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Here are a few examples of the ever changing landscape of technology in the classroom.
 * Check out the [|Ten Big Ideas in Education of Decade] especially the first one - //Alternate Paths to Teaching!// Several of the BIG TEN IDEAS are related to educational technology.
 * Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
 * [|Web 2.0 Tools for 2010] describes four Web 2.0 tools (VoiceThread, Skype, Ning, and Diigo) that may become a major part of technology in K - 12 classrooms. From: Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom
 * [|50 Best Websites of 2009] - These websites are not all for education but also to save you time as you navigate, shop and create using the Internet.
 * How to Use Google Apps - This is a 32 page step by step manual of how to use Google tools.
 * [|Evolution of Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0] - This YouTube video will discuss how the Internet has changed over the past decade.
 * [|How to Use New Media in Your Classroom] - Classroom teachers share how they and their students have used some of these technologies (Twitter, Facebook, Wikis, Wii and more) through short video presentations and additional information.
 * Below is an eSchoolNews article from January 6, 2010 entitled Teachers' Digital Media Use on the Rise, a PBS study.



Check out ACE Connectors for more information on how to incorporate technology within K-12 classrooms.