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Cyberbullying: Using Virtual Scenarios to Educate and Raise Awareness\n[Research Paper: Discussion]\nVivian Wright, The University of Alabama with Joy Burnham, Chris Inman and Heather Ogorchock\nMonday, 6/29/2009, 8:30am-9:30am WWCC 159, Table: 1\n\nThis session will teach educators how to use student feedback and reactions to scenarios created in Second Life to educate and raise awareness on cyberbullying prevention techniques.

Quest Atlantis is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks from the Center for Research on Learning & Technology at Indiana University. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae.

Chris Dede, Harvard.

Chris Dede, Harvard.Edtags.org is a website for educators (e.g., teachers, education graduate students, professors, librarians, etc.) to connect with people sharing similar interests, discover relevant materials that may have "eluded" the traditional card catalogue search, and store and categorize your favorite bookmarks. We encourage you to upload, store, categorize and share your own course papers, pre-print materials, pictures and the like. When you label a bookmark "private" only you can see it; however, sharing is what this site is all about.

Review of: SUP228 Best Practices in Fair Use for 21st-Century Educators\nRenee Hobbs, Temple University, Media Education Lab with Katie Donnelly, Kristin Hokanson, Michael RobbGrieco and Joyce Valenza\nSunday, 6/28/2009, 12:30pm-3:30pm WWCC 145 A

Scott Smeech's site for Education Apps Review. Take a closer look at using cell phones in the classroom.

Educators learned how to use technology to enhance learning experiences beyond the classroom as part of the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington.

Glogster is proud to present Glogster.com/edu, a NEW addition to the site for all your educational needs!

Today at the National Educational Computing Conference, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and nGenera Corporation, led by Don Tapscott - chairman of its nGenera Insight thought leadership group and best-selling author of Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital - announced a partnership between their organizations, based on common interests in aligning the power of Web 2.0 with the enterprise needs of school districts and their communities.

Learn how and why art transforms teaching and learning, what technology does to enable it, and about measurable results from educators who practice it. Smithsonian American Art Museum: Our Space, Your Space, Cyber Space

Sup228 = Workshop wiki for Renee Hobbs, Temple University, Media Education Lab with Kristin Hokanson, Michael RobbGrieco and Joyce Valenza\n

In the first two projects of Technology Literacy, students research complex topics, write narrative essays, collect and analyze data to think critically about their topics and produce publications.

Research from the NSBA: Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking. Online social networking is now so deeply embedded in the lifestyles of tweens and teens that iit rivals television for their attention,according to a new study from Grunwald Associates LLC conducted in cooperation with the National School Boards Association. The 12-page report covers the positives, the gaps and expectations and interests, as well as information for school board members on striking a balance.

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

Kathleen, Cheryl and Lucy did a great job on this... I am so jealous that I couldn't be part of the team that put this all together. I will be sharing this with administrators when I present to them in Southern California next week.

Parent education on what digital citizenship means.

National School Boards Association Education Technology Director Ann Flynn talks about balancing the need for technological innovations with the reality of running a school district.

L&L Daily Leader is the official newspaper of ISTE's National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). L&L Daily Leader provides exclusive onsite distribution and program and exhibit hall coverage. It is published onsite during the annual conference. If you lost your daily copies or did not take them home with you, you can download the PDF versions here.

Despite a growing interest in online learning among students, the availability of online classes in K-12 schools and districts hasn't kept pace with the demand, according to a new report from Project Tomorrow and Blackboard Inc.