BLOGS

• Edudemic
• Edutopia
• ICTatCC
• IWBNet supporting digital classrooms
• Fabulous Education Technology Blogs Worth Following
• Scoop it Educational Blogs 
  
• Cybrary Man
• and more 

Twitter
Here is a starting place about who to follow. All tweet regularly about ICT, digital technology in education, creativity and 21st century learning.
In no particular order...

• ictjs (us!)
• TED_ED (Educational talks on TED)
  
• globalearner (Alan November)
  
• SirKenRobinson
• ICTmagic
• Edudemic
  
• EduTweetOz
  
• EduTECH_AU
  
• 50 Education Leaders Worth Following On Twitter
• ipads4educatio1
  
• danhaesler
  
• TeachThought
  
• Steve_Collis
  
• ewanmcintosh
  
• classroom20
  
• Stephen_H
  
• EducationApps_
  
• achurches
  
• ipads4learning
  

Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup
Check out Edutopia's collection of articles, videos, and other resources on internet safety, cyberbullying, digital responsibility, and media and digital literacy. (Updated 10/2013)BY EDUTOPIA STAFF

Digital Citizenship Resources
D.S Curriculum from Common Sense Media:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum

Teach Like Minecraft: 5 Strategies To Craft Creative Students

by Terry Heick

At this point, some of you are probably sick of hearing about Minecraft. It has gone from game to phenomenon, selling bajillions of copies and crowding the mindscape of 6th graders everywhere for what seems like centuries. But before you go, there may be some lessons you can takeaway for your classroom–lessons that can help promote the creativity in students you’ve been looking for.
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When I visit a digital age classroom where students are actively using technology tools for inquiry and creating new products to show their learning, I see a similarity to an ecosystem. The students and teacher interact within the classroom environment in an organic way to construct learning experiences. What are the components of this digital age learning ecosystem?..

A Sense of Community
Teachers intentionally nurture a community in the digital age learning ecosystem. They know the interests, strengths, and challenges of their students, and they are eager to learn alongside them. Rather than viewing themselves as content experts with the primary purpose of directing instruction, teachers in the digital age learning
ecosystem relish the roles of learner and explorer. Digital citizenship is ingrained throughout the practices of the classroom. Because students have typically developed their own norms and practices for how they should co-exist with technology, teachers in the digital age learning ecosystem must encourage appropriate netiquette and the responsible use of technology tools and resources.

 Essential Questions
Teachers should design lessons or  units of study within the digital age learning ecosystem by posing essential,  open-ended questions.

read article by Tim Clark ... 
in Digital Age Learning posted on July 6, 2014