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Third-party add-on to Moodle

It's always risky trying to predict the future, but here are some attempts to guide us into directions education MAY be moving...

Some ideas for using Google Docs in the class

Here is a list of classrooms that would welcome a Skype call from another class.

Using backchanneling in class is like having the chat session in a WiZiQ M4T session.

This is a good start for some Web 2.0 incorporation. Instructions for 11 tasks.

Etherpad is back.

Has anyone tried this tool?

Skype is preparing a directory to network classroom teachers.

I was rather amazed at the implications of this video in terms of where public education came from. Then, I was discussing this with a friend who said they had been exposed to the same ideas when he was in a course on the history and philosophy of education at the Univ. of Ariz. in 1970. I find it disturbing not just that the philosophy of education has such roots, but that it has been known for such a long time. It seems that this would provide some sort of imperative for improvement and change. What do you think?

I have been a critical observer of the educational system since kindergarten. I am amazed that I became a teacher in the public school system as that was the last thing I had considered. I had initially wanted to be a dancer but left for Europe to study art. I left Toronto right after high school when life stepped in. I became an English language teacher to adults in a foreign country due to unforeseen circumstances. How strange! But, I never gave up. I have been doing all I can to break the public school system from the inside. It has been quite challenging, but with some terrific personal rewards.