Set up a meeting for your class to meet online with grad students and examine bugs under the university's electron microscope.

This is an example of "extending the classroom". A cross between the virtual field trip and videoconference.

Richard Louv is the author of _Last Child in the Woods_, associated with the term "nature deficit disorder" and a co-founder of the Children & Nature Network. This article is a good overview of his ideas.

Something of a follow-up to the Fool's Gold publication, this document more specifically addresses the idea of "technology literacy". It takes a broader view of tech literacy, encouraging the reader to see it as a social thing, not just the ability to use different kinds of software. It contains a good critique of ISTE. Should be mandatory reading for any tech in education program.

We will be talking about "technology literacy" on Monday -- I like this book because it takes a very broad look at what "technology literacy" means.

This is a PDF of an important publication challenging the use of technology by young children. It's about eight years old now, but the information in it is more important than ever, as the various standards and pacing guides push technology use down to the lower grades.

From the same organization that published Tech Tonic, a critical look at computers in the classroom.

A good introduction to Marshall McLuhan's Four Laws of Media

These are assessment resources for math teachers by Illinois standard and grade level.