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One view of New Orleans 10 years after Katrina. Compare with the other site in this group Concerned with "digital literacy?" Consider offering these 2 sites for serious discussion http://t.co/cFdtwnymOc vs. http://t.co/nm7peq9pfv

Post on Open Library starting to loan in copyright digital books. Very interesting.

"Digital technologies can be used as tools that facilitate the research process, the organization, collection and distribution of information, communication and collaboration among others. TechLunch wants to provide insight into these purposes by presenting use case scenarios specific to the needs of students, teachers and researchers." Includes a set of recordings and resources on various tools e.g. Zotero, Cmap, Opinion Polling, etc.

Create easy flashcards using Google Docs and get them on your puter or phone.

Screen Australia's Digital Resource Finder is a quick, convenient and easy-to-use search engine for teachers and educators. It features FREE FOR EDUCATION downloadable video clips from Screen Australia's remarkable archive-one of the nation's largest and most historically significant collections. Clips are matched with print-friendly two-page resource sheets that include background information and engaging student research and classroom activities written by leading teachers.

Learning from digital natives: bridging formal and informal learning LDN Final Report.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Enhancing Students' Learning Experiences Through the Use of Digital Storytelling

Doug Belshaw has collected together many definitions of digital literacy in this wiki page

A Guide to Digital Storytelling

"There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources."

Will probably be some important stuff coming through this site concerning digital literacy in HE.

Free ebook on dig storytelling

RT @timbuckteeth @e_trude: "Digital literacy is less about tools & more about thinking" Horizon Report http://bit.ly/linX28 <--@TraceyMorgan

Stuff from a presentation Doug gave to Australian conference.

"'We found no evidence for any discontinuity in technology use around the age of 30 as would be predicted by the Net Generation and Digital Natives hypothesis,' says the report. What the reseachers do find interesting and worthy of further study is the correlation--which is independent of age--between attitudes to technology and approaches to studying. In short, students who more readily use technology for their studies are more likely than others to be deeply engaged with their work."

That last point is pretty powerful. Need to get the data replicated elsewhere as next stage. But as always, different people are different!

DigLit referenced in a page on using collaborative tools.

The importance of our digital identities and the use of social media.