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"Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate."

resources and links provided - from a workshop to schol library media spcialists (and others) by Wesley Fryer

This was highlighted in Tech & Learning Magazine. I see this as a potentially powerful tool for writing and collaboration.

Love it or hate it, no one can ignore Microsoft Office. One way or the other it manages to pop up in our lives. Even if a lot of people have found cooler alternatives in the cloud like Google Docs, a lot of businesses and most Government Offices continue to use Microsoft Office to create and edit documents.So it's only appropriate to use the lemons to make lemonade. Even if we can't ditch Microsoft Office for good, we can leverage the cloud to collaborate on them. Agilewords is one such app that helps users to edit and review documents in the cloud.From WebAppStorm

The claim: Talkwheel creates a visual roundtable collaboration platform to allow groups in enterprises, e-learning and social networks to interact more effectively than anywhere else online.

Outstanding Cathy. This has always been one of my favorite tools.

"MashPlant Studio is a 21st century education tool that promotes creativity and collaboration in your classroom and at home." Read more here http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2013/03/introducing-mashplant.html  "Teachers create one or more studios - small, private social networks - and invite their students to join via assignments on the teacher's blog. Teachers maintain a degree of control to keep order if necessary."

Presentation slides for Zaid Alsagoff's webinar on the 11 May (2013) to students from an Online Course in Research methodology for PhD scholars at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University (SNDTWU). Contains some excellent info and advice on spreading of ideas and influence applicable for any collaboration.

Google doc. extensive list of Apps, primary function and classroom ideas.

Curiousity, creativity, criticism, communication, collaboration, compassion, composure, citizenship

Great Gatsby immersion in the Media Center.

"People no longer have to come to a library to get information ...so the library has to get people coming in for different reasons. Students need somewhere to socialize, create things and collaborate."

iPad apps that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments.

online collaboration like today's meet, but can vote also!