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from The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: September 20 - October 5, 2010

"In linguistic terms our students see technology as Verbs"

A 7th grade student gives a tour of her personal learning environment, sharing how she uses Google Docs, blogs, Evernote, Skype, and more in her life science class.

"Imagine focusing on one thing during a school year - or even a school career - like ants, or the ocean. Sounds counter-intuitive in a web-based world that is light years broad, while seeming only a few inches deep. But that is what the Learning In Depth project does."

Deep learning. Provocative initiative from Simon Fraser U. Interesting!

NCTE's definition of 21st Century Literacies

Sustainability & Global Issues Curriculum - free and downloadable