Over the last four years, more than 10,000 children on five continents have participated in the project. We have demonstrated learning gains in science, language arts, and social studies, and students have completed literally thousands of Quests, some of which were assigned by teachers and many of which were chosen by students to complete in their free time.
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VirginiaTech Study on Texting While Driving - 0 views
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This latest report from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concludes that the risk of a vehicle crash can be up to 23 times higher when the driver is texting, compared to a driver who is paying full attention to the road. The report concludes that driving while texting should be banned, and that cell phone use should be banned for newly-licensed drivers.
Wikipedia Norms [Video] - 0 views
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Great video from MIT Tech TV on Wikipedia norms. Students discuss the correct way to participate in the Wikipedia community.
CRLT - Quest Atlantis - 0 views
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Quest Atlantis is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks from the Center for Research on Learning & Technology at Indiana University. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae.
Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Fair Use - 0 views
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This web site explains the various rules behind the fair use principle. To help you get a feel for which uses courts consider to be fair uses and which ones they don't, they provide several examples of fair use lawsuits at the end of this chapter.
Bound By The Law: Tales from the Public Domain - 4 views
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"Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into 'visual metaphors.' So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement." -Brandt Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal online
Homepage | Choices Program - 0 views
Curriculum: Understanding YouTube & Digital Citizenship - Google in Education - 9 views
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Ten lessons from Google about how to be a responsible digital citizen and YouTube community member
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