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Scientists are blogging and communicating now, with an article in Time Magazine talking about how these scientific bloggers are changing the face of science. Having Access and being able to communicate digitally are becoming part of everyone's required knowledge base.

This website is a conglomeration of scientists who are blogging and writing.l They respond to research journals and bring forth "hot topics." In science. Time magazine has written an article about this site and how they are changing the face of science. Blogs are becoming integrated into all aspects of the world and knowing the method of writing effectively there is important.

Excellent overview of Web 2.0, what it is and how it works.

This is an excellent article that has been reposted. It includes a lot of the information that outlines WHAT web 2.0 is. This includes videos and many important hyperlinks. Excellent article for newcomers to web 2.0 to pick up on.

Steve Hargadon writes: 'We've spent the last ten years teaching students how to protect themselves from inappropriate content - now we have to teach them to create appropriate content.'

David Pogue write in The New York Times, "As my own children approach middle school, my own fears align with the documentary's findings in another way: that cyber-bullying is a far more realistic threat. "

Teaching students how to use online surveys and aggregate results is an important skill as part of authentic research. This wiki page has excellent information on how to use these tools.

Incredible wiki page about online surveys and forms. I highly recommend that we begin to have our students conduct surveys as part of authentic research. This is an excellent page about this topic. (The rest of the wiki is nice as well.)