Resource round-up: 21st-century learning

Technological literacy gains relevance daily. Here are a few tools to help you keep up with it all!

• Technology Counts 2009: Breaking Away From Tradition: E-Education Expands Opportunities for Raising Achievement. This free webinar hosted by edweek.org will examine online learning and its affect on student achievement. Register by clicking here.
  
• edWeb.net. Share notes and lessons, exchange files, and start collaborative groups with fellow teachers on this social networking site for educators.
• Measuring 21st-century Skills from eSchoolNews. Find the latest news on state tech-literacy standards and what the nation's first tech-literacy exam will look like.
• Digital Citizenship Education. Microsoft has developed a curriculum for teaching digital citizenship to students in grades 8-12. From plagiarism to intellectual property, the curriculum addresses major topics in several different subject areas, including civics, economics, language arts, technology, computer science, and fine arts--and is aligned with the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.