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Towards Digital Fluency (Resources)


 * Contact: **
 * Dr. Alec Couros **
 * couros@gmail.com **
 * @courosa **
 * skype: aleccouros **
 * [|youtube.com/courosa] **


 * Links to today’s [|Keynote Presentation (HUGE file)], [|Slideshare Version] , [|PDF Version] . **

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Links in Order of Appearance:
 * [|About.me] - Personal identity launch page.
 * [|‘bff Jill’] - Cingular txting advertisement.
 * [|Mobile Internet] - Stats from Morgan Stanley.
 * [|Amazon] - Kindle now selling more eBooks than print books.
 * [|(Critical History) of ICT] - by Teemu Leinonen
 * [|Horizon Report] - 2011 K12 Edition
 * [|Dear Sophie] - Google Chrome Commercial
 * [|Digital Birth] - Article.
 * [|Digital Native: Myth & Reality] - Article by Selwyn.
 * [|Visitors vs. Residents] - Dave White’s presentation on Residents/Visitors.
 * [|Libraries for a Post-Literate Society] - Article by Johnson
 * [|Texts & Tweets: Myths & Realities] - Video with David Crystal
 * [|Framework for Student Learning] - From Alberta Ed.
 * [|The Computer Clubhouse] - Article by Resnick et. al.
 * [|Difference Between Digital Literacy & Digital Fluency] - Article from C. Briggs.
 * [|21st Century Framework] - from the NCTE
 * [|Wordpress.com] - Hosted blogging space.
 * Wikispaces.com - Hosted wiki space.
 * [|Tumblr] - Easy blogging.
 * [|Posterous] - Easy blogging and other spaces.
 * [|Twitter] - The kind of microblogging.
 * [|Yammer] - Institutional, private microblogging.
 * [|Edmodo] - Twitter-like school learning environment.
 * [|Delicious] - Popular social bookmarking tool.
 * [|Diigo] - Advanced social bookmarking tool.
 * [|Dropbox] - Excellent cloud storage service.
 * [|Evernote] - Cloud/desktop notetaking tool
 * [|Mendeley] - Advanced reference/research management.
 * [|Google Docs] - Cloud-based productivity suite.
 * [|Youtube Edu] - Youtube’s Education channel.
 * [|Flickr] - Most popular photo-sharing tool.
 * [|Instagram] - Trendy mobile, photo-sharing site.
 * [|Facebook] - World’s most popular social networking service.
 * [|Google Plus] - Google’s answer to Facebook.
 * [|LinkedIn] - Professional social networking service.
 * [|Scoop.it] - Popular social curation site.
 * [|Storify] - Make sense and capture social media happenings.
 * [|Pinterest] - Popular new online pinboard.
 * [|Pearltrees] - Sophisticated social curation service.
 * [|‘Welcome to my PLE’] - 7th grade shows off her PLE & workflow.
 * [|Naheed Nenshi & Social Media] - Social Media Analysis of Naheed Nenshi’s campaign.
 * [|Trip Advisor] - Popular hotel rating site.
 * [|CouchSurfing] - Find or lend a couch.
 * [|Dear Photograph] - Great example of a social-sharing project.
 * [|Reddit’s Astonishing Altruism] - Examples of good things Reddit has done.
 * [|Where Good Ideas Come From] - RSA Video of Stephen Johnson’s Book.
 * [|Rise of the New Groupthink] - NYTimes article on perils of group mindedness.
 * [|PS22 Chorus] - Remarkable elementary school choir.
 * [|Beyond Friending] - Article by Gold.
 * [|Help with Bowdrill Set] - Video example of networked learning.
 * [|Writing Prompts for Teacher Candidates] - Story of a collaborative document.
 * [|Virtual Choir] - Eric Whitacre’s amazing project.
 * [|Johnny Cash Project] - Collaborative art/music project.
 * [|Star Wars Uncut] - Emmy winning collaborative video project.
 * [|Math Class Needs a Makeover] - Dan Meyers TEDx Talk.
 * [|The Learning Project] - Dean Shareski’s Guitar Project.
 * [|Dean’s Guitar Lessons] - Students teaching Dean how to play guitar.
 * [|The Networked Teacher Diagram] - Model for a networked educator/learner.
 * [|Samsung’s Smart Window] - Recently released at the CES.
 * [|Paradox of Choice] - Barry Schwartz’s TED Talk on the subject.
 * [|Creative Commons] - Amazing resource, and one that you can add to.
 * [|Khan Academy] - Over 2700 educational videos.
 * [|Maria Aragon] - Winnipeg girl that found fame on the Internet.
 * [|Biebs] - Justin Bieber’s Google Chrome Commercial.
 * [|Charlie Bit My Finger] - One of the most viewed videos of all time.
 * [|Star Wars Kid] - Story about the biggest cyberbullying stories of all time.
 * [|PublicShamingEternus] - Public shaming site set up after the Vancouver riots.
 * [|Nathan Kotylak] - Elite athlete, honor roll student, makes a very bad decision.
 * [|Did the Internet Kill Privacy] - Story of Ashley Payne, FB’ing teacher that lost her job.
 * [|Best Job in the World] - Description of the Island Caretaker job.
 * [|Saskatchewanderer Disqualifed] - Young man loses chanced at job for swearing.
 * [|Digital Portfolio Project] - Parkland SD’s District-Wide Portfolio initiative.
 * [|184 Days of Learning] - Celebrating learning, one day at a time.

