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The OWL at Purdue, a site that provides free writing help and resources, provides a sneak-peek at upcoming changes within the 3rd edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing at MLA Update 2009.

Your school guidance department’s webpage is sure to provide a tremendous amount of information to help you survive the tests and applications needed for college admission.

If you are ready for even more online assistance, check out the links provided from blog.twixdox: 40 Websites That Will Help You Get Into College. Posted 11 February 2009.

“At the core of FreshBrain is an open and free web site freshbrain.org that provides teens with the opportunity to explore, engage, and create through activities and projects.”

First SchoolTube, now FreshBrain provide Internet real estate for innovative and creative teens to share technology projects. Check these out, see what you can do!

Enjoy the “Amazing Internet” video clip as a ‘blast from the past,” then go on to explore the new options available to you!

It will just become better with time, Sketchory http://sketchory.com/ releases over 250,000 sketches to remix and share.  Check their creative commons license information here.

Added fun is that each sketch can be viewed as an animation.

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BrainyFlix.com and their current contest for teens is pointed out in Calling All Students: Create Funny SAT Videos and Possibly Win $600 by SLJ Staff–School Library Journal, 12/25/2008. The payout is split between the winning student and his or her school; submit entries by March 16, 2009.

Wordia.com is another site that collects video submissions of definitions: “We’re redefining the dictionary.”

Be social, but be safe: here are tips that teens, parents and educators need to consider for today’s online scene, via Barking Robots: Social Networking Safety Tips for Parents & Educators. 26 Jan. 2009.

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Online, Twine is used for “organizing, finding, and sharing information. Twine can be used for your personal interests and projects, or with groups and teams. Creating a Twine takes just a few seconds. Then you can invite others to join.”

Family Stories was started on Twine with 25 links to sites that show examples, lesson guides, or tools for the creation of online collaborative projects such as timelines, mapping, oral histories and digital slideshows or scrapbooks.

As a nod to African American History and Black History Month [InfoPlease: BHM], Family Stories starts by being “seeded” with examples of special projects that families, communities and educational institutions have developed.

A second Twines that I’ve started is Brain Matters: Research Implications for the Education and Training of Teens.

You are invited to join in to build these Twine collections, to locate other interests or to create your own Twines!

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There’s been a lot of online buzz this weekend about the quick change roll out of President Obama’s administration’s version of the White House Web Site. New features include a blog!

It is rare that a copyright notice generates excitement, but the one posted at White House Web Site did just that with its mention of Creative Commons.

Copyright Notice

Pursuant to federal law, government-produced materials appearing on this site are not copyright protected. The United States Government may receive and hold copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise.

Except where otherwise noted, third-party content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Visitors to this website agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to Whitehouse.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Click through to enjoy an engaging teen perspective: From the Unquiet Librarian via Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA): Best of 2008: A Teen Perspective January 19, 2009

Locating viable teen bloggers for an “official” high school audience is like chasing a moving target. After all, teens soon grow into adulthood. A great teen writer who meets adult sensibilities and passes school filters may take a sudden jag into spicy language or controversial topics not deemed suitable for work (NSF) or school and become lost from view. These days, teens usually text to networks or microblogs instead of writing a blog post.

The thoughts and opinions of teen writers as showcased in brief messages may be appreciated by hundreds of “friends” on a social network yet, usually, do not transfer well into more traditional blog posts or formats. Finding a talented teen blogger who can balance and blend different styles of writing with appeal to various audiences is just as rare as locating a talented adult blogger who attracts teen and adult fans.

From the Washington Post, full text of President Obama’s Inauguration speech.
Zoom around this aerial view of the Inauguration!

Time Magazine’s text of President Obama’s Inauguration speech (with links to additional information).

Take a look at today’s newspaper front pages from across our nation and 72 different countries: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

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The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) have jointly developed a series of general instructional activities to give teachers lesson ideas to help their students understand the historic significance of this presidential inauguration.
http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/lessonplans

Photobucket has been selected as the online photo destination for the Barack Obama 2009 Presidential Inaugural Book.* Learn more about the Inaugural Book Project

The 2009 Inauguration Book is unlike any other in history…. Upload your photo showing how you experienced this historic inauguration. http://photobucket.com/obamaphotobook

Along with your serious interest in President Obama’s Inauguration, have a bit of fun uploading your own photo to be converted into “Obama Style”… http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/entries/new.html

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