Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Corwin Press, (March 2006)Abstract
<EM>"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!"</EM> <BR>-Mike Muir, Director <BR>Maine Center
for Meaningful Engaged Learning <BR><BR><EM>"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."</EM>
<BR>-Gary Graves, Senior Research and Evaluation Advisor, Technology
in Education <BR>Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>Discover
how to harness Web tools to motivate and update student reading,
research and communication!</EM></STRONG> <BR><BR>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 äggregator" making classroom technology
an easily accessible component of classroom research, writing, and
learning. <BR><BR>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 <UL> <LI>Web logs, the most
widely adopted tool of the read/write Web </LI> <LI>Wikis, a collaborative
Webspace for sharing published content </LI> <LI>Rich Site Summary
(RSS), feeding specific content into the classroom </LI> <LI>Aggregators,
collecting content generated via the RSS feed </LI> <LI>Social bookmarking,
archiving specific Web addresses </LI> <LI>Online photo galleries
</LI></UL> <P><BR>This book makes it possible for anyone, no matter
how inexperienced, to harness this amazing technology for the classroom
today! <BR></P>
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