Posted in Education, Reading, Web 2.0 on Aug 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
It’s Time to Reboot America. | Rebooting America
This came via dana boyd’s blog and I’ve started reading the introduction. What I think about in terms of this book (which can be downloaded here as a pdf file) is that it is our students that will continue to have the chance to change the way our [...]
Posted in Lesson Ideas, Technology Trends, Web 2.0 on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
How did I get here? I came via Twitter actually. A tweet from Miguel Guhlin on online polling tools. Then I thought of how many of us are planning or already doing Professional Development activities for teachers and then considered the fact that understanding what teachers want to do and learn is one approach to [...]
Posted in Education, Web 2.0 on May 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Nine Company Blogs That Are Fun For Anyone to Read - ReadWriteWeb
Some companies just blog about updates to their own technology and thats good for existing users to see. Others are fun to read whether youre a user or not. Here are some of the company blogs we recommend reading for a good time.
This came [...]
Posted in Technology Trends, Web 2.0 on May 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
via: practical theory
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Posted in Education, Web 2.0 on May 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web - ReadWriteWeb
Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that’s composed of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X’ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. As the Boomers fade [...]
Posted in Tools To Use, Web 2.0 on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Official Google Reader Blog: Reader and ARIA: A new way to read
This via my Google Reader today: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). Basically it’s a screen reader for Google Reader, which allows vision-impaired folks to have their RSS reading spoken to them aloud via the computer. I haven’t tried it yet, but will do so [...]
Posted in Tools To Use, Web 2.0 on Mar 26th, 2008 No Comments »
The Web’s best free stuff
This came via my del.icio.us account yesterday. Some good stuff is here–today I tried the online word processor known as “Buzzword.” Simple and user friendly. Good collaboration tool! Enjoy . . . .
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Posted in Education, Web 2.0 on Mar 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Tech Savvy Educator » Blog Archive » Four Simple Truths - It’s Not About The Technology
This is a great post about (again) Web 2.0 issues. I’m not sure I emphasized this enough in my presentation at the Library Media Specialists conference last week. It isn’t about the technology, but about what our students are [...]
Posted in Education, Web 2.0 on Mar 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Steve Hargadon: Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
I believe that the read/write Web, or what we are calling Web 2.0, will culturally, socially, intellectually, and politically have a greater impact than the advent of the printing press. I believe that we cannot even begin to imagine the changes that are going to take [...]
