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I was searching around a lot of these links posted to EDUC 525 but I have to say there was something about reading why RSS was important that really was eye opening. The power seems to lie in the ability to send it all to them instead of asking them to come and get it....I think the analogy was getting up to go down to the candy store or having the candy delivered to your door step. In terms of getting students attention, the most direct route is the better route.

I came across this site as a hub for classroom blog creation.

This project connects schools throughout the world in order to enhance learning. The site includes real collaboration among schools separated by continents and connected by the internet.

This article offers different apps for making movies on mobile devices and draws connection to how they can be used in the classroom.

What's the opposite of scaffolding a lesson? It would be saying to students something like, "Read this nine-page science article, write a detailed essay on the topic it explores, and turn it in by Wednesday." Yikes -- no safety net, no parachute, no scaffolding -- just left blowing in the wind.

Edutopia presents several videos demonstrating the use of copyright and fair use by educators and their students.