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Students reflections on Blogging. I particularly like the quote from a student called Taylor. I think she is quite mature and really seems to grasp the concept that having an active blog is having a say. A tool that has the opportunity to give people who may otherwise not have a say, a means to express their perspective, certainly has the opportunity to change the world as we know it. Do you agree?

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.

** Consider using this tool to enhance your assignments by adding multimedia.

A teachers blog about how we can improve learning using technology.

Mar Pesce on Those Wacky Kids. A seminar about "The Digital Education Revolution", Adelaide, Monday 2 June 2008. All about kids, hyperconnectivity, and the gap between how the kids communicate today and how we try to educate them in the classroom. The text for "Those Wacky Kids" is available at http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=56

Here is the link to some interesting web 2.0 and other digital tools to support learning and teaching.

CEGSA is one of the largest teacher professional associations in South Australia, serving teachers in public, independent and Catholic schools.

Go to the Digital World section using the menu on the left hand side. Then visit the Web 2.0 section first.

A fabulous and simple tool for shortening long urls into managable short links.

Perfect for use in your webfolio blogs!