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"the success of journalism's future can only be assured to the extent that each and every person in this room helps generate the excitement, the passion, and the creativity to make it so."

futurity: news from leading research universities in the U.S., U.K., & Canada

The Future of Education: a ning network "charting the course of teaching and learning in a networked world" - schedules of discussions by many of top leaders in digital learning: David Thornburg, Sir Ken Robinson, Dan Pink, Larry Johnson, James Paul Gee, Dave Edyburn, etc.

The Institute for the Future of the Book: investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens

quality teachers MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Games as eText support: the future of the book is here

Future of News Summit

About Digital Learning Now! (Jeb Bush's thing) Digital Learning Now! is a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers. Digital Learning Now! is building support for the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning, which provides a roadmap for reform for lawmakers and policymakers to integrate digital learning into education. Establishing the Roadmap for Reform The Digital Learning Council was convened in 2010 to define the policies that will integrate current and future technological innovations into public education. The Digital Learning Council united a diverse group of more than 100 leaders from education, government, philanthropy, business, technology, and think tanks to develop the roadmap of reform for local, state and federal lawmakers and policymakers. Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida 1999 - 2007, and Bob Wise, former Governor of West Virginia 2001 - 2005, serve as co-chairmen. The Digital Learning Council covered a wide range of topics, including: student eligibility for digital learning, access to high quality digital content and instruction, customization and personalization of education such as blended learning, funding models, assessments and accountability. The 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning was released at the 2010 Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C.

Eugene Weekly article about CATE in Second Life: "A Bright, Wonderful Future"

Joanna Goode's research on the digital divide - published in New Media and Society - that "high school opportunities around technology really shape students' abilities to engage fully in university academic life"

student perspectives from around the world