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This is a collaborative project to generate Social Media Guidelines for school districts. The goal of this guideline is to provide instructional employees, staff, students, administartors, parents and the school district community direction when using social media applications both inside and outside the classroom.

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, a qualitative research project established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years. The 2010 Horizon Report is the seventh in the series and is produced as part of an ongoing collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

"The study, conducted by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and Harrison Group, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm, found that from age 6 - 17, the time kids spend reading books for fun declines while the time kids spend going online for fun and using a cell phone to text or talk increases. Parents express concern that the use of electronic and digital devices negatively affects the time kids spend reading books (41%), doing physical activities (40%), and engaging with family (33%)."

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great videos for media/social networking literacy

Amazing video!

Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.

On October 21, the top videos selected by the YouTube Play jury were revealed and celebrated at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The videos, which can be viewed below and on youtube.com/play, will be presented at the Guggenheim Museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin, and Venice on October 22-24, 2010. They comprise the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years.

Welcome to the Hot Docs Doc Library, celebrating Canada's rich documentary filmmaking heritage. Browse the library for scores of outstanding documentaries, all by Canadian filmmakers. Visit the Community section to find extensive playlists compiled by experts, invaluable educational resources and intriguing filmmaker interviews. The Doc Library is FREE - no checkouts, no late fees! But please support the films and filmmakers by visiting their websites and buying their DVDs to share with others.

Particularly useful for the high school tecahers

Valenza is on the cutting edge of 21st century research and classroom strategies