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Here is a good group of people moving helping to move the idea of digital literacy forward with a focus on education.

This is another good Scoop.It of curated content, from the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition

Taking place this week!

This piece is baseless. There are no references and citations. For a thoughtful and insightful response, see this piece by Gary Stager, who happens to be an educational technology expert, which Carlsonnn-Paige is not: http://stager.tv/blog/?p=2893

Thanks for sharing Gary's rebuttal. I didn't agree with Carlsson-Paige's piece either, but it's important for those of us in the field to hear what is being said, so we can answer it intelligently (as Gary has done very well!)

Thanks for the link I've shared on my Scoop.it! and Facebook pages.

Come join fellow educators to share and learn about technology use in the classroom, early childhood through grade 12. This is an incredible professional development opportunity and it is FREE! Please check out the website to learn about the "unconference" model of EdCamp, http://edcampmaine.org

Basic Science experiments that you can watch and try with students.

PBS TeacherLine's high quality, standards-based graduate-level courses offer teachers the professional development opportunities they need in an accessible online format that makes learning fun, flexible and collaborative. You can earn graduate credit, PD

QR Codes, Young Learners, and iPads can be a great mix. Whether you have no experience with QR codes or fall into the advanced user category, this blog post will move you forward.

Gail Lovely's list of Top Ten Web 2.0 tools for young learners. Should be interesting to check this out.

#6. Glogster EDU- This is a great way to incorporate the school into the home. This program allows teacher to show caregivers what is being done in the classroom (i.e. uploading class calendars, posting students' projects, etc.). If teachers post educational practice links, students are able to practice certain skills learned in the classroom at home. This program also allows parents to connect with the teacher, it will allow parents and teachers to communicate via blogs.

Wonderful that someone put together a list of the top ten tools for young children,their parents and teachers. Several sites would be helpful in working with young children or counseling are: 1. Wordle - students could create a poster of words they know and continue adding new words. 2. Yola - a user friendly software that allows teacher, parents, student to create a web site.to share information with others. 3. Blogs - the KinderKids Blog published class projects that could be view by parents or serve as means of communicating with classrooms around the world.

Summarizes some large-scale research on digital divide and argues for adult-supported tech integration in ECE as a way to help bridge the divide.

A webinar presented on May 9, 2012 on Early Childhood Investigations.