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Lisa Linn

sigve - home - 7 views

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education virtual-environments SIG SL QA web2.0 technology teaching Web secondlife iste sigve

shared by Lisa Linn on 03 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Lisa Linn on 03 Jan 10
     
    New ISTE SIG for Education in Virtual Environments
David Hilton

Teaching Written Response to Text ... - Google Books - 22 views

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bestpractices curriculum language professionaldevelopment elementary middleschool explicit teaching

shared by David Hilton on 23 Jul 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 23 Jul 10
     
    An excellent guide to teaching text comprehension skills to students.
cristina costa

Homo Zappiens: Growing Up in a ... - Google Book Search - 0 views

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    Homo Zappiens: Growing Up in a Digital Age
Ed Webb

Is the internet making teens nicer? - Yahoo! News - 10 views

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  • We typically assume that the internet is turning kids into narcissistic, vicious cyber-bullies, but a growing body of research indicates that the opposite is true. New research suggests that spending time emailing, texting, and Facebook-ing might actually help both adults and kids become better friends and people
  • the more time college students spent on the internet, the more empathetic they were both online and off
  • Forty-five percent of 3,777 teens surveyed reported being bullied, but fewer than 20 percent of those said it had occurred online or via text messaging or phone. Almost 40 percent said it had happened in person. And two-thirds of those bullied online said they didn't even find the abuse upsetting.
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  • "Have our brains become so desensitized by a 24/7, all-you-can-eat diet of lurid flickering images that we've lost all perspective on appropriateness and compassion?" they asked. A 2007 study of 18 to 23-year-olds found they were less able to identify expressions of emotion after playing violent video games. And, while Dr. Rosen's study found that can help people relate better, it also found that excessive social networking makes some teens more prone to aggression, mania, anxiety, and depression.
Dennis OConnor

Super searchers go to school ... - Google Books - 6 views

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search 21cif information fluency information literacy david barr

shared by Dennis OConnor on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Dennis OConnor on 03 Nov 09
     
    Interview and chapter from Dr. David Barr, founder of the 21st Century Information Fluency Project. This Google book article from Joyce Valenza & Reva Basch's book Super Searchers Go to school reaveal some of David's thinking about the knowledge, skills and dispositions for successful searching. Anyone who knows David Barr recognizes his amazing understanding of 21st century information systems. This is a gem. Don't miss it.
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