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# Digital Life # Privacy and Digital Footprints # Connected Culture # Self-Expression and Identity # Respecting Creative Work"

This looks like it would be a very good complement to our continuum.

"Digital Storytelling can transform your students' writing into a visual masterpiece that is filled with voice and emotion, while enhancing critical thinking skills. The iPad takes digital storytelling to a new level by making the process easier, and even more engaging for students of all grade levels as well as for their teachers. "

Star Phoenix - (available in Canadian Newstand database) According to the University of Victoria political science PhD candidate and digital media researcher, students -- especially those on the verge of graduating and heading out into the working world -- should be aware of their digital reputation. According to Norah McRae, executive director of UVic's Co-operative Education Program and Career Services, there aren't any statistics that show exactly what percentage of employers will Google

a conceptual model to measure classroom teachers implementation of the tenets of digital-age literacy as manifested in the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). The LoTi Framework focuses on the delicate balance between instruction, assessment, and the effective use of digital tools and resources to promote higher order thinking, engaged student learning, and authentic assessment practices in the classroom

PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

Blogs are easy to create. But just because something's easy doesn't mean it will stick. As someone who supports teachers in understanding and using digital learning tools, this is a pattern I've seen all too often. So how does a teacher or her students find blogging success? Here are a few things I've discovered in both my own blog as well as with my work with students and teachers.

Clarifying the blurred lines between cyber-bullying and social responsible digital citizenship.

Alec Couros' collection of resources

Alec has collected a series of digital storytelling resources that could be quite useful.

Online image editor mentioned in Digital Storytelling site.