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Digital Is | Digital Is ... - 1 views

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"The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today."

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office - 1 views

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Michelle Krill on 15 Jul 11

Open Office Files stored on Google from within Office products.

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Sophie: - 1 views

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Ann Baum (Johnston) on 20 Jul 11

"Sophie is open source software for writing, reading and visualizing rich media documents in an interactive, networked environment."

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Comcast® Internet Essentials Partner Portal - 1 views

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"Starting in the 2011-12 school year, Internet Essentials will be available to eligible households with children who receive free lunches through the National School Lunch Program."

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Free Online Learning at GCFLearnFree.org - 1 views

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Online lessons, videos and interactive for topics such as computers, career skills, reading and math.

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Samsung WOW - 1 views

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"Today, wireless technology-used in smartphones and tablets-is designed for much more than making a phone call, enabling us to communicate, learn, connect, explore, and be entertained, anywhere, anytime-even in the classroom. This is why Samsung Mobile developed Wonders of Wireless-so you can explore the endless possibilities of mobile devices."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Today, wireless technology-used in smartphones and tablets-is designed for much more than making a phone call, enabling us to communicate, learn, connect, explore, and be entertained, anywhere, anytime-even in the classroom. This is why Samsung Mobile developed Wonders of Wireless-so you can explore the endless possibilities of mobile devices."</div>

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Disruptive Companies (Infographic) - 1 views

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Comprehensive graphic on the most disruptive companies.

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Seven Common Mistakes Online Students Make - 1 views

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Seven Common Mistakes Online Students Make -

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Unmasking the Digital Truth - 1 views

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"The goal of this collaborative wiki is to "unmask the digital truth" with respect to the reasons some leaders today are overfiltering and overblocking web 2.0 sites in schools and libraries, and provide reasonable alternatives which support broader student and teacher access to these sites."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The goal of this collaborative wiki is to "unmask the digital truth" with respect to the reasons some leaders today are overfiltering and overblocking web 2.0 sites in schools and libraries, and provide reasonable alternatives which support broader student and teacher access to these sites." </div>

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Digital Textbook Playbook - 1 views

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Ann Baum (Johnston) on 03 Feb 12

"The Playbook is designed to help K-12 school educators plan for the transition to a rich, interactive, and personalized digital learning environment. The Playbook offers advice and considerations to help schools ensure robust and persistent connectivity to the digital content, understand the perspectives of the variety of device users in a school environment, and plan for the transition to digital learning.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Playbook is designed to help K-12 school educators plan for the transition to a rich, interactive, and personalized digital learning environment. The Playbook offers advice and considerations to help schools ensure robust and persistent connectivity to the digital content, understand the perspectives of the variety of device users in a school environment, and plan for the transition to digital learning.</div>

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There's an app for that for cats | tweentribune.com - 1 views

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Michelle Krill on 25 Apr 12

Easy to read: TTJunior.com offers easy-to-read news stories for 2nd Graders, 3rd Graders and advanced 1st Graders, as well as remediation and ESL for all grades. Easy to write: Students can post blog comments that teachers review before publication. Click below to sign up. It's fast, easy and free!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Easy to read: TTJunior.com offers easy-to-read news stories for 2nd Graders, 3rd Graders and advanced 1st Graders, as well as remediation and ESL for all grades. Easy to write: Students can post blog comments that teachers review before publication. Click below to sign up. It's fast, easy and free!</div>

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Measuring 1:1 Results -- THE Journal - 1 views

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Before the 1:1 rollout we spent at least six months on staff development. Going from 30 kids in a room opening textbooks to 30 kids opening computers is a significant shift.
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Four years later we're still not there yet but we've definitely made progress. Getting to 100 percent is going to take a while.
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Michelle Krill on 11 May 12

"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."</div>

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Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds - Kaiser Family Foundation - 1 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 11 May 12 - Cached

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A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth</div>

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Mind42.com - Collaborative mind mapping in your browser - 0 views

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Online mindmapping tool

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Comparison of netbooks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Wikipedia page comparing netbooks.

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Learning in Hand - Netbooks - 0 views

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Tony Vincent's start page for learning about netbooks and web apps.

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krillworkshops » Digital Responsibility - 0 views

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This is my site - but anyone can use it if it fits your purpose.

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Michelle Krill on 06 Mar 09

Professional development site for teaching about digital responsibility

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Teaching students 21st-century skills - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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IF STUDENTS are to succeed in today's complex economy, they need to know more than just English, math, science, and history. They also need a range of analytic and workplace skills.
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Mastering those skills means learning how to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, use the Internet to do research, and communicate clearly and effectively.
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Students also need to be responsible and accountable, to be up on the news, and to have a workable knowledge of economics and business.
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Now, this is a report some skeptics might well dismiss as another attempt to reinvent the educational wheel.
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From IT to business etiquette to networking to preparing a resume to little things like having a proper handshake and making appropriate small talk, Oliver says she's learning how to conduct herself in the business world.
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Just Crosswords: Free Crossword Puzzles to Play or Make Your Own - 0 views

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Michelle Krill on 24 Mar 09

Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme. Embeddable in other locations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme. Embeddable in other locations.</div>

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Ben Louey on 04 Dec 09

Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme.</div>

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