ISABC Summer Institute 2009

follow or unfollw large lists of Twitterers

Great set of infographics about social media. Good for personal and classroom use.

hashtag cheatSheet

Official Twitter hashtag site

NewsTrust was created to promote quality journalism in the Internet age, a formidable task as millions of news-related posts, blogs and sites are created each day. How do we make sense of all this digital noise?

How to use Drop.io for student reflections

Tip sheets for a variety of programs...Moodle, Google Earth, PBworks (was PBwiki), VoiceThread

flash-based sketch tool with retro feel; excellent sample work

School Library Journal is the earth's biggest review source for books, multimedia and technology for children and teens --- along with news, features, and hot topics for librarians and educators.

Excellent List of Tools - Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

Euan Semple on Social Media in Business; educators can draw out important ideas for our profession.

Howard hit on one major takeaway that I had from our week in the UK. "Increasingly I think the digital divide is less about access to technology and more about the difference between those who know how and those who don't know how," he said. He's convinced that what's most important is not access to the Internet - we have more than a billion people on the Internet now and there are 4 billion phones out there - but access to knowledge and literacies for the digital age. "The ability to know has suddenly become the ability to search and the ability to sift" and discern. "Skill plus social" is the key.

Pandemics. Global warming. Food shortages. No more fossil fuels. What are humans to do? The same thing the species has done before: evolve to meet the challenge. But this time we don't have to rely on natural evolution to make us smart enough to survive. We can do it ourselves, right now, by harnessing technology and pharmacology to boost our intelligence. Is Google actually making us smarter?

The most effective pedagogical approach using new technology is social constructivism, as it builds on social interaction and engagement, which is at the heart of Web 2.0 technology.While this level of connection and shared information is a great first step in community building, it does not necessarily lead to learning communities or the sharing of ideas. This must happen intentionally and is where the instructor is very much a necessary support to the process.

Whether you're a high school or college student, a small business owner looking to set up a new business plan, or someone who wants to be better organized with your errands, goals and regular to-do lists, there are a variety of tools to keep your notes and tasks safe and filed away online. These 50 tools and tricks will revolutionize your note-taking by introducing you to techniques and websites that let you share ideas, store your thoughts directly on a web page and more.

Not everything about education of 50 years ago is irrelevant today. But the thrust of this article is right.