A project is meaningful if it fulfills two
criteria. First, students must perceive it
as personally meaningful, as a task that
matters and that they want to do well.
Second, a meaningful project fulfills an
educational purpose. Well-designed and
well-implemented Project Based Learning
(PBL) is meaningful in both ways.
This blog links three short TED talks that creatively address technology in education across the world. The specifics of the talks may not focus on collaborative technology, but I believe that the TED initiative itself is all about collaboration and making resources accessible.
This article explains how the new software and technology that has been incorporated into the Tahoma School District has provided significant opportunity for students in the special education program. The article outlines several specific software programs and apps that students use to overcome print disabilities, speech impairment, and a number of other physical and academic disabilities.
This sight can help you understand copyright law and fair use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes. A lot of the information and media on the World Wide Web is copyrighted. It is important for students and teachers to not infringe on copyright in the name of creating presentations or lessons for schools.
To help teachers decide which blogging platform could be best for them, I created the following chart. The chart compares eight key elements of five common blogging platforms.
DyKnow is a company that offers products for managing and enhancing technology in computer-based classrooms. They recently posted an article on their blog that links to the top read articles they've published over the last year. Many of these articles touch on challenges in technology based education, digital citizenship, and helpful tips for an edtech classroom.
Here's a page with links to many more ways to use Twitter. I thought this was a good extension from the article we read by Steven Anderson early in the term (though he isn't referenced in this one).