio, T. (2008). Adapting social networking to address 21st-century skills. MultiMedia & Internet@Schools, 15(5), 10-11. Also available here.

  • “Engage Me or Enrage Me”: What Today’s Learners Demand (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE on 2009-11-17

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  • Social Networking in Schools: Incentives for Participation -- THE Journal on 2009-11-09
    • especially parents have strong expectations about the positive roles that social networking could play in students' lives, and both are interested in social networking as a tool.
  • Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill | General News | Comcast.net on 2009-11-08
    • The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday. "It was a bill written by liberals for liberals."
  • Levels of Women's Participation - Colorado E.A.G.L.E.S. on 2009-09-07
  • Fire near Los Angeles grows in size | National News | Comcast.net on 2009-09-01
    • Flames plowed through half-century-old thickets of tinder-dry brush, bush and trees just 15 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Firefighters awaited daybreak to learn the new extent of the 6-day-old fire, which is now expected to burn for weeks.
  • elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age on 2009-07-28
    • Learning
      needs and theories that describe learning principles and processes, should
      be reflective of underlying social environments.
    • The “half-life of knowledge” is
      the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete.
      Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago. The amount of
      knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling
      every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation
      (ASTD).
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  • Sarah Palin steps down as Alaska governor | Comcast.net on 2009-07-27
    • On Sunday, Palin took on old foes in the media, Hollywood and the Lower 48 states. As her audience shouted its approval, she scolded reporters for making things up, mocked Hollywood stars who have opposed wolf-control programs, and complained that "outside special interests still don't get it."
  • Announcements ‎(Digital Educator)‎ on 2009-07-27
    • MAC store for the One to One support
  • How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com on 2009-07-27


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        I still have vivid memories of many such moments: clicking on my first Web hyperlink in 1994 and instantly transporting to a page hosted on a server in Australia; using Google Earth to zoom in from space directly to the satellite image of my house; watching my 14-month-old master the page-flipping gesture on the iPhone's touch interface.

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