Thing 23: Where do we go from here?

As I look back over this course, there have been indicators, not only that the world is changing for our students, but that the world has changed for our students.  As teachers, not only do we need to consider and address these changes, we need to embrace these technologies in ways that are effective in [...]

Thing 22: Social Networking in Education? You Bet!

As with so many of the Web 2.0 vehicles, Classroom 2.0 offers possibilities for peer to peer, teacher/student and other forms of collaboration.  Again, that is the point.  However, once the forum category has been selected, the ability to sort these categories into further sub- categories is limited to three options:  “Latest Activity,” “Newest Discussions, [...]

Thing 7c: Google Reader Redux

One of the most enjoyable tasks that my work as a librarian entails is ordering books for our library.  I consult several venerable journals and read a lot of children’s books.  What a pleasure it has been to add PlanetEsme, Esme Raji Codell’s excellent blog, to my list of sources for book recommendations!  But more [...]