Web 2.0: Enhancing Education Through Technology

This is a new solution (beta testing starts today) to help users improve information literacy. It is designed to give users a simplified and smart process for locating, anayzying and utilizing the right information. In addition it will increase dialogue between librarians, students and faculty - further engaging each in the process.

This site offers a tutorial/class on information literacy. This can be used with your students and the site states that it will take 2-9 hours to complete. It has a self-assessment at the beginning to test your knowledge.

This isn't really Web 2.0, but imagine the implications this will have on education!

I have been hearing a lot of buzz in education lately about this site.

Simple way to record voice and send via email.

I created this to act as my "graduation speech" from our Web 2.0 class. Enjoy!

This blog entry references an article and describes how Coldwell Banker provides training for associates and finds that giving them social connections and letting the associates drive the learning works better than designing instruction for them. Learner centered!

Collab-o-Write is a social media tool that lets students create or contribute to a story that is written by a number of different users.  http://library.thinkquest.org/2626 

Comic Master http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/ lets users create their own graphic novels!

This article tackles the biggest concern about using social media in the classroom: privacy. The article points out that Google+ is not a cure all for the privacy and security issues presented by Facebook. A good article for educators considering using social media in their classrooms.

This article is about MERIT, a one-year program for educators of grades 4 through 12 that teaches teachers how to best utilize and integrate innovative technology in the classroom.

Article reports on #140edu conference on benefits of tweets and many educational uses of tweeting including collaboration.

This article introduces another fun, collaborative, storytelling digital tool - Storybird.

Check out these seven video tips, made by Edutopia bloggers and contributors, on using technology in your classroom. Watch teachers, an administrator and consultant talk about real applications of media tools for students. Content for this project is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License.

In these 7 brief video clips, educators share how they use specific technology and social-media tools in classrooms, including Twitter,Facebook, Wikis, Digital Cameras, YouTube, Wii and GPS devices.

Introduces creative commons licensing and uses for education

Web site with curriculum for teaching students about copyright and fair use.

Good explanation about copyright and creative commons.

Internet use has definitely changed the environment in terms of learning, thinking and succeeding. This article discusses many changes that researchers have noted in human learning and thinking. The author also discusses Howard Gardner's Five Minds for the Future: disciplined, synthesizing, creating, respectful and ethical. Mind qualities that have always been important but perhaps are even more important in this age of information. Teaching students to think critically is even more important than ever.