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=Articles= Overview of articles, bloggers and magazine subscriptions > Consider the ways in which Web 2.0 tools might change (or have already changed) your professional practice. How might you be able to use these new tools to to engage today's "digital learners?" Why would you want to? Next week (in Thing 3), you will be asked to complete a blog post reflecting on your initial thoughts about Web 2.0 and its role in 21st Century teaching and learning, so please make a few notes > This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom. > This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.
 * "[|Web 2.0 is the Future of Education]" by Steve Hargadon
 * [|A Day in the Life of Web 2.0]. By David Warlick, []
 * [|Marc Prensky] - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants [PDF]
 * What is Web 2.0? Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education (by Paul Anderson)
 * Technology and Differentiated Instruction [|CAST]
 * [|Bloom's Taxonomy] (New Version - Remembering, Understanding, Sppling, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating)
 * [|Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning]
 * [|To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide]
 * Blogging: Best Practices Wiki
 * [|Think Outside the Blog]
 * [|Wild About Wikis] - Tech & Learning
 * [|Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not]
 * [|Wiki definition in Wikipedia] This continually evolving definition of Wikis can provide you with a thorough history about how they came about as well as information about the various types of tools available for creating Wiki communities and how these different tools work.

Bloggers links and ideas for discussion
> Will Richardson - [] > A group blog "designed to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century." Rotating posts by eight authors. Updated about twice a month > From LEARN NC. "Instructify is where teachers can stock their toolboxes with practical, time-saving classroom ideas and cutting edge methods of instruction. It’s where to find useful, free technology to utilize in the classroom. And it’s a fun place to spend your planning period." > A round-up of "what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs," from Education Week's // Teacher Magazine //. > A blog co-authored by several high school students who are interested in the future of education. Though infrequently updated, the posts and comments are impressive. > 27-year veteran classroom teacher Pat Hensley (a.k.a // loonyhiker //  ) offers  "strategies and tips for successful teaching." Her blog embodies the Web 2.0 spirit of sharing. > Vicki Davis talks about the realities of teaching in a society where every cell phone is a recording device. [|Spies Like Us] > A middle school social studies lesson beginning with an online "energy" game evolves into an opportunity for students to think deeply and critically about bias in the media they consume and in their own lives. > Anne Davis, an edublogging pioneer from Georgia State University, has been blogging with elementary school students since 2002. In this post, she enumerates her reasons for blogging with students. > In an engaging metaphor about television "rabbit ears," Sprankle makes a case for rethinking "analog" teaching practices and moving into the digitally-driven 21st century. > High school librarian Joyce Valenza shares highlights from her presentation for senior English classes on how to stop making miserable PowerPoint presentations.Good points and good resources.
 * Blog Matrix -- Lots of Blogs to preview** []
 * ** Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson): ** Link [|http://weblogg-ed.com/]
 * David Warlick - []
 * ** Infinite Thinking Machine ** -[|http://www.infinitethinking.org]
 * ** Instructify ** - []
 * ** Blogboard ** - []
 * ** Students 2oh ** - [|http://students2oh.org]
 * ** Successful Teaching ** - []
 * ** CoolCatTeacher (Vicki Davis): ** Link []
 * ** Remote Access (Clarence Fischer) ** : [|Bias in the Classroom]
 * ** EduBlog Insights (Anne Davis): ** [|A Rationale for Educational Blogging]
 * ** Bit by Bit (Bob Sprankle): ** [|The Time is Now]
 * ** NeverEnding Search: ** [|PowerPoint Reform - A First Chapter]

**Social Networking**
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 * Adventures in Web 2.0: Introducing Social Networking into My Teaching
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**Magazine and other Subscriptions**

 * [|techLEARNING.com | **Technology** & **Learning**]
 * Educase []

Publications [|**2009** Horizon **Report**: The **K12** Edition]
The Horizon **Report**: **2009 K-12** Edition was a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Link digital format [|http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-**k12**-**2009**/] and http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf

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**Safety**
[|Patrolling Web 2.0] [|Learning beyond the bell] [|Keeping Your Kids Internet Safe and Smart] [|Stay Safe Online]

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