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"Welcome to 21 Things for the 21st Century Project Based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers The purpose of this resource is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement. Participants who fulfill all of the requirements have the opportunity to earn SBCEU's. To learn more about the session, look under the tab "The 21 Things". We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity. "

"# College students think of information seeking as a rote process and tend to use the same small set of information resources no matter their question. # Information literacy is essential for lifelong learning and empowers individuals and societies. # Our educational system should expose students to information literacy from elementary school through postsecondary education so that it is a habit of mind they can call upon throughout their lives. # Collaborative efforts between faculty, librarians, technology professionals, and others can develop students who graduate with information literacy competency."

Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students."

Digital Nation (PBS) life on the virtual frontier

Are we Digital Dummies? A very interesting doc on how technology is changing how we interact and communicate with each other.

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"Yet if the format of the future is digital, the content remains data. And at its simplest, scholarship in any discipline is about gaining access to information and knowledge"

"Yet if the format of the future is digital, the content remains data. And at its simplest, scholarship in any discipline is about gaining access to information and knowledge" - great article

This article is very thought provoking. It strikes at the heart of librarianship. How do you get the right information to the right people at the right time? Does it matter if it is digital or print? How do we preserve the data and access it in the future? What is the future of the book? Apparently it is the only item that has ever had a future. How is it that everything to do with books determines how we approach technology (for example, the article part which points out that terminology is taken from medieval ones for manuscript management)