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School leaders should join this group in order to share resources related to the use of mobile technologies in schools. The focus of our research gathering efforts will be on information useful to principals, superintendents, CIOs, and CTOs in particular.

annotating Diigo tutorial

this has been around for a while, but I never seemed to have bookmarked it to our diigo groups

Similar to Diigo

I tried this a few years ago Nd decided to stick with diigo, but it is still worth looking at and really depends on what it tpis you are trying to do...

"Vicki Davis 06 Dec 12 07:40:01 One of my students turned up this information that Facebook is working on controls to help kids under 13 use the service. It is no surprise that 7.5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13 and that 5 million of THOSE are 10 years old or younger. COPPA, while set up to protect children, is actually keeping them from participating in society as they want to. This infographic and information is worth sharing as you educate your students. If you want until they are 13 to talk safety online, that is too late. "Last June, Consumer Reports magazine said they had unearthed "several disturbing findings" about children and Facebook, including: 20 million minors had used Facebook within the year prior to their study. 7.5 million of those users were under the age of 13 and not permitted to use the site. 5 million of those were 10 years old or younger. 1 million children had been harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying in the year prior." "

This is a great looking picture survey creator that can be embedded on to a site. Add a question, choose your images and share the link. The free account allows up to 100 responses.

A beautifully made Twitter-like social network for schools that supports photos, videos, files and embed html. The site also has a blog feature, calendar and many other fab features. You can set your class to private or public. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A superb e-safety resource with separate sections for primary and secondary students to work through. Choose to sign in to save progress or use without signing in.

Plenty of things to poke through here

Martin Burrett 25 Nov 11 05:41:47 A great online tool for uploading, storage and sharing documents by link or QR code. Simply upload your item to generate both to share. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Vicki Davis 26 May 11 06:58:34 Google Cloud Connect is available in over 30 languages for PC's running Windows 7, Vista and XP. (Not available for Mac yet.) It integrators using Google Apps for domains should work on this over the summer.