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This author of this article presents different topics and gives pros and cons to all of them. She kind of plays devil's advocate, which helps the reader to see each side of the argument.

VoiceThread is a cool sight for creating online presentations with pictures, video clips and audio (music and/or narration). Products created with VoiceThread can be easily shared online.

This works great in addition to Wordpress to make your classroom material accessible to students at home!

Article discussing pitfalls of classroom technology use.

I've also witnessed the use of the interactive whiteboards. The teacher stood at the front of the room and clicked on items that she had prepared on her computer while the students sat and listened just as they would during a regular lecture. It was just nicer to look at.

This is the perfect example of the intersection of pedagogy and technology: if pedagogy doesn't change (ie, teacher presentation as a primary means of instruction), then technology will be used to support that. I do know a few teachers who said that maybe they brought kids to the board more, but most of them already had students come up when they had a chalkboard so it wasn't that much of a stretch.

This article represents the pros and cons of cell phone use in schools. It explains that if adminsitrators, teachers, parents and students worked together to reach an agreement that the whole cell phone controversy could be settled and benefit all

I am still very iffy on the cell phone issue in schools. I think it is because I have dealt with so many cell phone issues with discipline this year. I worry that middle schoolers will always cross the lines when it comes to cell phone usage, and that even putting rules and regs into place will not stop the inproper use.

I'm with Tia! I am still really skeptical on cell phones in the classroom for the same reasons. As an administrative aide, I've seen my high schoolers do some really sketchy things with their cell phones. I also think that using cellphones in a class of 25-30 kids is almost impossible to monitor.