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This online conference for students will explore why it is important for students to connect with other students from around the world, and how schools can support you to do this. Students are invited to submit resources around the conference theme which could include films, poems or essays.
E = dmc² » Powerful Final Results from USC & UC Berkley Research Study: Digital Youth Project
How has writing for a world wide audience changed the way you write?
Check out this awesome blog post from Paul Bogush, an 8th grade teacher in CT. He asked his students "How has writing for a world audience changed the way you write?" and posted their responses on his blog. They are definitely worth reading.
Dangerously Irrelevant: Teaching administrators about Wikipedia
This is a great blog post to use to frame a discussion about the educational applications for Wikipedia and the importance of teaching media literacy.
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Our students deserve better training about how to navigate our new, complex, online information landscape. They don't learn about information literacy, bias, media literacy, assessment of online validity, and other critical online skills by being denied access to that information. They don't learn how to cite and use online resources appropriately if they can't use those resources and learn from their mistakes because the materials are banned.
“Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project” (pdf)
"New media allow for a degree of freedom and autonomy for youth that is less apparent in classroom setting. Youth respect one another’s authority online, and they are often more motivated to learn from peers than from adults. Their efforts are also largely self-directed, and the outcome emerges through exploration, in contrast to classroom learning that is oriented toward set, predefined goals."
Start with the Pyramid: Real-World Issues Motivate Students | Edutopia
Advocates also say that the availability of technology that can call up the knowledge of the world's best thinkers with the click of a mouse, that can graph in two seconds what once took hours, and that can put scientific instrumentation in a pocket-sized computer further argues for moving away from century-old models of instruction.
PBL Research Summary: Studies Validate Project-Based Learning | Edutopia
A growing body of academic research supports the use of project-based learning in schools as a way to engage students, cut absenteeism, boost cooperative learning skills, and improve test scores. Those benefits are enhanced when technology is used in a meaningful way in the projects.
21 Online Student Tools to Help with Research, Communication, and Organization | Educhoices.org
This is a terrific list of online applications.
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K12 Online Conference 2008 | Kicking it Up a Notch Film School For Video Podcasters
Make better classroom movies with simple tips that will help elevate your vodcast to the next level in terms of artistic and technical merit. Learn how to storyboard like a pro, choose shots that support the telling of your story, and capture better lighting and sound. Regain lost opportunities to teach media literacy and higher level thinking via video production by empowering yourself to empower your students. Tap into over one hundred years of movie history with this engaging presentation that instructs as it entertains.
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