How Generacion C - Connect, Communicate, Change - Born in 1990 and After - Now hitting college - Will Shape the World

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EXCELLENT video for reminding parents that they need to be aware of what their children are doing on the Internet.

I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I'd say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here's part of the conversation, it really made me smile. Girl #1: My mum doesn't even know I'm on Facebook. Girl #2: Oh gosh, you're on Facebook too? So am I. My parents don't know either; my mum doesn't like the idea of me being on it.

A little village of providers of free online lessons is sprouting up. Many are video-based; all are free. MIT's OpenCourseWare helped launch this effort in 2001 and now offers 1,900 full, free courses online. The idea, simply and democratically, is to use the power of the Web to spread knowledge around the world.

Adaptive innovation and experimentation, experts say, is the rule in a period of rapid change that can be seen as the digital-age equivalent of the ferment after the introduction of the printing press. "We're experiencing the biggest media petri dish in four centuries," observes Paul Saffo, a visiting scholar at Stanford University who specializes in technology's effect on society.

From Richard Byrne. A very well put together guide. Includes instructions on finding copyright free or friendly content on the web.

Generally adults help young people learn to drive safely before giving them car keys and turning them loose on the streets of the world. Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate.

Informative video cartoons to teach students about copyright of their own work and using the works of others.

Larry Frlazzo describes a supportive enviornment which professionally develops teachers and promotes "data-informed" decision making for the benefit of students.

From MGuhlin: I wrote the following as part of my participation in the Abydos Learning Writing Institute. I'm grateful to the feedback from folks during "clocking" exercises. As you will see, it is my first attempt to address the cognitive tension that exists between paper-oriented publishing approaches to writing workshop and the digital possibilities.

Students video themselves solving math problems; teachers learn how to help them.

"technology now serves as a critical thread that ties many of us together in learning" "until collaboration is a behavior naturally included in every educator's definition of teaching, then many of the contemporary promotions of technology in education will continue to be little more than spit in the wind."

"technology now serves as a critical thread that ties many of us together in learning" "until collaboration is a behavior naturally included in every educator's definition of teaching, then many of the contemporary promotions of technology in education will continue to be little more than spit in the wind."

Musical composer Jason Robert Brown debates copyright of sheet-music with a teenager. Follow their email conversation for excellent insight into the copyright dilemma. Great real-life scenario to use if discussing copyright with teachers and/or students.

Sharing Google Docs is now more straightforward and easier. You can share with others without them having to log in by just setting the doc to "share with anyone who has a link". Good explanation videos at this link.

"Printed books are losing out to digital resources, bringing profound change to school libraries while provoking a fierce debate over the very act of reading."

Open Source software is "not like free beer. It's more like free puppies."