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Another place to start in getting familiar with Web 2.0

Maybe this can help all of you out to explore tools that can be used in your revisions and your classrooms.

Another broad view and food for thought regarding Web 2.0 in the classroom

On the one hand/on the other hand - Promotion of the language, great; promotion of body art - de gustibus non disputandum est. Sed hoc modo possumus promovere saltem usum linguae ut commentarium faciamus de rebus currentibus in actis diurnis. Et, sine dubio, homines praeclari habent maximum momenti.

It was once true that after the school day ended at 3:30, schools rarely, if ever, had any response to behaviors that occurred. However, now, everyone - policy makers, educators, and parents - needs to understand that education is 24/7 and any approach taken to mitigate and/or ultimately improve digital learning with students needs to start from that basic understanding of time and space. Efforts to empower must be community, parent and school-based. Read report, reflect and answer the following questions: What stage school do you think we are now? What stage school are we striving to become?

Term used in Technology when students synthesize knowledge

About personalized learning (and a little 1:1)

The site Brien was talking about as a potential space to post student video work. 

Looks like a great site. I use a lot of video with skits in my classroom, but have been reluctant to post them for sharing and comment. This might change that.

An online charity through which public school teachers can post classroom projects and choose the ones for which they choose to donate. When the project reaches its funding goal , DonorsChoose.org delivers the requested materials to the school.

A wiki that sorts tools by what you want to do or create.

Excellent resource! Provides explanations on how to do almost anything you could possibly want to do in your classroom. Go to it, bookmark it, use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this Heather.

A free download of Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano's book that walks the user through digital storytelling and the various tools available for it.

thanks so much for sharing this! It will be incredibly useful for students in African Studies as well as our Comparative World Studies classes where we study differnet cultures and the students research different aspects of culture.

This article looks at the changing definition and nature of friendship in the digital world. It reviews the effect that Facebook has on friendships and what it means to be a friend today.

I'm still a Twitter skeptic, but I'm trying to be open minded and come to terms. This was one of the first resources I found to see what other teachers out there are doing with Twitter to make it a worthwhile experience for their students.

"Weather Underground - The Best Weather Site On The Web"

I think there was an article on this in Wired a few months back...

Yeah, I used to use weather channel all the time. They updated their site recently, and now it is too confusing. Weather underground has quick easy to get info and forecasts. Accu-weather has nice graphics from a teaching perspective.