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Presentations on technology and learning from Research & Instruction department at Wheaton College.

'A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research.'

'A place to share e-learning and Web 2.0 tools for education. Computers and laptops in education are important only when used with good pedagogy. Digital content and creation is an important part of the process for educators in the 21st century.'

Information about new features on Posterous.

In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.

Benefits for creating a classroom environment for student blogging begin with establishing a foundation for their success. Why is this important? Integrating blogs transforms a classroom into a learning community where students become self-directed learners and thinkers. This in turn, causes students to use higher order thinking skills as they create and post entries in their blogs, along with commenting on other student's blogs.

From the blog Digital Learning People, their list of the top 50 blogs for eLearning Tools and Tips. Don't know if I agree with all 50, but in a list a fifty at least some of them have to be good. I know I follow a few of them already.

This is a nice comparative chart with embedded links to examples of blogs, wikis and Google Docs.

Looking for educators to contribute links to safe blogs for "Kids Blogging" group.