HELPFUL READINGS AND GENERAL WEB 2.0 RESOURCES

Bryan Alexander,  ALA/ACRL Article, February 2007:

Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world

Todd Bryant, EDUCAUSE Quarterly,  Social Software in Academia

Edutopia Magazine

Hannah Green and Celia Hannon, Their Space: Education for a digital generation

Henry Jenkins et al, MacArthur Foundation White Paper, Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century

Tony Karrer on eLearning 2.0

Alan Levine on Uses of Free Web 2.0 Applications

Ewan McIntosh's post on Web 2.0 tools for learning

 Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE, Educating the Net Generation

 OEDB Story on How the Open Source Movement has Changed Education

PEW Research Center for the People and the Press Report January 2007: A Portrait of 'Generation Next": How Young People View their Lives, Futures and Politics

PEW Internet and American Life Project

Howard Rheingold's Presentation on Second Life:  Participatory Media and the Pedagogy of Civic Participation

 Will Richardson, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

WEBSITES and Interesting Posts

Educational Feeds  on all manner of educational topics

Connexions:

"a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:

• authors create and collaborate
• instructors rapidly build and share custom collections
• learners find and explore content"  Some 4000 modules posted!

OER Commons, shared materials for K-university teaching and learning

A List of Helpful Sites

Leigh Blackall's Blog filled with Screencasts of How-to's

Sega Tech on Why Students Should Play Online Chess

NING,  making your own social networked site  (mini-MySpace)

Segatech on Networked POV: Creating Collaborative, Web-based Graphic Organizers and Mind Maps

PBS Resources for K-12 Teachers

Presentation Zen: Ira Glass on Storytelling

Teachers Teaching Teachers Website and Webcasts