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Articles
[|Playing It Too Safe Online Will Make You Sorry] How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. [|Literacy Debate: R U Really Reading?]This is the first in a series of articles that will look at how the Internet and other technological and social forces are changing the way people read. [|School AUP Policies] Guidelines and samples [|The Longest Day] Could a class of college students survive without iPods, cellphones, computers and TV from one sunrise to the next? [|Identifying Best Practices for Student Wikipedia Projects] Lessons learned from assigning students the task of creating Wikipedia entries as a way of teaching them about research techniques, while at the same time involving them in the process of creating useful real-world knowledge. [|Social Networking Tools: Here to Stay and It's Really OK] Article by //Nancy Willard, director of the// [|//Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use//]. In the articles she explains why we must shift from the Web 1.0 Internet safety approach —fear–mongering, simplistic rules and filtering— to a Web 2.0 approach [|Growing Up Digital: How the Web Changes Work, Education, and the Ways People] Learn by John Seely Brown [|Digital Culture and Learning in the Digital Age] Rethinking how today's kids that grow up digital learn, think, work, communicate and socialize. Understanding today's digital kids is of growing importance, not only to educators, but also to human resource departments, strategists, and marketing folks. [|Four Weeks to a Flatter You] A step-by-step plan for integrating multimedia resources and technology skills into classroom curriculum. [|What Motivates Wikipedians?] A summary of the survey [|What Motivates Wikipedians?] White paper by Oded Nov [|**Maximizing the Impact: "The Pivotal Role of Technology in a 21st Century Education System**]" The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills urged renewed emphasis on technology in education. [|Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for Educators] Social Networking for Teachers Wikis for Collaboration [|The Web2.0 Classroom by Vicki Davis] This include the six pillars of effective web2.0 classroom.

Resources
WebTools4u2use The purpose of this website is to provide a place for K-12 school library media specialists **to learn** a little more about web tools that can be used to improve and enhance school library media programs and services, **to see** examples of how they can be used, and **to share** success stories and creative ideas about how to use and integrate them. [|The Core Rules of Netiquette] [|November Learning Resource Handbook] This handbook provides information that supplements November Learning's hands-on workshops. Topics includes RSS, wikis, podcasting and much more. A great resource for learning about how to search the internet. [|EdTechTeacher.org] Professional Development, Lesson Plans, Tutorials and More CEN Web 2.0 Guru for resources for the 21st century.

Presentations
[|K12 Online Conference] The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning.

Videos
[|Cool Online] [|A Vision of Students Today] [|How Technology Helped Me Learn] [|Pay Attention] An anthropological introduction to YouTube media type="custom" key="1522871"