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a range of educational technologies and consider their affordances and limitations in relation to your learning goals. Making decisions about educational technologies can be tricky. Faculty sometimes ask if a specific technology will enhance student learning.

a range of educational technologies and consider their affordances and limitations in relation to your learning goals. Making decisions about educational technologies can be tricky. Faculty sometimes ask if a specific technology will enhance student learning.

From the Blog post: What follows is a proposal I submitted to my headteacher regarding a trial of the use of Google Docs (as part of the Education Apps) to deliver online reporting to the parents in my class.

This volume examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education.

Lots of web2.0 tools that have an application in many areas of the curriculum.

This site is designed to provide teachers with a directory of free webtools along with some suggestions as to how they may be used in the classroom. I have searched over 2000 websites and listed over 295 tools, that's almost 300 opportunities for you to use ICT in your classroom and all for free!

Wiki developed with the intent of providing teachers and administrators insight into Web 2.0 tools and their use in education.

Where are our partnerships with tech companies in service of education? Our Literacy with ICT curriculum pales in comparison to these endevours initiated by the Singapore government. Where is our leadership to set wheels in motion to develop these partnerships and join the 21st century?

"As educators, it is important to model ethical and responsible use of ICT for our students. As good digital citizens, when we are creating products in the classroom, we strive to use copyright-free music and images. That's where the site Freeplay Music really shines as a wonderful resource!"

"The notion of digital literacy, or "Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy" (ICT Literacy), usually takes into account the vocational skills required to operate digital machines or the intellectual skills required to program or 'code' them. The concept does not account for the social and intellectual advantages that are available to affluent students with access to more, and better integrated, educational technologies. In other words, it is not only about skills, but also about cognition, etiquette, motivation, socialization and culture - the context within which one uses the tools."

[Infographic] The Right Ways to Be a 21st Century Educator

"What comes first: education or technology?"

"Digital Literacy Is About Asking The Right Questions"