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Ple/Report - CETISwiki
"This report details the findings of the investigation into Personal Learning Environments conducted by CETIS between March 2005 and July 2006 and commissioned by JISC. In our work we considered the phenomenon of the PLE from a number of different aspects. Firstly, we considered the PLE from the perspective of its emerging representation in the e-learning discourse."
Internet Safety Technical Task Force | Berkman Center
"The Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF) is a group of Internet businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, and technology companies that have joined together to identify effective tools and technologies to create a safer environment on the Internet for youth."
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches
"Use this guide to learn more about, or be reminded of, some of the best ways to get exactly what you're looking for, and quickly."
Free Tool for Saving Webpages
A free new tool called iCyte is now offering students and teachers the ability to save and organize 'Cytes' (text, pictures, articles - even entire web pages) with the click of a button.
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Add Sticky NoteTags and notes can be added for further categorization, creating a searchable database.
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iCyte is useful for middle and high school students; they can use it to store important research material for assignments, along with their own personal projects. Teachers can invite colleagues and friends to join their projects, discover new research, and share information.
Project Tomorrow-NetDay: Speak Up
Speak Up is an annual national research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow. The Speak Up data represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered stakeholder input on education, technology, 21st century skills, schools of the future and science instruction. Education, business, and policy leaders report using the data regularly to inform federal, state, and local education programs.
2009 Horizon Report
the web version
a long-running qualitative research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations.
The Future of the Internet III | Pew Internet & American Life Project
A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves.
Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age | HASTAC
argues that traditional institutions must adapt or risk a growing mismatch between how they teach and how this new generation learns. Forms and models of learning have evolved quickly and in fundamentally new directions. Yet how we teach, where we teach, who teaches, and who administers and serves have changed only around the edges.
The nine tribes of the internet | Pew Internet & American Life Project
This talk explores the latest findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project about broadband adoption and wireless connectivity and looks at why government agencies, associations, activists, and businesses should use varied digital strategies to serve the needs of different tribes of technology users.
Educational Insanity » Blog Archive » “Peer-review” of Marzano’s IWB Study Report, Part I
While I am very critical of the way peer-review is typically conceived and carried out in academia, there is real value in the process. Therefore, I’m using this space to do just that. This first post is a bit of an introduction. In subsequent posts, I’ll address methodological and analytical issues.
Learning and Instructional ... - Google Book Search
Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century gathers research which identify models and approaches to improve learning through the inclusion of technology. These papers, from leading researchers and thinkers in instructional technology, begin by refuting the idea that education can be improved through more or better technology. Instead, the contributors emphasize specific, research-based ideas, which re-evaluate learning, reorganize schools, redirect technology, and provide instruction.
CoSN VOI
Welcome to CoSN's Value of Investment Leadership Initiative website. This initiative, is designed to support the effective use of technology in K-12 education. The focus of this site is to provide a methodology and tools for K-12 school leaders, allowing them to better articulate the costs and benefits of proposed technology projects.
NCEF Resource List: Technology Integration 2006-2009
NCEF's resource list of links, books, and journal articles published between 2006 and 2009 on integrating technology into new or renovated school buildings.
Marzano Research
Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL) is a joint venture between Solution Tree and Dr. Robert J. Marzano. Read more about this partnership. In service to educators, the new company will synthesize Dr. Marzano's 35 years of educational research, world-renowned for its breadth and depth, into accessible components teachers and principals can use for immediate gains in student learning. Continuous action research will ensure MRL strategies are always at the forefront of best practice.
Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
2009 Horizon Report » Key Trends
Each year the Horizon Advisory Board researches, identifies and ranks key trends affecting the practice of teaching, learning, research, and creative expression. The Board reviews current articles, interviews, papers, and new research to discover emerging or continuing trends. The trends are ranked according to how significant an impact they are likely to have on education in the next five years. The top trends highlighted for 2009 are presented below in priority order, as ranked by the Advisory Board.
netTrekker | America's #1 Educational Search Engine
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To over 300,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level.
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Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age-appropriate and 100% academically relevant.
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An easy-to-use tool for K-12 students and educators in a search environment you can trust!
EBSCO – EBSCOhost Online Research Databases
EBSCOhost databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.
On searching, web literacy, and the ubiquitous “animal report” | Welcome to NCS-Tech!
I’ve come to the (somewhat obvious, sorry) conclusion that good search and information processing skills must first be learned offline and then transferred online, not the other way around.
Learning Point Associates
At Learning Point Associates, we believe all learners deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential. That's why we focus on making the education system work for everyone. We tackle the most problematic issues in education by combining research, evaluation, and hands-on support to make a lasting impact. Clients turn to us for high-quality information and tested strategies so they can replicate what works and change what doesn't.
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