Digital Life

good article on why tech write with kids and some great mentor text

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I've decided to take my students on a fun-filled blogging journey for the last few weeks of school. In some ways I think I might be crazy trying to do this in such little time, but my guts are telling me to, "Just do it!" I'm glad I listened!

Those efforts have indeed shrunk the divide. But they have created an unintended side effect, one that is surprising and troubling to researchers and policy makers and that the government now wants to fix.

Using twitter in the classroom 

Another article for our Parent portion of the academy

Google Launches New Search Education Site with Lesson Plans Google has launched a new site called Search Education aimed at educators who want to teach online search strategies. The site includes lesson plans geared at different levels of expertise - beginner, intermediate and advanced- as well as training videos that walk through different strategies for subjects like using Creative Commons and Google maps.

documenting the journey of digital work with students in the middle grades

Massachusetts state officials created this portal of fake sites to educate adults on digital literacy

research skills: videos

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