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As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com
At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.
Down the road, at Cienega High School, students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes. And throughout the district, a Beyond Textbooks initiative encourages teachers to create — and share — lessons that incorporate their own PowerPoint presentations, along with videos and research materials they find by sifting through reliable Internet sites.
YouTube - FRONTLINE digital_nation: The story of Feed Me Bubbe and Technology
What's "Digital Nation?" It's a FRONTLINE documentary and interactive website exploring how technology is affecting every aspect of our lives...
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.
Are kids different because of digital media?
The MacArthur Foundation is exploring how technology is changing kids and learning, committing $50 million to this initiative. More information is at www.di...
The need for technology in our school
Presentation to the Board of Trustees of the Westerly School of Long Beach re: the need for technology in our school. Inspired by Karl Fisch's "Did You ...
21st Century Learning
A showcase of two digital projects in my high school history (creating a wiki-based history textbook and blog) and language arts (a global wiki creative writ...
Mixbook - Free Digital Storytelling Software for Educators
Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web. Check out the stories below to hear how Mixbook can help YOU.
Mosaic Maker: Create a photo mosaic from your digital photographs
Make a mosaic from a photoset, favorites, tags, or individual digital photographs or images. It's a whole world of creative photo possibilities -- themes, colors, shapes. So, get that digital camera out and shoot some photos!
SousChef: Your Digital Cooking Assistant (Acacia Tree Software)
Most cooking software stops at letting you organize your recipes. Acacia Tree Software's SousChef helps you cook -- start to finish. Find a recipe, cook it, modify it and share it with friends and family -- all in one application.
Part of the MacHeist $39 bundle
Podcasts
A podcast is a digital audio recording. In my classes, students use headsets to create these recordings using a free program called Audacity. We save these podcasts in a .mp3 format, so students could upload them to their ipods or mp3 players, and we can upload them onto our Google Groups discussion board. Follow the links to hear some examples of podcasts and for step-by-step directions to creating your own!
Integrating Information Literacy for the 21st Century: Reaching Out to Faculty and Students by Adopting Web 2.0 Principles | EDUCAUSE CONNECT
It is often assumed that technically sophisticated students are proficient in information competencies through their use of the Internet and popular search engines. However, course assignments frequently reflect problems such as plagiarism and inaccuracy in evaluating credible sources. Most faculty welcome support to promote information literacy skills but are often pressed for time; they don't want to be constrained in how they teach and would prefer to customize course resources. Participants will learn about UCF's institutional approach to addressing information literacy for the 21st century, which adopts principles inherent in Web 2.0 that most students and faculty have come to expect.
Digital citizenship curriculum encourages students to be good 'digital citizens'
Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content every day—but many don’t fully understand the rules surrounding the appropriate use of these materials, or why this should even matter. To help teach students about intellectual property rights and encourage them to become good “digital citizens,” software giant Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a free curriculum that offers cross-curricular classroom activities aligned with national standards. The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was designed for students in grades 8-10 but can be adapted for use in grades 6-12, Microsoft says. In one unit, students are given a scenario in which a high school sponsors a school-wide Battle of the Bands. A student not involved in the production decides to videotape and sell copies of the show to students and family members. Later, one of the performers (“Johnny”) learns his image has been co-opted by the maker of a video game without his permission. Students research intellectual property laws to see who owns the “rights” to the Battle of the Bands as a whole, as well as the rights of individual performers, to determine three or four steps that Johnny can take. http://digitalcitizenshiped.com
Telestream Drive-in - Overview
Drive-in is an innovative application that allows you to store your personal DVD movie collection on your Mac. Using Drive-in you can quickly create an image of a DVD disc on your laptop or home entertainment system. The image preserves the quality, navigation and special features of the original DVD and can be played using Apple's DVD Player or Front Row.
San Jose Digital Media Course
The San Jose Digital Media Course is a unique course designed for educators to experience 21st Century Learning in a real world setting. Participants work collaboratively to create vodcasts (video podcasts) of art exhibits from the San Jose Museum of Art.
Digital Television Beckons, but Many Miss the Call (NYTimes.com)
...less than a month before the Feb. 17 deadline, so many American households have yet to take the necessary steps to continue to watch over-the-air television — more than 6.5 million, according to Nielsen Media Research — that Congress has considered giving them more time.
Digital TV Delay Runs Into Protest (NYTimes.com)
As the countdown to digital television neared the one-month mark on Friday, President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a bill delaying the transition by three months.
Lawmakers are weighing whether to push back the scheduled Feb. 17 transition because of delays in a government subsidy program and concern about the millions of TV viewers who have yet to upgrade their TV sets to receive digital signals.
http://www.accela.com/downloads/GT02_Special_Report.pdf?elq=BD3C17CA4A964CF0A186472D6B22D82B
Critical Mass: How Digital Technology Will Define the Way You Live
Digital communities are where you live—that's "you" as in Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2006, which recognizes and celebrates "the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter." This Digital Communities Special Report discusses how the 120 million Americans who are active online users and creators of content and services are changing the world by redefining it around their preferences and predilections, and by the technologies they use and the way they use them.
Also see http://www.accela.com/products/whitepapers.asp
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap
Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast. They like to parallel process and multi-task. They prefer their graphics before their text rather than the opposite. They prefer random access (like hypertext). They function best when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards. They prefer games to "serious" work.
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