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A collaborative space supported by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The project's goal is to better understand young people's experiences with digital media, including Internet, cell phones and related technologies. By gaining insight into how digital natives make sense of their interactions in this digital lanscape, we may address the issues their practices raise, learn how to harness the opportunities their digital fluency presents, and shape our regulatory and educational frameworks in a way that advances the public interest. Thx to Wes Fryer for this find!

The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. We provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner.

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Fun for all ages not just kids/students.

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This site provides posters that can be printed. This may be a good idea to put around your computer center in the classroom. It would be a constant reminder of the online safety rules.

Aghora Design Academy comes near to you with a vision to offer excellent training and outsourcing services for the Design & Draughting of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Structural, BMS and Fire fighting systems. Today, the world of architecture is becoming more and more powerful and successively huge demands for efficient workers in this field

Free model-based learning resources and software We are delighted to be able to offer a growing collection of free software and student materials that use this software. Finding it is a bit of a treasure hunt. Sorry. The software is being developed in different projects, so we have not collected it all in one place. The following describes the major places to look. * Three powerful modeling environments * Activity authoring * Algebra interactives * Sustainable development education * VideoPaper builder * License and copyright You may also wish to visit our complete Software Download Center.

Pushing the envelope with interactive video-conferencing. This site is a clearinghouse manager of online video/video conferencing Professional Development and Content material. Very informative site.

The KU Writing Center offers writing consulting, classroom workshops, and extensive Web resources for all writers at the University of Kansas and beyond.

The eMINTS National Center is a non-profit, independent business unit of the University of Missouri. eMINTS offers professional development programs created by educators for educators. Leading experts have collaborated to produce programs that * inspire educators to use instructional strategies powered by technology * engage students in the excitement of learning * enrich teaching to dramatically improve student performance eMINTS changes how teachers teach and students learn. Its instructional model provides a research-based approach to organizing instruction and can be implemented in any subject area at any level.

Teachers are tapping into technology and digital media for learning. Watch How Google Saved a School and discuss the hype and the hopes for improving education through technology. More and more educators are tapping into the power of digital media and technology for teaching and learning. The variety of information resources available online is simply staggering. Explore how teachers and students are using the power of social media to promote students' active engagement, critical thinking and literacy skills. New Forms of Learning. It doesn't need to happen in school. Because it's visual, interactive and social, learning can happen anywhere with digital media as people collaborate and share about a wide range of topics and issues that matter to them. Technology and School Improvement. Technology may transform schools by promoting student engagement and creativity. But critics fear that too much focus on technology takes attention away from what's really needed to improve schools: capable, well-trained teachers; student-centered learning methods; and smaller class sizes. Hope, Hype and Reality. Are today's learners really different from previous generations? Compelling images of students using digital technology are impressive, but the research evidence on the impact of technology on learning is more mixed. And it's sometimes hard to separate the scholarship from the marketing hype, given the deep investment of technology companies in promoting the idea of technology's transformative potential.

Project Based Learning activities and resources.

Is this the direction textbooks will take in the near future? The content is important and is the center of this idea. It's also slightly portable (downloadable, accessible on up t o3 computers, and able to print 30%). This site makes annotations possible and more importantly sharable! The content is supported by learning communities! I like this idea; you even have the possibility of sharing beyond your classroom walls. 

Blog post about the use, or rather disuse, of interactive whiteboards for student focused activities. The author focuses mostly on transitioning away from student-centered learning to using IWBs as another teacher presentation tool.

Free audio stories of public domain literature, poetry, and stories. Grouped by categories, and able to be listened to directly on the website, no download needed. Also includes iTunes link to iOS friendly versions of the audio stories. Useful website for creating your own digital literacy center at the elementary level, or for secondary teachers to provide remediation for students.

Very nice 5x5 cell matrix measuring technology integration from Florida Center for Instructional Technology.  There are quicktime videos of lessons available as well.