I nativi digitali ovvero la Generazione Facebook questo il tema della puntata di Geek FilesInterventi diDr. Gary Small (Neuroscienziato, UCLA)Howard Rheingold (Insegnante e saggista, Stanford University)Giovanni Boccia Artieri (Prof. Nuovi Media, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”)Paolo Ferri (Prof. Tecnologie dell’Insegnamento, Università di Milano “Bicocca”)Antonio Fini (Prof. Tecnologie dell’Educazione, Università di Firenze)Da non perdere! (Grazie Virginia [...]

There are numerous short courses to do with learning and teaching, which can be taken online, including:- Engaging students with assessment and feedback – Cost £295 (4 weekcourse). 13 Jan – 12 Feb 2010. Led by Chris Rust. http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsld/online/assessment/index.html – Evaluating technology innovations in learning and teaching – Cost £295. (4 week course) 17 Feb [...]

From the Article:While Brits are savvy with digital information services such as social web, catch up video services and price comparison websites, they are not making the most of the environmental information available to them online or following basic security measures.[Snip]The study revealed the divide between sophistication in the use of information in some segments [...]

TFPL is offering a course Promoting information literacy for £350 + VAT, in London, on 22 April and 21 October 2010. “This course will equip delegates with a ‘how to guide’ for promoting information literacy for their end users, tailored to their particular organisational environment.” http://www.tfpl.com/training/courses/coursedesc.cfm?ID=TR1531&did=2 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here

There is a new blog on Information Literacy, in Polish, Alfabetyzacja Informacyjna. The blog is produced by Ewa Rozkosz (or Saba Pearl in Second Life, which is where I met her recently!) The blog is at http://alfabetyzacjainformacyjna.blogspot.com/Photo by Sheila Webber: late autumn, November 2009 (a rare sunny moment) (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here

2009 DQC Annual Survey ResultsEach year, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) surveys all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to assess states’ progress toward implementing the 10 Essential Elements of a high-quality longitudinal data system. In 2005, no states reported having all 10 Elements. This year, 11 states have all 10 Elements [...]

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How is stimulus funding helping schools? This video looks at two of the thousands of school districts where Recovery Act funding is making a real difference. More: continued here

Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets and Myron Rolle, former Florida State football player and current Rhodes Scholar, talk about education in two videos. More: continued here