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Schools collaborating to engage student learners. A cutting edge innovative project that researches what can be done with eduction in virtual worlds. This teen grid collaboration project offers projects in different regions grouped by time zone.

Just as YouTube has changed the way we watch video and Wikipedia has changed the way we find information, Kiva.org - the world's first online person-to-person microlending platform - is changing the way we give back. Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in third world countries, empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. There are many great classroom connections here for global citizenship, math, geography etc. Kiva also allows you to develop a social network with other contributors supporting the same entrepreneur.

Online social networking site for kids age 7 and younger. Connected with ownership of webkinz plush toy animals. Used in a classroom setting by Maria Knee, kindergarten teacher at Deerfield Community School in Deerfield, New Hampshire, who has been named this year's winner of the Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for Excellence in Technology-Based PK-2 Education. The award is given by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) to recognize PK-2 educators who demonstrate vision and creativity in a project or program that effectively integrates technology in the classroom.

Preparing today's students to be tomorrow's innovators, leaders and engaged citizens

Ypulse is a media platform for youth media and marketing professionals, founded in May of 2004 by journalist Anastasia Goodstein. It provides news, commentary and resources about commercial media for teens (teen magazines, websites), entertainment for teens (movies, video games, television, music, books), technology used by teens (cell phones, instant messaging, hardware and software), the news media's desire to attract teens (newspapers, cable news), marketing and advertising (targeting the teen market) and non-profit youth media (highlighting organizations' efforts at promoting youth voices in media and creating media by and for youth). Anastasia is also the author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens are Really Doing on Line.

Author James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, explains how the decision-making ability of a diverse group of people is more effective than that of individuals.

For too long librarians have been seen as "copyright cops," impeding the use of copyrighted materials by students and staff. This presentation suggests we redefine our roles, helping those we serve take maximum advantage of fair use provisions, finding authorities with a "user-centric" view of copyright enforcement, and teaching others to consider not just the legal, but moral side of intellectual property acquisition, use and re-use.

K-12 projects that have integrated student cell phones

To help spark ideas and stimulate discussion following the release of the President's cyberspace policy review, last Friday we teamed up with the Center for a New American Security to bring together a panel of experts representing government, military, and industry for a Google D.C. Talk, "Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy."

SUP228 Best Practices in Fair Use for 21st-Century Educators - Renee Hobbs, Temple University, Media Education Lab with Katie Donnelly, Kristin Hokanson, Michael RobbGrieco and Joyce Valenza\nSunday, 6/28/2009, 12:30pm-3:30pm WWCC 145 A