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Edmodo is a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students. Recommended by Kathy Schrock.

Kathy talks about the highlights of the NECC conference in this UStreamed interview.

Blog site provides links mentioned in the spotlight presentation by Chris Moersch, ED of LoTi Connection. Includes many research studies citations that could be valuable for anyone writing an EETT grant.

Live blog of the keynote address with Malcolm Gladwell

Attention is a skill that must be learned, shaped, practiced; this skill must evolve if we are to evolve. The technological extension of our minds and brains by chips and nets has granted great power to billions of people, but even in the early years of always-on, it is clear to even technology enthusiasts like me that this power will certainly mislead, mesmerize and distract those who haven't learned - were never taught - how to exert some degree of mental control over our use of laptop, handheld, earbudded media.

To help spark ideas and stimulate discussion following the release of the President's cyberspace policy review, last Friday we teamed up with the Center for a New American Security to bring together a panel of experts representing government, military, and industry for a Google D.C. Talk, "Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy."

Congratulations to Karen Rose and her 3rd grade class from the Melissa, Texas. Selected by attendees at the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) as "Best Picture" from among digital shorts produced and edited by students and teachers from across the country.

Twitter stream graph of the conference