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As the use of computing and networking technologies in schools grows, educators increasingly incorporate online tools and resources into their curricula-some even replace traditional classroom interactions with "virtual" courses that take place entirely online. At the same time, administrators are concerned with helping students develop 21st century skills while bridging the digital divide between students and adults. To address emerging trends in education, Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit group and Blackboard have joined together to bring you Education in the 21st Century, a series of reports that include data from the SpeakUp Survey, which shed light on issues related to learning and leading in K-12 education.

TweetGrid is a powerful Twitter Search Dashboard that allows you to search for up to 9 different topics, events, converstations, hashtags, phrases, people, groups, etc in real-time. As new tweets are created, they are automatically updated in the grid. No need to refresh the page! Somewhat similar to Tweetdeck

Great slideshow that makes some (obvious and fabulous!) great points about technology today.

Great slideshow that makes some (obvious and fabulous!) great points about technology today.

Article on BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) as it applies to corporate America. The writer makes the case that coming generations will make centrally-controlled IT obsolete as they demand choice in their devices and a union of their personal and professional on one computing device/mobile device.

Article on BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) as it applies to corporate America. The writer makes the case that coming generations will make centrally-controlled IT obsolete as they demand choice in their devices and a union of their personal and professional on one computing device/mobile device.