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What’s “Print?”
In his blog, Bud The Teacher looks at "print resource" and what it means in this digital age. Has it become a meaningless term?
Nielsen Report: How Teens Use Media [pdf]
In the recent report, How Teens Use Media, Nielsen debunks many of the myths around teen media consumption. Download the full report.
FactCheckED.org
The Internet can be a rich and valuable source of information - and an even richer source of misinformation. Sorting out the valuable claims from the worthless ones is tricky, since at first glance a Web site written by an expert can look a lot like one written by your next-door neighbor. This lesson offers students background and practice in determining authority on the Internet - how to tell whether an author has expertise or not, and whether you're getting the straight story.
Test Your Cybersmarts
Feeling up for a challenge? Then test your cyber smarts with one - or all - of 12 interactive quizzes on everything from spam and spyware to phishing and file-sharing.
LibraryLearningToolsSmackdown: A Sharing Session for Teacher-Librarians
Wiki for session on Library Tools Smackdown. Lots of fabulous resources here for Digital StoryTelling, Books & Reading Promotion, Information Fluency, Digital Citizenship and others.
Teach cell phones, don't ban them
According to Canadian digital learning consultant Dean Shareski, Craik School in Saskatchewan, Canada, recently experimented with cell phones as learning tools and discovered improved student engagement, responsibility and innovation as well as problem solving skills. The K-12 school discovered students aren't dazzled by their phones, but simply use them to share ideas, pictures, sounds and videos.
75% of AISD eighth-graders fail technology test
In 2002, The No Child Left Behind Act said that students should be technologically literate by the end of the 8th grade. Texas developed a long list of specific technology skills students should know, but nobody has required that students learn them. "We have a difficult time finding the time for the students to be taught these technology skills since teachers have to focus on preparing students for the TAKS test," said Mark Gabehart, AISD's technology chief.
The New Media Literacies [Video]
Members of the research team at Project New Media Literacies discuss the social skills and cultural competencies needed to fully engage with today's participatory culture. Featuring Henry Jenkins, and produced by Anna Van Someren at Project New Media Literacies.
Confronting the Challenges of a Participatory Culture [pdf]
A white paper on building the field of digital media and learning authored by Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT.
Your Brain on Google [Video]
Neuroscientist, Gary Small, tells CBS News' Daniel Sieberg how technology may be making us smarter.
Don't Spread that Hoax!
Students can use this site to learn about sympathy chain letters, urban legends and myths and viruses that are transmitted as email attachments. Generally, these messages are only an annoyance, but internet hoaxes have already cost victims property, reputation, and even endangered their lives.
Annotatitng and Sharing Diigo Links with Your Students
Whether we like it or not, Google or Wikipedia are our student's first ports of call when it comes to researching or undertaking independent study, not the school library. Diigo offers a fantastic way to tap into the way our students operate by allowing the annotation of web pages which can then be shared with your students and, by doing so, you facilitate the process of research for your students and you set them on the right track for further independent study.
Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?
We use this video frequently as an introduction at teacher trainings. The MacArthur Foundation is exploring how technology is changing kids and learning, committing $50 million to this initiative.
ALA: Spend stimulus funds on school libraries
As school leaders prepare to spend billions of dollars in federal stimulus money, the American Library Association (ALA) is lobbying to have some of those dollars used to keep school libraries up to date during hard economic times.
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Removing a school library media specialist, who is an expert [at helping students acquire 21st-century information skills], from a library becomes a disadvantage for the students in that school," she said.
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he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains funding for educators to implement innovative strategies in Title I schools that improve education for at-risk students and close the achievement gap. The funding is flexible and, for the most part, the control rests in the hands of local and state superintendents--and spending some of it on school libraries would be a wise investment, ALA asserts.
World Book Tutorial: How To Do Research
World Book Student's "How to Do Research" feature provides tutorials and exercises for students and educators on 21st century information literacy skills.
How to be a Common Sense School [video]
Learn how to implement the Common Sense Schools program in your school.
Digital Directions: 'First Line of Defense'
There's been a definite uptick in the number of school districts that have adopted Internet-safety curricula, says Godlis, and because of a recent update to the federal Children's Internet Protection Act, which requires schools receiving money through the federal E-rate program to provide Internet-safety education to students, that number will surely rise.
Tech Literacy Confusion: What should you measure?
Teaching literacy—reading and writing—is a core mission for schools, but today's young people increasingly "read" 3-D computer simulations and "write" via social networks such as Facebook. A growing chorus of experts say schools should add these forms of communication to their literacy mission as "technology literacy."
ReadWriteThink: Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in EMail
With the increasing popularity of e-mail and online instant messaging among today�s teens, a recognizable change has occurred in the language that students use in their writing. This lesson explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. Furthermore, it explores the freedom and creativity for using Internet abbreviations for specific purposes and examines the importance of a more formal style of writing based on audience.
Cyberethics: Downloading Music from the Internet | eMINTS
Cyberethics curriculum from the eMINTS project. These sites highlight the debate about downloading music from the Internet for free. Watch videos of musicians expressing their thoughts on the issue. There is also information about copyright law and explanations about why these types of downloads are considered illegal and unethical. The sites are helpful for teachers who want students to debate the issue. There are links to eThemes Resources on Internet safety and computer basics.
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