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More often than not, today's students are willing to share their expertise with technology. Sharing boosts their self-esteem to untold levels which in turn, pushes them to greater achievements so they do not appear lame to their peers. Luis and Cameron are great examples as you noted. Peer education is a big trend in our district classrooms because the teacher gets a lot more than satisfaction in seeing their students learn. As you stated, where do we as educators find the time to search out the best methods or tools to introduce to our students. Just sharing with colleagues and our students provides a huge resource pool.

One of the resources I was impressed by was TechSource, www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/04/a-new-media-information-literacy-tool.html which //offers a collection of information to help educators and parents assist students in understanding and assessing the variety of resources found online.// (Solomon & Schrum, 2007, p. 85)//"This project is intended to introduce students to the key concepts in new media and to address a host of new media issues including the collapse of distinctions between media forms and the societal effects of new technologies such as blogs, chat rooms, TiVo, and Facebook"// (ALA TechSource,2007, n.p.) It was developed to help users more clearly determine the advantages and pitfalls of using information from the web.

Edutopia.org (nd). //Digital Youth Portrait--Cameron.// Retrieved Oct. 5, 2009 from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-profile-cameron-video Edutopia.org (nd). //Digital Youth Portrait--Luis.// Retrieved Oct. 5, 2009 from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-profile-luis-video Solomon, G., and Schrum, L., (2007). //Web 2.0: New tools, New schools.// Eugene, OR: International Society of Technology in Education, 77-98.