Top 10 Web 2.0

From T.H.E. Journal News Update for 2-4-09

Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners

Gail Lovely is adamant about the nature and potential of Web-based learning tools. "Web 2.0 is about trust," she said at a recent talk. "It's about sharing and collaborating." And, she insisted, it's about putting the power to learn and create in the hands of the students. More

This a great list that includes several tools that we all learned to use while completing School Library Learning 2.0, plus some great new ones. Here's to a great 2.0 new year!

NBC News Launches Free Online Learning Community for Teenagers

From eSchool News this week:

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NBC News launches free online learning community for teenagers
Immerse, Connect, Understand, and Excel. Its learning platform uses a patented technology, based on research from the MIT Education Arcade, called the CueCard; it's a combination media player, flash card, note-taking tool, and trading card. This "flip-card" technology allows users to watch streaming videos from NBC News and then "flip" the CueCard over for additional information. | eSchool News">Full Story

Hands On Science in Nevada Schools

From Edutopia - Las Vegas: Environments
Thanks to imaginative teachers and active community support, science learning in Clark County, Nevada, has been enlivened with the establishment of two on-site learning environments -- a rain forest dome and a replica of a silver mine. Watch this short video about these innovative environments. http://www.edutopia.org/las-vegas-environments

Blogging from my phone

I got so excited this morning. I was reading an article (Moblogging in Schools) and a blog from an elementary teacher in England who is doing "moblogging" with his students and I wanted to try it for myself. Here on Blogspot, when you are on the Dashboard, you can follow the directions for mobile blogging. You can take a picture with your camera and/or text and send it to your blog. What a concept. I tried it and the post showed up blank, with only the date showing. More to learn here! I'll let you know when it works.

Why Let Our Students Blog?

Several days ago Randy de Jong (fellow SLL2.0 team member) posted a question on the High School group on TeacherLibrarian Ning about getting permission to open blogs and wikis for use by students and teachers at his school. In one of the replies, there was a link to a wiki that included this video created by Rachael Boyd, a teacher in New Zealand. This is a great tool to use at any level of school.