Web 2.0: Enhancing Education Through Technology

Wallwisher is great for brainstorming. Get the thoughts out there and then arrange them later. Do this as fast as you can with the kids no boundaries just get the thought out!!!

I really enjoyed this article because it addresses the practical application of technology in the classroom and how, as a teacher, we can maximize student time when using Web 2.0

Nice tips to keep the computer lab time as efficient as possible.

This article talks about how using social networking tools with current events allows students to see multiple perspectives.

This is a nice thing that someone put together. It categorizes today's web 2.0 websites into a Bloom's Taxonomy of thinking.

I really liked this and printed out to give me some ideas about the Web 2.0 Tools. I enjoyed the organization of this with the Blooms taxonomy.

Great site! So much information in one place.

This is an article about how a magazine called Cooks Source used an article without permission. When the author complained Cooks Source response was "So, to sum up: everything on the Internet is in the public domain and can be copied and freely used by anyone, and if someone copies your work and fixes it up for you, you should thank them."

the above url provides a link to a website called: http://edu.critiqueit.com/ Here you can post articles and invite people to read them and give input. sounds like a great resource for virtually any high school class.

A study showing the positive effect of online discussion in tandem with traditional coursework models.

This article talks about ways teachers are trying to incorporate cell phone usage in class in a positive way. There are some great examples in this article--

I have tried a couple times having students use the phones they have for research in class to supplement the computers we have available.

Using Web 2.0 tools to be more competitive in the sales industry. It got me thinking how to use it in the education business as well.

This article is looking at how schools can involve parents in schools better. It asks schools to think about how welcoming their school really is to parents.

Parent participation is sooo important to student success. When the parents are involved, students tend to be motivated and engaged. It is our job as educators to keep the parents connected. They have to feel welcomed to participate.

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This article relates to earlier comments that some of us have been discussing on the bookmark, "Degrees, Distance, Dollars."

Promising tool to help teachers who may not be as tech savvy get content online

This article uses well researched data to support the use of interactive white boards such as Promethean or Mimio. It concludes that use by experienced teachers can increase student achievement by allowing teachers to better chunk and scaffold information and better monitor student progress.

This article is about the continually evolving face of online education. The students that choose online educations are usually "non-traditional" students... so online schools need to be non-traditional also!

The article talks about how essential technology is in education and how it fosters creativity.

This article is about the state of Computer Science. It discusses what needs to be done in order for Computer Science be relevant in K-12.

Since we are learning about Web 2.0, this article discussed science teaching with the use of social networks and communication tools. Mostly at a college level but I think it could apply to HS.

An article about a multi-school blog collaborative class

Some great ideas from the University of Illinois. Scroll to the bottom for a number of links