Blogs Wikis Podcasts And Other Powerful Web Tools For Classrooms
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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Explore the wide world of new, easy-to-use Web publishing and information gathering tools! Written for educators of all disciplines, this third edition of a bestseller provides real examples from K–12 teachers around the world on how Web tools allow students to learn more, create more, and communicate better. Updated with materials on Web publishing and information literacy, this resource opens up a new toolbox for both novice and tech-savvy educators, with how-to steps for teaching with: Weblogs Wikis Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and aggregators Social bookmarking Online photo galleries Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
′We need a solid book explaining and illustrating and letting teachers know about these powerful tools. This book meets the need in an awesome way!′ - Mike Muir, Director, Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning ′This author is a gem! It startles me to be ′pulled′ so happily through a text about these new Web tools in the context of good literacy instruction′ - Gary Graves, Senior Research and Evaluation Advisor, Technology in Education, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory This book brings teachers a bold vision and on-the-ground Monday morning practicality. It will move educators to think differently about technology′s potential for strengthening students′ critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning. Will Richardson demystifies words like "blog," "wiki," and "aggregator" making classroom technology an easily accessible component of classroom research, writing, and learning. This guide demonstrates how Web tools can generate exciting new learning formats, and explains how to apply these tools in the classroom to engage all students in a new world of synchronous information feeds and interactive learning. With detailed, simple explanations, definitions and how-tos, critical information on Internet safety, and helpful links, this exciting book opens an immense toolbox, with specific teaching applications for: o Web logs, the most widely adopted tool of the read/write Web o Wikis, a collaborative Webspace for sharing published content o Rich Site Summary (RSS), feeding specific content into the classroom o Aggregators, collecting content generated via the RSS feed o Social bookmarking, archiving specific Web addresses o Online photo galleries This book makes it possible for anyone, no matter how inexperienced, to harness this amazing technology for the classroom today!
RSS for Educators
Let expert John Hendron show you how to use a news aggregator to harness the power of RSS for a variety of purposes, including classroom projects, professional development, and keeping students and parents informed. Learn how to use free and inexpensive software such as Garage Band and Audacity to manipulate audio files and create podcasts. Explore the pros and cons of various blogging platforms. Have your students blog, and use RSS to deliver their assignments to you automatically. With RSS and the Read/Write Web, the possibilities are endless.