NECC09

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.

Make movies and pictures with Kerpoof. Potential for literacy integration.

Get all your friends status updates from Twitter, their messages from Facebook and their latest photo uploads from MySpace - all in one place.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Welcome to the NECC Ning Network, designed to help you connect to like-minded NECC attendees and extend the conversations.

Gail Lovely's TopTen Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners

Wiki Site for Gail Lovely's TopTen Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners

Similar Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words. Click the "Similar images" link under an image to find other images that look like it

Monday, June 29 from 7-9 pm @ Rocket Bar, 714 7th St., NW Washington DC

Updated with content from NECC 09.

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.

Students using voicethread to discuss math problems.

The new ISTE NETS FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS have been unveiled here at NECC.