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I believe that's why they don't sing it at restaurants....

Yes! We can sing it in a classroom, at a party, or any other PRIVITE setting...However, on TV, in a public setting, in a movie, etc...someone has to pay!

Thought it might be interesting to have some information on copyright and intellectual property law from a different country.

what college student doesnt want some therapy baking time and these look delicious!

A great archive of educational resources you can use under the creative commons.

An article analyzing some of the potential societal benefits of the creative commons

Hails the uses for Flickr in the classroom. Also talks about the Creative Commons licensing options for photos on Flickr.

Although really short, this provides quick links to instances where there are copyright exceptions for teachers... interesting.

Great ideas for creativity lessons. Includes lesson ideas on drawing, thinking/feeling, design and composition thinking, etc...

interseting sight on how to in corporate digital literacy into the classroom

Primary school students all asking the same thing of their teachers: "Engage me by using the technology I use everyday to teach me in the classroom."

As a side note, it looks like their school is not too far behind on the digital front: the school has its own youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RobinHoodSchool?gl=GB&hl=en-GB

Clarification about VALA from my Digital Native youtube post.

So this isn't super educational, however it emphasizes the use of technology with children from an early age. We've seen lots of youtube videos of 15 month old babies using iPads and iPhones (my nephew included!) - yet here it is reinforced on a TV commercial. 

Something off topic we could talk about in class perhaps?

So in all your readings of digital natives, here's a real life example. Honestly, I'm a little terrified....

An interactive way to understand what being a digital native means.

Interesting editorial accompanying recent research suggesting fast-paced cartoons impacted children's executive functioning. Notes the competing viewpoint--the digital native generation is adapting to the "ways that will make it well suited to the fast-paced world they will grow to inherit"

What will the libraries do?  Great video about where libraries might go. 

How can we try to accomodate students who have expectations like this, or grow up using technology at home? Interesting Digital Native Youtube video from VALA.

Part 2 of the Prensky's 2001 articles on Digital Natives. This one focuses on scientific evidence to back up what he said in part one. It also includes this interesting quote about the attention span of digital natives, which seems to contradict other research on multi-tasking: "Their attention spans are  not short for games, for example, or for anything else that actually interests them. As a result of their experiences Digital Natives crave interactivity-an immediate response to their each and every action. Traditional schooling provides very little of this compared to the rest of their world (one study showed that students in class get to ask a question every 10 hours). So it generally isn't that Digital Natives can't pay attention, it's that they choose not to."

Prensky talks about the digital 'natives' and 'immigrants'