Joan Cooney, Co-Founder of the Sesame Workshop, states that “Now is the time to turn the new media that children have a natural attraction to into learning tools that will build their knowledge and broaden their perspectives.”
Parents are raising “digital natives” who are spending more and more time (upwards of 1 hour and 41 minutes, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey) and are reading on the Internet, sparking debate on just what it means to read in this digital age.
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.)
Ones I've seen are Pommie, but worthwhile. Useful to use for individual teachers or for discussion at a school PD. Huge variety of topics covering Across-the-school situations to specific subject areas