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2008 Best Buy @15 Challenge with Youth Venture
http://www.debaird.net/ blendededunet/ 2008/ 12/ 2008-best-buy-15-challenge-with…Youth Venture, an organization that invests in teams of young people as they start their own sustainable social ventures, and Best Buy have the announced 30 finalists, ages 13 to 18, in the Best Buy @15 Challenge with Youth Venture.
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Pocket Manila
http://ilearntechnology.com/ ?p=658What it is: Pocket Manila is a site that provides online notebooks that can be used as a journal, blog, idea bank, photo album, portfolio, group blog, ezine, story book, and more. Pocket Manila is unique because it feels like a canvas-bound, manila paper journal. Pocket Manila makes it feel
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Google Earth is Our Paper - Part 5: A Week in Review
http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/ 2008/ 12/ 01/ google-earth-is-our-paper-part-5-a-w…Our week of storytelling in Google Earth has finished however I wanted to wrap up my reflections on working in this way. In this post I look back over the process and review the benefits you will reap and any challenges that you may face in implementing a similar unit.
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On “Becoming Screen Literate” by Kevin Kelly
http://mollykleinman.com/ 2008/ 12/ 01/ on-becoming-screen-literate/In last week’s Screens Issue of the New York Times Magazine, Kevin Kelly had a long article called “Becoming Screen Literate.” I first became aware of Kevin Kelly and his greatness when I read another of his NYT Magazine articles in May 2006, Scan This Book, about the impact of mass digitization on the future of the book, and I’ve been following his work ever since.
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Instant Messaging: The Secret Language of Teens
http://www.debaird.net/ blendededunet/ 2008/ 11/ instant-messaging-the-secret-la…"Instant Messaging is a constant silent communique among kids about their feelings about the world, a bit like a Greek chorus always commenting in the background while kids are living in the world." -- Peter Lyman Related Resources How Teens Use Instant Messaging NYT > Larry Magid > How
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Technophobia
http://www.christiansincontext.org/ 2008/ 11/ technophobia_29.htmlBy Jenny Bruce I'll admit it, I'm somewhat of a technophobe. Since I don't own a computer, I need to drive to work if I want to check my email over the weekend. The most high tech music device in my possession is the nifty CD clock radio I received when I graduated from high school (definitely a step
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on tag clouds and teaching
http://info-fetishist.org/ 2008/ 11/ 24/ on-tag-clouds-and-teaching/Inspired in part by a conversation from the Information Literacy Summit last week, and in part by this post from the awesome David Silver, we made tag clouds in my class this morning. U-Engage is a first-year experience class, providing an introduction to what a research university is in general
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21st Century Literacy: 21st Century Learning
http://pwoessner.com/ 2008/ 11/ 23/ 21st-century-literacy-21st-century-learning/…Over the past year, as we’ve seen our 1:1 program move from boardroom planning to classroom implementation, four themes have guided our thinking regarding curriculum and instruction: Information Management and Research Digital Citizenship Communication and Collaboration in a Global World Creativity,
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Google Earth is our Paper - Part 1: Find a location, Begin a journey
http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/ 2008/ 11/ 23/ google-earth-is-our-paper-part-1-fin…This is a series of posts about the use of Google Earth as a platform for my students to write. It was first inspired by the 21 Steps by Charles Cumming highlighted by Ewan McIntosh in a seminar at the Scottish Learning Festival.
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Bit Literacy Productivity in the Age of Information and E mail Overload
http://www.lifecoachbuzz.com/ 8923/ bit-literacy-productivity-in-the-age-of-info…Bit Literacy Productivity in the Age of Information and E mail Overload Bit Literacy offers a solution to email overload, media overload, and other kinds of information overload. The daily flood of e-mail, multiple todo lists, a cluttered desktop, documents in various file formats, and the constant distraction of cell phones are all problems that people desperately need help with.
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