…there will never be such a thing as "riskless ICT"-young people need to be able to develop active ways to deal with both the benefits and the negative aspects of digital life.
A Vermont initiative to improve learning in middle schools is working through the challenges of using the latest digital tools and different teaching approaches
The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning: The Moving Image (preK -12) is divided into three types of media: Film, Television, and Animation. Each of the 5 strands-Making Moving Images; Literacy; Connections; Cultural Resources; and Careers and Lifelong Learning-includes benchmarks, indicators of student learning, and suggested activities...
A nice summary of how emerging technologies affect citizenship (global) at the moment; nice summary of what twitter is as well (distinct from facebook, etc.)
Everything old is new again-and that's a good thing! If you've always wanted to collaborate with your history teacher using the Library of Congress (LOC) American Memory Project, but felt overwhelmed by the prospect of having to actually develop lesson plans and collect all of the digital material needed, then it's time to revisit the idea of teaching with primary sources.
It looks like they have done a nice job revamping the "American Memory" website. It is definitely much more user-friendly from previous versions. I highly recommend introducing SS teachers to this amazing tool.