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Students want more control over their own learning experiences through technology and want to define their own educational destinies and determine the direction of their learning. "This free agent learner is one that is technology-enabled, technology-empowered, and technology-engaged to be ... an important part of driving their own educational destiny. To some extent they feel ... it's a responsibility. They also feel it's a right to be able to do that. So technology has enabled this free agent learner. We have the opportunity in education to make sure they're on the right track and to be supportive of their learning experiences." Ive been waiting for this! This is exciting it points to the idea that students will co-create their curriculum. In my mind it will become imperitive that individuals choose their highest bliss-subjects and projects that reflect their passions. In the new collaborative work environments students will be more highly valued for their contributions to areas that they are most naturally motivated to explore. Their resulting contributions will result in inventiveness and cutting edge investigations via passion, self motivation and peer inspiration and direct access to thought leaders/mentors in the field. Teachers might become guides to ensuring students intentions are achieved- teachers as arbiters of human potential. Students will no longer be compared to each other. They will score according to their own self affirmed destinations-allowing of course for reviews and changes of destiny.Teachers might also need roles in law and ethics to ensure students are safe in their online world activities, monitoring students and their online peers, intercepting or prompting inside the conversations?

Of those who have some interest in gaming, responses were varied as to its value in education. Sixty-five percent said it appeals to different learning styles; another 65 percent said it increases student engagement. Others said it allows for student-centered learning (47 percent), helps develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills (40 percent), helps develop creativity (39 percent), allows students to gain experience through trial and error (37 percent), and helps students visualize difficult concepts (35 percent). But perhaps the most significant trend in education technology, Evans said, is the emergence of the student as a "free agent learner": Students want more control over their own learning experiences through technology and want to define their own educational destinies and determine the direction of their learning. "This free agent learner is one that is technology-enabled, technology-empowered, and technology-engaged to be ... an important part of driving their own educational destiny. To some extent they feel ... it's a responsibility. They also feel it's a right to be able to do that. So technology has enabled this free agent learner. We have the opportunity in education to make sure they're on the right track and to be supportive of their learning experiences."

Main sections include: Copyright and Fair Use, The TEACH Act, Academic Traditions in Intellectual Property, Protecting your Intellectual Property, Using Other People's Property, and a Conclusion (sidebar)

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I worked with Julie Curio a few years ago for MA New Literacies. I think it is so important to start teaching students these new skill to comprehend text and to efficiently search a topic. However, I teach graduate level courses and I do these exercises with teachers and many (regardless of age) do not know these strategies. States need to do more PD to bring administrators and teachers up to par so we can make sure our students are ready for whatever comes their way. Thanks, ~Katy

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SMILEY - Social Mindedness in Learning Community is project funded within the domain of Lifelong Learning Programme in Europe. The aim of SMILEY is to implement awareness‐raising program in schools realizing the specific course facing the most current social topics. It helps teachers to deal with the social problem issues, such as bullying and to face possible students' violent attitudes through enjoyable online ERPG (Edu Role‐playing Game) developed according the pupils' social awareness. The title of this friendly educational game is "Your Town" and short DEMO you can easily access through the following link http://smileyschool.eu/demo/ Game is for free and is already available in English, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish language. Currently there are already 80 schools across the EU involved in this project and we have got very positive feedbacks both from children and teachers.

SMILEY - Social Mindedness in Learning Community implements awareness‐raising program in schools realizing the specific course facing the most current social topics. It helps teachers to deal with the social problem issues, such as bullying and to face possible students' violent attitudes through enjoyable online ERPG (Edu Role‐playing Game) developed according the pupils' social awareness. The title of this friendly educational game is "Your Town" and short DEMO you can easily access through the following link http://smileyschool.eu/demo/ Game is for free and is already available in English, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish language. Currently there are already 80 schools across the EU involved in this project and we have got very positive feedbacks both from children and teachers.

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