iEARN: Experience: "Students will be writing with real purpose for a very real audience. The presence of this audience provides an incentive for students to produce the most effective communication possible. Consider creating a feedback process where students have the opportunity to comment on each others work, peer edit, and then revise accordingly."
iEARN Experience
del.icio.us A great way to organize your bookmarks and be able to access them from anywhere.
On another note: a quote form John Palfrey, concerning the Web:
"From 1995-2005 was just a warm-up...what is being called Web 2 is really just beginning"
This from a recent workshop I attended. A wake-up call to any of us to pay attention to all of the recent tech advances: PHP, RSS, Podcasts and such.
This is the start of a new blog to focus on the brave new world of the 21st century tools finally coming into the hands of students across the globe. After reading The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman and many other related opinions in the blogosphere (most notably Weblogg-ed.com). I thought it was time to join the fray.
Dedicated to exploring the human element in educational technology debates: a healthy skepticism and an open mind poised to ask questions, model best practices and open new avenues of expression, creativity and knowledge.