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Digital Storytelling 106--better known as "ds106"--sprouted in 2010 as a computer science class on digital storytelling at University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded by Jim Groom, educational technology consultant Alan Levine, and instructional technologists Martha Burtis & Tom Woodard, ds106 has evolved into a model for all instructors and students who aspire to experience, explore, and extend connected learning.

Schools that have moved from banning and blocking to a pilot a program with schools that will redirect all YouTube links to educational content on Schools interested in participating in the pilot program can sign up at safely embracing tools like YouTube are able to empower their students to learn with real-world resources.

YouTube is rolling out some big new ways to engage with the education community. Continuing with our look at how YouTube can aid teachers and students, it's probably a good idea to actually outline exactly how the video service can help in the classroom. Let's get started.

186 of the Best YouTube videos for Teachers We've often wondered where we'd be without YouTube. When words and analogies fail us, we often find ourselves turning to YouTube to find commercials, movie clips and TED-Talks lectures to help us reach students in a way that engages them and elucidates abstract concepts.

Lots of videos made by educators for educators.

Whether you're doing research for a project, need help with homework, or just want to learn something new, YouTube EDU features some of our most popular educ...

We hope that students and educators gain useful skills and a holistic understanding about responsible digital citizenship, not only on YouTube, but in all online activity.

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There is also an ipad holder for potty training now too..Check it out: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ipad+potty+chair&id=61FBD558EB09F08438CDC707D5DA27EC34E0F345&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=0E7F957E5FED69002596A57E5A8E97F13D6EDA96&selectedIndex=6 Here is the dirt on technology and the developing brain currently. As we know 90% of all foundational brain growth happens by the age of five. Babies are born with billions of unconnected brain cells waiting for stimulation, repetition, and connection with the outside new world. When you put a baby in front of rapidly changing images they are mesmerized. Why? Because things are flashing in front of them and they are trying to grasp meaning but can't because they have no mental context in which they can attach the new information to. Their brains develop expecting information to come to them in a rapid fire motion. But the world is slower than that (go back and watch old Mr Roger''s videos). When the brain is conditioned to expect rapid visuals and it doesn't find it inattention results. We are seeing more children with attention issues in school. For more go to Dimitri Christakis at Ted Talks www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoT7qH_uVNo By the way..this is Wendy =D

Thanks, Wendy, I am very interested in human development topics.

There are lots of lists like this one. Google "Twitter education" or something like that to find others.

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