Standards/Background:
 * Other Resources: **
 * [|The Typical Teacher Network] - This diagram attempts to visualize the typical network of teachers.
 * [|The Networked Teacher] - Increasingly more teachers are developing rich personal learning networks (PLNs) through the use of social media (sometimes called [|Web 2.0 tools] ).
 * PLE Diagrams - Scott Leslie has compiled comprehensive list of individuals who have visualized their personal learning environme
 * nts.
 * [|What Does the Network Mean to You?] - I asked the question of my network, "what does the network mean to you?". As a result, dozens of people responded via [|Voicethread] (through text, audio, video) to explain their thoughts on networked learning and professional development.
 * [|ISTE/NETS Student Standards]
 * [|ISTE/NETS Teacher Standards]
 * [|NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies]
 * [|2011 Horizon Report]

Examples and Information About Open Courses
 * Social Media & Open Education (#eci831)
 * [|Call for Networked Mentors] (#eci831)
 * [|Call for Networked Mentors - Follow-Up] (#eci831)
 * [|CCK08/09]
 * [|Personal Learning Environments Networks & Knowledge (PLENK)]
 * [|What is a MOOC] (video)
 * [|Success in a MOOC] (video)
 * [|Knowledge in a MOOC] (video)
 * [|Digital Storytelling] (#ds106)
 * [|CCK11 - Week 6 Readings]

21st Century Learning in Practice (videos):
 * [|Welcome to my PLE] (video) [|Enable screen reader]
 * Why are some users anonymous? [|Learn more]
 * [|The Networked Student] (video))

Communication/Networking Tools & Tutorials
 * [|Twitter]
 * [|Twitter for Teachers] (list of tweeps in various categories)
 * [|Twitter for Teachers] (another wiki with tools & resources)
 * [|Twitter Handbook for Teachers] (online document with tools & tips)
 * [|Tweetdeck] (most popular Twitter client, software download)
 * [|HootSuite] (another Twitter client, web-based)
 * [|MapMyFollowers] (easily map the range of your network)
 * [|List of Educational Hashtags] (from Cybraryman)
 * [|Wordpress.com] (a simple and free, hosted, blogging platform)
 * [|Wordpress.org] (where you can get Wordpress software if you want to host it yourself)
 * [|Kidblog.org] (Wordpress-based tool for hosting & managing student blogs easily)
 * [|Weebly] (easy to use website creator and blogging tool)
 * [|Wix] (free and easy, Flash website creator)
 * [|Edmodo] (easy but powerful, classroom social networking)
 * [|Wikispaces] (one of the most popular wiki tools, adfree for educators)
 * [|PBWorks] (another popular wiki tool)
 * [|LinkedIn] (important, career-based social networking tool)
 * [|Schoology] (free learning management system, course communication/creation tool)
 * [|Posterous] (very easy blogging/communication tool)
 * [|Tumblr] (media-friendly blog platform)
 * [|Skype] (most popular video/audio conferencing tool)
 * [|join.me] (video/audio conferencing tool)
 * [|Tokbox] (similar to skype but nothing to install, free for videoconferencing)
 * [|Chatzy] (free private chat rooms)
 * [|TinyChat] (live video chat rooms - beware of some inappropriate content)
 * [|Today’s Meet] (easy to setup chat w/ tags)
 * [|WizIQ] (virtual classroom for online teaching and learning)

