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The emergence of the networked information economy is unleashing two powerful forces. On one hand, easy access to high-speed networks is empowering individuals. People can now discover and consume information resources and services globally from their homes. Further, new social computing approaches are inviting people to share in the creation and edification of information on the Internet. Empowerment of the individual-or consumerization-is reducing the individual's reliance on traditional brick-and-mortar institutions in favor of new and emerging virtual ones. Second, ubiquitous access to high-speed networks along with network standards, open standards and content, and techniques for virtualizing hardware, software, and services is making it possible to leverage scale economies in unprecedented ways. What appears to be emerging is industrial-scale computing-a standardized infrastructure for delivering computing power, network bandwidth, data storage and protection, and services. Consumerization and industrialization beg the question "Is this the end of the middle?"; that is, what will be the role of "enterprise" IT in the future? Indeed, the bigger question is what will become of all of our intermediating institutions? This volume examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education.

ZenCub3d (pronounced 'zen-cubed') is an easy-to-use and free 3D animation package, that lets you paint stories as vivid as your imagination. ZenCub3d is a free 3D animation package that allows users to tell stories with no 3D modeling skills. - There are an assorted variety of resources shared among community at your disposal -

Wow! a wiki about tools! I can only hope that the teacher librarians in our district one day become these kinds of resource people.

Extensive SmartBoard links and resources. Put together by Quentin D'souza.

UK based educational resources for primary school children (4-11 years) plus fun games

Extensive Google Earth resources/lessons. Awesome!

Great resource for sound effects, sound clips for multimedia projects.

Person that is great resource for ed tech

Resources for interactive whiteboard use.

We share resources for education in picasa. Compartimos recursos para la educación en Picasa. Compartim recursos educatius a Picasa.

FreshBrain is a great resource for use in your classrooms. It is progressive, allows for teams of students to work together, and is completely flexible in terms of what you have them do. And best of all it is both FREE and safe!

At a time when tech-savvy educators are touting the power of technology to transform teaching and learning, thousands of attendees at the National Educational Computing Conference gathered here this week to discuss and debate how to make the best use of those resources and extend their use to more of the nation's classrooms.

Cool tool. Video clip explains how to use the tool but most users can point and click their way through the tool http://bit.ly/sMTiC. Author is working on an update to allow users to select multiple resources. Can be used by educators, parents, instructional designers.

The Accomplished Librarian is a web-information organizing tool for educators; used to embed a large, organized quantity of information into lessons, school websites and education-related, web-based resources.

Web 2.0 Resources for Instructional Integrations In 21st Century Classrooms

Great Source iwrite is a collection of writing resources and support for educators, students in grades 5-12, and parents. For Educators - Quick access to powerful writing lessons and assessments For Students - Step-by-step support for completing writing assignments For Parents - Tips for helping your child become a better writer, thinker, and learner