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The goals of this course follow. Participants will: better understand the historical role technology and media have played in educational & social change; become knowledgeable of social learning tools & FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) as tools for teaching, facilitating learning, & designing educational environments; become familiar with the wealth of open educational resources (OERs), learning-related content, & media available for teaching & learning; become knowledgeable of relevant social learning theories and philosophies that respond to learning in the digital age; better understand the many social, educational, political, cultural, and administrative issues often associated with technology & media in education and society; become critical consumers and producers of digital media and information; and, build sustainable, personal learning environments and networks.

Welcome to our Web.20 Challenge. Join us each week to learn about a helpful Web 2.0 tool and then take the challenge.

A list of links to support the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning in the K-12 environment. \n\n(There are over 50 items here, so be sure to visit the second page or choose to see 100 items from the bottom of the page.)

Technology use in schools - new ways of doing old things

This is obviously the future

Things to think about when looking to introduce technology into the classroom.

Marzano's 9 Effective Instructional Strategies tied to web tools

Researchers have begun to understand more about the situations in which students learn best, they have found that "the structure and resources of traditional classrooms" are often inadequate and that "technology - when used effectively - can enable ways of teaching that are much better matched to how children learn"

■Basic Language Literacy ■Visual Literacy ■Historical Literacy ■Cultural Literacy ■Information Literacy ■Political Literacy and News Media Literacy ■Scientific Literacy ■Mathematical Literacy