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From PBS's Frontline, this documentary looks at how learning and work have changed with the advent of digital tools. Website includes full program as well as supplementary materials.

From WNYC, Feb 2, 2010. Includes link to MP3 and listener comments.

By David Hayward and originally published in April 2009 Integrating Technology column of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears; here it is part of the blog Expert Voices published by the National Sciences Digital Library. The post provides a great overview of Diigo, with advice on how middle school teachers can use it.

Produced by commoncraft, Aug 6 2007. This video describes social bookmarking in a fun and decidedly low-tech fashion. Runtime is just over 3 minutes. Please note that this video is for sale, though it is possible to watch an evaluation copy, for free, from this URL.

By Chinua Achebe, published by Anchor Books, 1994

By Megan Milani, Sternhouse Publishers (Australia), 2009. The book concentrates on teaching early readers (grades K-3), but there might be relevant information for teaching reading at other levels. The full text is available from this page, with an Adobe Flash player.

Video posted to Mimeo that provides an overview of Diigo

By David Pierce, published on Makeuseof.com, November 8, 2008. This post outlines the advantages of Diigo over Delicious (both social bookmarking tools).

By Laura Spencer, published in Freelance Folder, Jan 10, 2010. While targeted to freelancers, this article provides an excellent overview to Diigo features, and clear instructions for how to get started. It is current and all examples are for the current version of Diigo.

Edited by Angela T. Ragusa, published by Information Science Reference, 2010. Ragusa is a sociologist at Charles Stuart University (Australia). With contributions from Europe, North America, and the South Pacific, the book "looks at how we communicate and interact in a computerised, connected and inter-connected world..."

From Wikipedia.

By Peter Riley Bahr, published in The Review of Higher Education, vol 33(2), winter 2010. The article looks at remediation. Full abstract available on this page. Full article is available by subscription. Check with your college library for access via document delivery.

By Enrique Mu, Sallie Wormer, Roberta Foizey, Beverly Barkon, and Mark Vehec in Educause Quarterly (EQ) vol 33 (1), 2010.

By Paco Martorell and Isaac McFarlin, Jr., Sept 2007. Evidence on the effectiveness of remediation from the state of Texas.

By Eric Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long, forthcoming in Economic Inequality and Higher Education: Access, Persistence and Success, Stacy Dickert-Conlin and Ross Rubenstein, eds., Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2006. Looks at preparation and remediation generally, but also focuses on a database of students maintained by the Ohio Board of Regents.

RA discusses Lindemann's chapter on responding to student writing in Choice Events/Reid Sunahara: Feedback 3.0: Using Technology to Respond to Student Writing (1/22/10)

A project of Johns Hopkins University and the University of York (UK), this site provides an encyclopedia of evidence and reviews of K-12 education programs. There might be useful information here; as well the presentation might be one that we can learn from.

contains bibliography

from evaluation proposal

Youth culture and practice in relationship to the new media - how youth culture and practice is changing in the United States..