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The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning practices and technologies like RSS. Each brief focuses on a single practice or technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use "7 Things You Should Know About..." briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.

Website from Henry Jenkins re all things new media & participatory culture. Teaching units, strategy guides, all sorts of useful tools for teachers and librarians.

Invaluable links.

This mix of fantastic possibilities and social educational opportunities has virtual worlds poised to transform basic approaches to learning and communication, as well as innovation and entrepreneurship. In an increasingly technologically linked yet socially fragmented world,4 virtual worlds demonstrate the power to bring people together.5

User friendly and thorough. Use this one, students!

Easy to follow and understand! Brief!

Excellent for this project. Short, with lots of ideas.

This shows you how the old-fashioned taxonomy of learning can be adapted for today's learners by using all sorts of digital and participatory technology. Very relevant to our project.

This one will definitely be helpful for your project.

Do we have your attention? 2001

Mobiles are more capable of using for communication and interaction allowing effective learning!

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If you have patience with navigating this site you will be able to link to examples that will clarify for use the uses of the new media in participatory culture that make it relevant for learning.

The best resource I have found re the new media and their applications to learning and teaching. This is a goldmine with links galore to current examples in use globally K - 12. This is the web version of the Horizon Report pdf.

Wow. Massive amount of relevant information re how the new media is being used by educators.