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Here are two 30 minute lessons that I've developed for 3rd grade students on the benefits and pitfalls of the World (Wild) Web. For good reason, parents and teachers are concerned when children begin browsing, so I wanted to compile an informative and memorable lesson.

The second app, Entourage EWS, provides a "significant improvement to Entourage 2008" that will allow users to sync their Entourage Tasks, Notes, and Categories with Exchange. This will be available as a public beta later this month, and the final release will be available for free sometime in 2009 for Office 2008 users.

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While Google and Yahoo SafeSearch settings go a long way towards easing those concerns, there are always harmful websites that make it through the filters. Setting up a filter on your own Internet firewall is another option, but again - as long as your kids are connected directly to the Internet, nasty things like dangerous websites or child predators can always make it through somehow.\n\nThis is where a free web browser created specifically for children, like KidZui, can completely remove that parental worry.

Create and customize your own personal newspaper using feeds from your favorite sites; from the New York Times to Digg

For years now, the gaping hole in Google's online suite of applications has been a to-do list manager, but not anymore: today Gmail Labs adds a lightweight Tasks module to your email account.

Creative Educator focuses on using technology tools to foster creativity and engage students in the curriculum. Published by Tech4Learning, Creative Educator features articles on project-based learning, creativity, classroom management, and more from authors with a range of experience in educational technology.

and there's an eBook

The 'Fish market' series of learning objects uses game-play format to assist students to explore the complexities of a trading market. students discuss trading experiences (learning process, strategies) on VoiceThread

A great resource list compiled by Mashable Editor, Paul Glazowski

Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. attended webinar "Digital Citizenship for Parents"

This series, called, "Copyright for Educators," is designed to help educators learn about Fair Use and what they can and can't do within the category of, "Teaching" in the Copyright Act.

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It's quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.

Teacher effects dwarf school effects: your child is actually better off in a "bad" school with an excellent teacher than in an excellent school with a bad teacher.

MathVids.com is a website dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help.

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Podcasting has inherent benefits for student motivation (given the existence of a global, authentic audience) and communication skill development. If you want your students to become better writers, authors, and communicators, then they need to be podcasting.

example of a quality Voicethread created by secondary student

comprehensive collection of VoiceThread examples from students and teachers of all ages and groups.