ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards for TEACHERS came out at NECC 2008. These standards are an excellent way to structure professional development. I encourage all teachers to take a look at these measures for supporting our students in the Digital Age
These are the 100 best Web 2.0 applications, chosen by Webware readers and Internet users across the globe. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to select these Webware 100 winners:
Women of Web 2.0, Show 70, welcomes you to the gaming show. Join us as Sharon, Vicki and Cheryl interview Karl Kapp, Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM / Assistant Director, Institute for Interactive Technologies / Professor of Instructional Technology / Bloomsburg University. The chat has many great gaming links and developments as the show proceeds.
You can download the audio file from the bottom of the page and read the chat: http://edtechtalk.com/node/3099
The Show links: http://del.icio.us/Wow2.0#2008-04-08
The author’s book is at: http://www.gadgetsgamesandgizmos.com/
Please let me know what you think!
By Dan Tynan, PC World
Mark Zuckerberg, watch your back. Sergey and Larry? Consider early retirement.
The next generation is coming up fast, and they aren’t waiting for you Web 2.0 geezers to step aside. Here are 10 serious overachievers — 20 years old or younger — with more ambition, energy, tech smarts and business savvy than you’ll find in most entire high-tech companies, let alone most adults.
Like various graying legends of the PC revolution (Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Michael Dell), these ten didn’t wait until they were of age before starting their meteoric careers. Some are already millionaires; others seem destined to achieve greatness in other ways.
Catch them now while they’re still young and relatively innocent. And maybe, if you’re lucky, one of them will someday offer you a job. Read the rest of the article.
I think this corresponds nicely with Action Step #10 that we discussed in February
By Miguel Guhlin
What if you could broadcast learning at will via the Internet to a world of learners? How would that change your conception of learning? What if you could interact with people, not only face to face in your workshop, but also halfway around the world? What if your workshop participants could participate in a conversation with those virtual participants, all of them discussing the broadcast learning going on? Pretty exciting, no?
Alltop, the site that compiles top blog and news sites by various categories, has just started an education section. This is a great one stop shop to pick up the latest news and info in the education world. A sample of some of the blogs listed are 2cents Worth, eSchool News, and the Student Leader Blog.
The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies released their Top 100 Tools for Learning today. This is available as a .pdf or in a clickable list.
An unprecedented level of discussion about 21st Century learning and its impact on teachers’ work has taken place in the Teacher Leaders Network discussion group recently. Among the many topics covered: Internet safety and cyber-bullying; growing up online; the risk of teachers becoming “irrelevant”; the frustrations caused by school firewalls; and the distinction between digital tools and digitally-infused learning. We can only offer a small sample of our community dialogue here. Read the rest of the article
Mrs. Hunter’s 9th grade World history class took part in an interesting online project with a school in Maryland. The project is called Many Voices For Darfur and asks students to write to one of three prompts. In 48 hours, the blog had almost 700 comments! Our students’ comments start at 12:45 PM on Friday. I hope you get a chance to read these excellent responses.
