ICT4Champions

The Digital Literacy Portal is the "public face" of an international movement focused on promoting  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy and Digital Literacy.  This website provides a rich global resource and collaborative environment for dissemination of ICT Literacy and Digital Literacy materials, interactive discussions, research information, and international dialogue.

The purpose of this webquest is to challenge you to develop a 3 year Policy and Vision Strategy for ICT Use in Teacher Professional Development in your country.

"How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are 3,000 to 8,000 words long, and where books contain 80,000 words? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching."

Digital citizenship means the ability to use technology safely, responsibly, critically, and pro-actively to contribute to society. This course take you and your students through the steps.

OUr conference blog

Great resource for pre-service teachers and institutional leaders to learn how to integrate tech into their institutions and classroom practice

Sme great alternatives if you want to host your communities online using all the social media tools

Are you getting measurable, timely, benefits from your IT investment? Are your IT resources fully and effectively deployed? Are your information resources well managed? Are you driving your IT strategy, or is it driving you? This web, known as the "Information Management Body of Knowledge", is a collection of ideas and tools intended to assist anyone who is concerned to get the best out of their investment in information technology and the information systems that make it work. It emerged from research work undertaken in a partnership between the University of the Western Cape, and Cape Peninsula University of Techology (previously the Cape Technikon), both located in Cape Town, South Africa. It has been used in the context of business, public administration and community informatics, and the IMBOK has been adopted as a standard course text in South Africa, Europe and North America.

Today's activity and topic is about who you should follow on twitter

Twitter is still tops this year!!

The purpose of the guidelines is "to encourage decision makers in governments and institutions to invest in the systematic production, adaptation, and use of OER and to bring them in to the mainstream of higher education in order to improve the quality of curricula and teaching and to reduce costs."

A great list of tools to explore

Pixel of Ink features daily publishing of Free & Bargain eBooks. Here's what you will find for both the Kindle and Nook:Free eBooks - both the Limited Time Offers and often forgotten but Popular ClassicsBargain eBooks that are highly rated (4-stars and up) yet a bargain at under $1, under $3, or under $5eReader accessories for the Kindle and Nook that are an absolute steal of a deal (i.e. 50% off or more)

"This site doesn't just present theories and ideas, but rather actionable solutions that can be immediately and easily implemented in service of a relevant education for American students who need to gain proficiency if not mastery of core subject areas while at the same time being prepared for the reality of future work. Imagination is a broad topic, encompassing everything the mind can conjure, so the findings in this report are focused on those that overlap with the changing world of work. Imagination is required to envision the skills demanded by the future as the rate of transformation continues to increase. Creativity and flexibility will be required to put shared ideas into effective practice as rapidly as the current crisis demands. A truly collaborative approach to problem solving is a necessity, and a recognition of the importance not only of science and mathematics, but of creativity, art and music to amplify learning. Einstein credits some of his greatest breakthroughs in insight to his violin breaks, which connected different parts of his brain in new ways. Is it possible to thrive in a perilous and yet exciting period of transformation?"

"Your own personal journal and online diary. "

"Sending video messages with Eyejot is as easy as sending email. There is no software to download or install. Just login to your account, record or upload your video, and send! The recipient gets a friendly email message telling them they have a new video message, and they can watch it with a single click. No registration required. "

Hashtags.org is the defacto standard for hashtag information. The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. Any Twitter user can categorize or follow topics with hashtags.

A helpful little video showing you what hashtags are all about

The power of creating and using hashtags is  now spilling over into the publishing industry

One teacher using twitter a a backchannel in his classroom