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**Web 2.0 - Tech Ed Leader Blogs - Personal and Classroom Blog Uses**

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http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/Education/edservices/courseinfo/info.html //"Online education// //can be defined as an approach to teaching and learning that utilizes Internet technologies to communicate and collaborate in an educational context. This includes technology that supplements traditional classroom training with web-based components and learning environments where the educational process is experienced online// ... educational advantages that arise when supplementing a course with web-based tools. These include: //Reducing "administrivia" around course management."//
 * Reading**:// the value of online learning...
 * //Enhancing student-to-student and faculty-to-student communication.//
 * //Enabling student-centered teaching approaches.//
 * //Providing 24/7 accessibility to course materials.//
 * //Providing just-in-time methods to assess and evaluate student progress.//

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 * Find and use an aggregator to subscribe to these Tech Ed blog feeds**

**I have subscribed to the following ED tech leader blogs: **

1. **Karl Fisch** //[|http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com]// **April 22** The Need for Textbooks for students to cover their heads in case of an emergency like a tornado **April 21** World Book's 21st century research skills **April 18** I Have Absolutely No Way to Become Better as a Teacher Quotes from Carl Glickman's Leadership for Learning **April 17** Poem in your virtual pocket via a tweet (Hmmm, I really must find out what this TWITTER thing is all about.) **April 16** RPI and the Shift comments on an article about an engineering school promote that promotes study abroad

//2. **David Warlick**// http://davidwarlick.com/2cents  **May 10** **Another AHA video** The author comments on a recent publication (U.S. SDept. of Commerce) that ranks education 55th (after coal mining) in IT intensiveness. Warlick's perspective: " our job is to find and then facilitate the appropriate technologies to help prepare our children for the future they will create". **May 8** **DOPA returns with a new fear focus** here the author discusses recent talks of blocking Second Life- he mentions 'moderated instructional programs that ustilize the MUSE (What is that?) He also mentions additional safety precautions added to social networks like My Space to protect minors from predators. <span style="COLOR: rgb(250,10,10)"> **May 6** <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)">**Another Model for Textbooks of the Future** <span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)">//**iCue**// social networking/digital research/problem solving program sponsored by NBC and MIT    ([|http://www.icue.com)], a pioneering collaborative learning community informed by MIT research that incorporates gaming, discussion and video resources in a fun, safe, online environment. This free online platform is targeted to students and lifelong learners ages 13 and up and features patented technology to engage students in collective, problem-solving gaming oriented to core curriculum (U.S. History, Government and Politics and Language Arts)." <span style="COLOR: rgb(88,0,255)">This sounds very interesting. I must investigate this further! <span style="COLOR: rgb(250,10,10)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(250,10,10); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**May 5** <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">**social networking** goes much further back than MySpace and Facebook, that people have inhabited the digital networks for many years — since before I had even heard of the Internet (1990). <span style="COLOR: rgb(250,10,10); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> I see that the blog topics vary from one day to the next and they are not limited to technology but also to educational and political issues
 * May 8   This Stood Out ** The author ponders the contradiction of the NYC school district that prohibits the use of electronic communication devices and yet in Brooklyn there are 6 schools that are giving out pre-loaded cell phones as rewards to students.

//**Activity**:// create a blog post with an explanation of Web 2.0 **<span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,255)">What is Web 2.0 is and how it will affect your teaching? This will be posted on my new blog http://teachers.ocps.net/users/mansies/?tag=edtc+613

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