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The NMC Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education.

"Carol Dweck says colleges could improve their students' learning if they relentlessly encouraged them to think about their mental skills as malleable, rather than as properties fixed at birth" (David Glenn, May 9, 2010).

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) are long term development awards administered by AusAID. ADS aim to contribute to the long term development needs of Australia's partner countries in line with bilateral and regional agreements. They provide opportunities for people from developing countries to undertake full time undergraduate or postgraduate study at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions.

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

"People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at," Foldit's lead designer Seth Cooper said in a statement. "Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans."

For luddites who worry about computers replacing people, here is a great counterexample.

This is a collection of real space science projects that your student can get involved with and perhaps could discover something amazing. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

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Diigo ~ more than a research tool - a knowledge sharing community. Easy-to-use and so powerful... Check it out!

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