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John Pederson pointed me to Danah Boyd's post about the new book "Born Digital" by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. Danah describes the book as:

"Intended for broad audiences, "Born Digital" creates a conversation between adult concerns, policy approaches, technological capabilities, and youth practice. This is not an ethnography, but JP and Urs build on and connect to ongoing ethnographic research concerning digital youth culture. This is not a parent's guide, but JP and Urs's framework will benefit any parent who wishes to actually understand what's taking place and what the implications are. This is not a policy white paper, but policy makers would be foolish to ignore the book because JP and Urs provide a valuable map for understanding how the policy debates connect to practice and technology. The contribution "Born Digital" makes is in the connections that it makes between youth practices, adult fears, technology, and policy. If you care at all about these issues, this book is a MUST-READ."

Danah also goes on to give a great disclaimer to the "academics in the room", those who are very wary and weary of the term "Digital Native".

I just ordered this from Amazon - can't wait to share my thoughts on it!

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hilarious :41 clip from You Tube - teacher ranting about doing "everything" - watch it!

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Great article about schools in New Orleans and what they're doing to try to get back up and running even this long after Katrina.

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The last thing education needs is more policy - this saddens me because it's just one more reason teachers won't feel empowered and treated as professionals.

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Erik Ringmar's book "A Blogger's Manifesto" is now available as a free download

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school districts across the country hoping to cherry-pick from thousands of California teachers who have been warned they could be laid off because of state budget woes.

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