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- as technology become more available everywhere, how to deal with its use among children in informal setting is a topic under discussion - for now, it seems like individual parents are providing their own guidance to their children (or no guidance) with no common understanding of what is best for the children of certain age - the pessimistic view in this article claims for the risk of ''the Nobody Scenario'' and seem to believe that there would be many negative cognitive consequences for the children if heavy-used (the definition of 'children' and 'technology' here is not clearly defined) Understanding and cooperation from children's parents would be very important in the process of implementing emerging technologies in school settings thus this type of controversy is interesting to watch.

Includes our own Natick, MA! Interesting that 3 of the 20 are in PA.

A student's step by step guide to structuring her own personal learning environment. It demands more responsibility from students.

The Personal Learning Network is a concept that has some overlap with the concept of Digital Teaching Platforms.

An argument for educational technology even when it is used without proper guidance

American Library Association details how tech must be employed in conjunction with common core standards

Thought-provoking game. Play to the end for the full effect (three levels)

Hi Deidre, thanks for sharing the game. Interesting although a little 'guidance' along the way might have sustained the players attention longer haha.

This caught my attention - "systems must be designed not just to show how much children have improved, but also to provide guidance so that ineffective teachers get better."

Parents discovering web videos as potential platforms to teach their children.