Social media in the classroom: Digging student work

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Education, Instructional Technology | 2 Comments »

This post is a follow-up to a post I wrote last week about using Web 2.0 strategies to encourage collaborative student learning. Web 2.0 is all about sharing and collaboration and ... Read more..

A better way to jigsaw using the web

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Education, Instructional Technology | 1 Comment »

With the Web 2.0, collaboration is the name of the game – but it's about more than that. We've regretfully moved past the era of the armchair philosopher. While this ... Read more..

The Web 2.0 and WikiSpaces: Collaboration is the name of the game

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Instructional Technology | No Comments »

Someone asked me the other day what Web 2.0 is and how its different from Web 1.0. The truth is, there never was a Web 1.0 – in name, at ... Read more..

The Average is Excellent

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Sociology | 2 Comments »

If you think about it, the idea of social networking is incredible. An individual labels a page with tags they consider to be relevant. Whether these tags have anything to ... Read more..

Syndicated: Wikipedia, Ubuntu founders back ‘open education’

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Education | 1 Comment »

From ZDNET: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales and Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth are backing a scheme to make publicly funded education materials freely available on the internet. The backers of the Cape Town Open Education ... Read more..

Google Documents

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Education | 1 Comment »

In an age where Microsoft Office may seem ubiquitous, there are other options. Who cares? Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint work just fine. OpenOffice is great, but is a bit ... Read more..

Google for Educators

Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in Education | No Comments »

I recently stumbled on Google's page dedicated specifically for educators. After wandering around for a bit, I decided that I was absolutely blown away by the resources available. In the ... Read more..