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From the song: "Prepare us for our future, and not your past." I want to show this video to the folks at my institution who resist using technology in their teaching. Preparing students for their future includes preparing them to be able to pick up and learn new technologies quickly. It's not the technology itself that students need to learn - what's current today will be obsolete in a few years; it's the willingness and ability to learn a new one as needed.

You are right, Carol. This is becoming a vital issue--teachers have never been noted for eagerness ti change, but without use of technology, we are not only not reaching more students, but we are, in too many cases, negating possible education. The students, too, must step up to current technological changes and feel comfortable with where they are headed.

"Bloom's Taxonomy is simply a way to connect [instructional technologies, particularly Web 2.0 tools,] to those that would be identified with the Affective, Psychomotor, or Cognitive domains--specifically the Cognitive."

List of blog sites covering tech in education, innovation, tech resources for teachers, virtual worlds, etc.

Jane Hart focuses on tools for learning and comprises various "top pick" lists based upon her own and other learning professionals' suggestions.

Great resource blog.

Offers pros and cons for these screencasting software products, plus links to other reviews and tools (e.g., BB Flashback)

Explores the development of online learning in UK higher education as a case study to illustrate the difficulties created by an over-reliance on technology push and a failure to understand and respond to market needs.