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pull quote: "I radically separate technology from new practices that these technologies enable."

social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate. Free, open environment with live, online meeting and collaboration space provided by Elluminate technology. For educators passionate about teaching and learning and want connect with like-minded colleagues to share content, develop best practices, and collaborate on a global level.

social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate. Free, open environment with live, online meeting and collaboration space provided by Elluminate technology. LearnCentral is for any educator who is passionate about teaching and learning and wants to find and connect with like-minded colleagues to share content, develop best practices, and collaborate on a global level.

wiki version of handbook on emerging technologies for learning

Group within LearnCentral.org for librarians who provide instruction services to distance learners to share & collaborate on ideas, best practices, technology use, etc.

Place for librarians who provide service to distance learners to share and collaborate on ideas, experiences, best practices, technology use and more.

Free educational collection of puzzles and teacher-created content from Valve's best-selling game, Portal 2, an engaging 3D puzzle-solving game.  Based on Valve's technology, the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker takes place in an environment with realistic physics - a playground rich with opportunities for educational fun.

from blog Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom. Even though it focuses on Primary, it has relevance to higher ed too.

Wondering if media & info lit skills like this are within the purview of librarians? Or more for faculty? Are these skills even being taught to college students?

Provides educators and trainers with easy-to- assemble educational games in a technology- enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning.

Digital Literacy is... Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, and create information using digital technology. As a Cornell student, activities including writing papers, creating multimedia presentations, and posting information about yourself or others online are all a part of your day-to-day life, and all of these activities require varying degrees of digital literacy. Is simply knowing how to do these things enough? No-there's more to it than that.

A very well done site. Although I am left wondering why they call it "digital" literacy when it is mainly about scholarship and academic levels of literacy in a world that happens to be networked.

an open source, portable digital file distribution tool based on inexpensive hardware that enables delivery of educational, healthcare, and other vital information to individuals off the grid.

Potential for off-network instruction?

"Data collected from thousands of students showed that students who were taught informative nonfiction using the Big6 approach with a combination of analytical, creative, and practical activities, outperformed students who were taught two alternative approaches (see materials at: www.yale.edu/pace)."

The 2010 conference will be held at Dutchess Community College.