Another great post from Bud, actually calling attention to the issue of classroom management rather than the tool being the issue. How dare students express their boredom by doing something rather than daydreaming...
"I hope to continue to fill this blog with useful information to all iParents. Besides tips for parents, we also do app reviews on this site. We try to have video demos (either prepared by us or by the developer) so that the readers get a preview of the app and do not go through the trouble of paying or installing an app if it is not for them."
News for teens/tweens with ability to customize for classes. Blog format with printable student comments. Well-organized, topical, current events of interest to middle/high school. Teacher lounge, with lesson plans, to be added soon.
These are web applications that let you create private (or public, though for educational uses I'm primarily interested in ones that allow you to create "walled gardens") networks to share blog posts, images, videos, websites, and chatboard conversations.
Becta has published major new research into the use of Web 2.0 technologies, such as wikis, blogs and social networking, by children between the ages of 11-16, both in and out of the school environment.
I'm sharing this resource because, in the right context, I see true potential in its integration with teaching and learning. You can read about my ideas for teaching and learning with Squidoo at http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/197.