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I had a great chance to connect with a range of application makers at a recent event at Google. Little by little I'll share some of the applications and environments they are working on. Here's a simple comic creator that kids find easy to jump into. It's called Bitstrips:

Bitstrips for Schools from Bitstrips on Vimeo.

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Opinion: Happy 40th birthday, Internet!
by Cathy N. Davidson (Reblogged from) Cosmos Online

In 1969 a UCLA team sent the first message over ARPANET, the computer network that later became known as the Internet. Since then it has fundamentally changed humanity.

That event, which took place on 29 October 1969, is celebrated today as the moment the Internet was born. It ushered in… Continue

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TLs interested in supporting professional development programs for districts and schools should check out the guidance for use of ARRA funds, attached. Professional development is a significant funded option.

guidance-arra.doc

The Pew Research Center has released a new survey report that shows African-Americans accessing the Internet with a mobile device at twice the national average. This was part of a general trend (which will not surprise TLs) where mobile internet use has “increased sharply.” The report surveyed 2,253 American adults. Thirty-two percent reported using a cell phone or smartphone to access the Internet — up by 1/3 since December 2007 when only 24 percent of respondents said they had.

What I found p… Continue