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As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy. Our filter bubble causes Google and other search engines to limit our searches by personalizing them. Personalized filters look at what you click on first which will throw off the balance of the information you receive. This filter bubble is important to understand so you know when search engines are personlizing your searches so that you can learn how to balance your searches.

It's so important for even young students to understand that they should protect their personal information. This video does an excellent job of defining personal information and explaining who it is okay and not okay to share it with. Appropriate for PK though 2.

The use of personal portfolios for assessment and presentation long has been a component of higher education. In fact, personal portfolios are a graduation requirement at many colleges and universities. Now, electronic portfolios have begun to enter the world of K-12 education as well.-Mary Daniels Brown with Education World. This website builds on our learning and use of digital portfolios for ourselves to show how to use them with our students. We will learn how to do our own, and can then help our students in the future.

A blog that discusses five different Personal Learning Networks specifically designed for educators

Check out our guide to growing your personal learning network with social media, full of more than 30 different tips, resources, and tools. This site offers tips, ideas, guides, as well as different tools and resources that we could use to build upon.

This internet safety video shows the consequences of sharing personal information with strangers. It is a little dated and gets mildly intense, but it gets students' attention and gets them talking about internet safety issues. You'll be surprised how many of your students have had personal experiences with being solicited for information online. This is appropriate for grades 3 through 5.

This video clearly shows kids what personal information is and why they should keep it safe. It is promoted for grades 4 through 6, but it is appropriate for 3rd grade as well.

Edutopia's Betty Ray on how to get started using Twitter to expand your personal learning network.

Using Twitter to expand your personal learning network.

Education Technology is such a necessity in every 21 century classroom. It is no wonder that EdTech is one of the most popular discussion topics in schools, personal & professional learning communities amongst educators.

Education Technology is such a necessity in every 21 century classroom. It is no wonder that EdTech is one of the most popular discussion topics in schools, personal & professional learning communities amongst educators.

Great educators never stop learning. Discover and share new ways to collaborate, network, grow, and vent with fellow educators in person and online.

Tracking progress of their entire class, this website ables teachers to create and assign formative assessments . Students study at their own pace to navigate learning while getting immediate feedback and personalized support.

Great way to learn how to use a PLN in education !

This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators. This website creates connections between professionals and provides many available resources.

This site is actually a PLN for educators to communicate information and includes numerous types of discussion.

Check out some tips on management in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) classroom!

This article is extremely helpful as it provides teachers with tips on how to manage a classroom that implements BYOD. It gives great suggestions that make integrating personal devices into the classroom easier and more efficient.

A great resource for teachers who are stumped on how to integrate technology into their existing classroom. Includes how to get started as well as ideas like, "if you have an interactive whiteboard", "if you have computers in your classroom", etc.

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Integrating Technology in the classroom with some examples on what to use for the technology available.

This site provides information about what a PLN is, what if can be used for, and what it often includes. It gives tips on how to effectively use a PLN.

If creating a personal Google search engine is too time consuming, here are seven student-friendly search engines. Chapter 6: Finding & Evaluating Resources

Kid friendly search engines are important when you want to filter what your student or child is able to see.

give teachers the opportunity to download apps that are free for a limited time.This works best with 1:1 and your own device. Used for teachers to download apps on each students personal device provided by the school.

This video is extremely helpful because it walks a person through using a search engine. The article on this same site also relates useful information. One part of the article reads: "This little crash course will teach you how to explore the Net more efficiently."

This is a wonderful site that has tons of resources for teachers. I personally liked the google information and the youtube alternatives. Those can be found on the tabs at the top of the website.