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Play: to experiment with one's surroundings as a form of problem solving.
Performance: The ability to adopt alternative identities .
Simulation: interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes.
Appropriation: The ability sample and remix media content.
Multi-tasking:The ability to scan one's environment and shift.
Distributed Cognition: The ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities.
Collective intelligence: The ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal.
Judgment: The ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources
Transmedia Navigation: The ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities
Networking: The ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Negotiation: The ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.

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From the Scout Report: These resources are all accompanied by "custom-made, standards based K-12 curriculum material and are freely available to teachers, students, and researchers." The resources found on the site include 17,000 primary source documents and 150 lesson plans. The materials found by clicking on "K-12 Teachers" are contained within two primary sections, including "Lesson Plans" and "Virtual Expeditions". TIDES

From the Scout Report: The homepage has sections that are titled with playful directives: "Observe!", "Explore!", and "Explain!" Each of these sections contains helpful images and videos that can be used as stand-alone interactive activities, or they can be incorporated into a classroom setting. At the top of the homepage, visitor can use the "Collections" area to make their way through data-driven exercises, digital demonstrations, and "living textbooks". Welcome to the Chemical Education Digital Library

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From Pete MacKay's Teacher List: Popular Science has Released 137 years of Popular Science Magazines to the web. Just type in a subject, or a month and year, and you will get a page or two of results. The magazines have been scanned, so you get the articles, pictures, and even the ads. Once you find an issue you want to look at, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on the Google Books link for a larger version. Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science

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