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Complete a web search on topics surrounding educating the Net Generation.

In the table below add at least one link to a resource that you found particularly helpful. Include a description of the link and explain why you feel it is helpful. Include your name and a link to your profile. The first two entries are given as an example.

wikis-what-do-you-do.html || Great site for teachers looking into incorporating all different types of technology into the classroom. It's packed with content! || This site really has it all. He has blogs, virtual reality, great ideas for the classroom use of technology. It seems like he really puts a lot of time in to creating things that the kids love!! Jenny C ||  || //www.ciconline.org/.../get_file?folderId=98&name=THSum07**TeachingNetGeneration**.pdf// || In this article, Linda Polin describes various web 2.0 tools that can be used in the classroom as well as touches on the current state of the classroom and it's potential with web 2.0. || This can be very useful to further explain the new tools in technology for educators as well as give some examples of how to integrate them into the classroom. || J. Hilton || [] || Awesome site with webinars, forums, blogs, videos, and other resources for integrating technology. It even has descriptions and reviews of equipment that can enhance the learning proccess. || Although there are several benefits to this site; I found the webinars and best practices tabs to be relevant and useful. This site can be helpful to educators at any level. || J. Hilton || [] || This site gives step by step information on creating an imovie. It gives importing tips, editing ideas, and little "extra" ideas to make the imovie more creative! || This website is user friendly for those who have never used imovie before. This site gives detailed information to help the educator really understand the program. I create an imovie every year and it gets the kids interested in the program. By knowing how to use the program myself, it allows me to effectively teach the program to the students. || Brianna V || =
 * **Resource name/title & link** || **Description** || **How or why this resource is helpful** || **Submitted by** ||
 * Route 21 || "...a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools." || This site offered a list of the skills needed by 21st century learners. There was a really great diagram here that illustrated the skills and linked to descriptions of what 21st century instruction should look like. Also, there are a lot of resources for teachers/educators such as presentations and podcasts || MaryF ||
 * @http://www.slideshare.net/ || Upload and share your PowerPoint presentations and Word documents on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar, || This site is full of education related presentations. || MaryF ||
 * 50 Ways to Use Wikis in the Classroom || This site lists 50 uses of wikis to create a more "collaborative and interactive classroom". || Wikis are collaborative and easy to use with our Net Generation students when you are looking for learning activities. Teachers can get free accounts in Wikispaces and other online Wikis to use with their students. || MaryF ||
 * [] || Interesting article explaing what types of skills Net Geners bring to the 21st century workplace. || It's important to understand the strengths of the Net Generation and what new skills and technologies they have. It outlines "six arenas critical to students' success in the workplace." || Jenny C ||
 * [] || Webinars, widgets, blogs! Funded by Verizon, this site covers so much ground as far as using technology in the classroom. || I really enjoyed navigating this site. I had never heard of it before, actually came upon it unexpectedly. In their own words the site is intended to "Inspire creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication, so they are ready for tomorrow's world." || Jenny C ||
 * @http://aceonlineschools.com/25-awesome-virtual-learning-experiences-online/ || "Just because you’re online doesn’t mean that you can’t experience the world first-hand — or as close to first-hand as possible. Here are websites that feature virtual learning experiences, exposing online visitors to everything from history to geography, astronomy to anatomy, literature to government. " || I found this site very helpful because my school does not allow for field trips or overseas trips. This site allows students to explore some of the greatest museums and wonders of the world. || Tara G. ||
 * [] || I haven't personally used this website but it includes math, reading, grammar, some social studies and science. It is an interactive way for kids to learn skills in these areas. || This website offers activities for children from K-8. Teachers can have students use this site to reinforce math, reading and other skills taught. Children will love the bright colors and games and not even realize they are learning. || Stacy C. ||
 * [|Buddy 2-Resource Central] || A step by step guide to using Moodle as an education tool. || Moodle is an online program that can act as an educational forum for posting links, ideas, questions and possible solutions. || Shelly S. ||
 * [|Gamer article] || Great article from an educational journal that shows the cognitive development of gamers and how game companies are trying to make good educational games. || I think this is a must-read following our chapter on Gamer 4.0. It shows what is actually happening in research on the brains of gamers. It also shows the do's and don'ts of educational games based on popular entertainment games. || Tony M. ||
 * 21st Century Education || Excellent, comprehensive article on the importance of educating students on 21st century skills. || This is a must read for educators because it outlines the changing culture of the students we are teaching. It also discusses the skills that they will need for the 21st century. Finally, it discusses the implications that these changing skills wil have on school districts. ||  ||
 * http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-i-use-
 * [] || This site lists 100 way you should be usine Facebook in your classroom. || This site has some amazing ideas about how to bring the social networking site "FaceBook" into the learning experiences of the classroom. Personally, I used it to show my administration why it shouldn't be blocked. Unfortunately it is still blcked, but I saved it for future reference. || Jenette B. ||
 * [] || Video sharing like YouTube as it relates to the classroom and real life and how it gets kids involved. || Gave me a lot of the pros that go along with video sharing and getting students involved. It also explained on how it is effective in the business world. It gets both sides also in the end with listing some warnings that would go along with using video sharing. || Jodi T. ||
 * [] || provides a case study of a teacher using TeacherTube to help hold students attention. || He was able to use a resource from another teacher in another school district. Being able to sort of colobrate even without knowing the other teacher and using each others methods that have worked in their classrooms via the videos each of them posted. || Jodi T. ||
 * [|Teaching and Learning with the Net Generation] || Good general information and excellent references. || The hyper-links throughout the essay helped to clarify and connect many of the concepts to the actual study or paper. There were also great hyper-links in the references. || Peggy M. ||
 * [|Teaching Information Literacy to the Net Generation] || Powerpoint from the National Library of Estonia || Takes many of the traits we have learned about the Net Generation and applies them to Information Literacy. || Peggy M. ||
 * [] || Teacher specific site with additional links || Site provides good overview of Net Gen learners' characteristics with links to specific site tools. || Deborah K. ||
 * [] || PP Presentation with extenal links to additional resources || This presentation by a Vaillanova University professor asks teachers to identify their own teaching techniques then show how to begin to midify in order to teach newest generation of learners. Good extenal resources. || Deborah K. ||
 * [|Apple Apps] || Apple Apps for educators || Apple applications for each academic subject that can be utilized by teachers to appeal to a technological generation! || T. Jensen ||
 * Teaching the 'Net Generation
 * Tech & Learning
 * Apple imovie