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Speaks to the relevance of what we do.  Digital Citizenship.  The power in new access to broadband, and the power of governments to pull the plug.  

...New York City school system's Innovation Zone, a three-year initiative launched by the 1.1 million-student district last fall that aims to test new and different ways for educating students and managing schools.

Interactive storytelling site sponsored by the Delaware Art Muceum. You can listen to stories and create them. If you create, you can write or record the story. Definitely a tool we should share with teachers.

Any DSS folks done this? 

Yes, Myfanwi has been doing this with her NYCL schools.

I wonder what kind of message this might present to schools about using social media

Are Educators Ready for Cloud Computing in Schools? By Patrick Ledesma on May 16, 2011 3:34 PM | No Comments | No Recommendations In 2001, Mark Prensky coined the terms "Digital Natives" and "Digital Immigrants" to describe the differences between adults and students in using technology. Educators are the "Digital Immigrants" who have to adapt and learn how to integrate technology into their lives. Students are "Digital Natives" born into a culture and lifestyle where technology immersion is the norm.

Not sure if anyone has seen this. Great middle school example.

This is a great resource that more schools are mandating links to on their local web site ... Thanks for sharing, Logan.

Numerous possibilities for the development of formative and summative assessments

Interesting annotated list of a best websites of 2009. The background of the sites is interesting.

This example showcases how students can take on the role of "global communicators" by bringing experts into the classroom with simple technologies, in this case Skype.

Excellent slide show with numerous tips for integrating Wordle into the classroom.

Blog post from Andrew Watt. We help teachers get comfortable with the "new mess."

Redefining 'schools'? Breaking down walls?

Should be compulsary viewing for all doubters!

Have you seen this guy... everyone should watch his presentation to Congress... especially if you are immigrant like me... a whole parallel universe is passing me by and I am actually pretty tech literate!

What potential do the latest technologies have?