Productivity & Collaboration Tools
 * Google ( [|Gmail], [|Docs] , [|Calendar] , [|Sites] , [|Reader] , [|iGoogle] , [|Trends] , [|Analytics] , [|Adsense] , [|Others] )
 * [|Open Office] (Free alternatives to Microsoft Office)
 * [|Dropbox] (free storage & cloud syncing)
 * [|AirDropper] (works w/ Dropbox to extend functionality) - similar, [|DropItToMe]
 * [|The Ultimate Dropbox & Toolkit Guide] (great guide with many useful tips)
 * [|Evernote] (a great notetaking tool) - [|EverNote Webclipper] add-on recommended
 * [|Delicious] (the standard for social bookmarking)
 * [|Diigo] (advanced social bookmarking)
 * [|Instapaper] (simple tool to save web pages for reading later)
 * [|Scribd] (easy document hosting & management tool)
 * [|Learnboost] (online grade management tool)
 * [|MapAList] (create and manage address-linked maps)

Screencasting, Video, Photos, Audio
 * [|Jing] (free software for screencasting and image capture)
 * [|Screenr] (free, web-based software for creating screencasts)
 * [|Animoto] (easy way to create engaging videos from your imagery)
 * [|Flickr] (popular photo-sharing site, great for finding copyleft images)
 * [|Aviary] (popular media-editing suite)
 * [|Jaycut] (free video editing)
 * [|Handbrake] (rip and pull DVDs (Mac)
 * [|KeepVid] (download videos from Youtube & other sources)
 * [|Zamzar] (online file conversion)
 * [|Lightworks] (free video editing software for Windows)
 * [|PhotoStory 3] (story maker for Windows)
 * [|One True Media] (create slideshows and share)
 * [|Soundcloud] (audio hosting & embedding)
 * [|uStream] (free live video streaming)
 * [|LiveStream] (another free livestreaming service)
 * [|Blip.fm] (social music service)
 * [|GrooveShark] (social music service, allows shared playlists)
 * [|fd’s Flickr Toys] (number of ‘toys’ for your images)

Presentation Tools
 * [|Prezi] (popular alternative to Powerpoint)
 * [|Slideshare] (great way to host slide decks & create screencasts)
 * [|Glogster] (alternative presentation format tool)
 * [|280Slides] (similar to Powerpoint, but online)
 * [|SlideRocket] (another popular Powerpoint alternative)
 * [|PhotoPeach] (easy, sharable slideshows)
 * [|Wordle] (easy way to create word clouds)
 * [|Tagul] (another way to create word clouds)
 * [|Stupeflix] (another slideshow creation tool)
 * [|Dipity] (timeline creation tool)
 * [|Voki] (creating talking avatars)
 * [|Xtranormal] (create movies via text)
 * [|GoAnimate] (create cartoons and animations easily)
 * [|Voicethread] (create interactive presentations)
 * [|VuVox] (create great presentations)

Collaborating Thinking/Writing Tools
 * [|Quora] (post questions & answers)
 * [|Dabbleboard] (online whiteboard)
 * [|Skrbl] (Super-easy whiteboard)
 * [|TypeWithMe] (multi-author document creator)
 * [|Mind42] (collaborative mindmapping tool)
 * [|Webspiration] (collaborative mind-mapping tool)

Referencing/Attribution Tools
 * [|BibMe] (online referencing tool)
 * [|EasyBib] (another online referencing tool)
 * [|Plagium] (plagiarism detection)
 * [|Zotero] (great research tool for organization, citation, bibliographies)
 * [|Mendeley] (a free reference manager and academic social network)

Polls & Surveys
 * [|Doodle] (easy scheduling tool)
 * [|PollEverywhere] (polling tool)
 * [|Polldaddy] (survey software)
 * [|Google forms] (surveys)

Aggregators
 * [|Netvibes] (personal, dashboard-like aggregator)
 * [|Symbaloo] (another popular dashboard-like aggregator)
 * [|Weblist.me] (easy way to quickly share links with visual interface- great for elementary)
 * [|Feedly] (Browser plugin to aggregate RSS magazine-style)

Media Resources
 * [|Creative Commons] (find & license copyleft material)
 * [|mgur.com] (Quick and [|i] Easy Image Hosting site)
 * [|CompFight] (interface for Flickr photo search)
 * [|Behold] (returns high quality flickr images, pictures “like” search)
 * [|FlickrStorm] (another interface for search Flickr)
 * [|MorgueFile] (public image archive)
 * [|CCMixter] (a community music site)
 * [|Internet Archive] (ultimate source for public domain and copyleft media)
 * [|The Open Video Project] (community around shared video clips)
 * [|Wylio.com] - Free embeddable images with citation

More Resource Lists to Explore
 * [|Toolkit A-Z] (alphabetized resource list)
 * 50 Ways to Tell a Story (great resource from Alan Levine)
 * TeachWeb (great resource from Wendy Drexler)
 * [|Web 2.0 Tools] (great resource from CybraryMan - also see [|this] )