Category Archives: Education 3.0

Ten Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

- guest post by Karen Schweitzer Where to Find Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom Teachers who want to put web 2.0 technologies to work for them can find many different free options online. There are tools for creating … Continue reading

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21st Century Students need 21st Century Teachers

I’m recycling a couple of videos that I have posted in the past, mostly because I believe that they’re worth watching again.  These videos – the original higher ed version of “A Vision of Students Today” by Mike Wesch, the … Continue reading

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A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter

Twitter is apart of my life almost every day because: -    It’s a great source of news. -    There are rich conversations among educators and edtech people. -    People post entertaining, interesting, and very useful links. -    I enjoy the … Continue reading

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Bloom’s Taxonomy 2.0

Over the few months that I’ve been blogging, my post on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy has been the biggest hit.  And, what interests my readers interests me.  Here’s more on the subject: Probably every classroom teacher in this country has at … Continue reading

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The Beauty of Personal Learning Networks

If you’re reading this, chances are that you’ve already begun building your personal learning network. Here is a clever video called The Networked Student about how students are doing it these days, and how this new approach to learning will … Continue reading

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Bloom’s Taxonomy for the Digital Age – Integrating Technology

Integrating technology into curriculum has been a popular topic in the blogosphere for some time now.  I’m starting to find more and more concrete, applicable ideas that have the potential to be easily integrated – thank goodness for collaboration.  I … Continue reading

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Web 2.0 and Education 3.0 links

I’ve gotten to that point where my list of “interesting links” is so huge, I’d better start picking out my favorites to focus on. Here are some of them: A Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter – Jane Hart first … Continue reading

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100 Things You Can do with RSS Feeds

Who knew that RSS feeds could do so much?!? Books. Read books with DailyLit. They will send sections to you each day via RSS feed. Word of the Day. Get a new vocabulary word sent to you every day with … Continue reading

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Integrating Technology into the Curriculum – Web 2.0

There’s an older article on the Edutopia website called ‘Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many‘. I love this quote: “Effective technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is routine and transparent and when technology … Continue reading

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Weebly Rocks! Build a classroom website, or one for each student!

While visiting San Francisco, I had the pleasure of attending a spontaneous party – we were celebrating Weebly‘s 1,000,000th user! Not only is this a quality website-building tool that everyone can enjoy but, specifically, many teachers have found that it … Continue reading

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