Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

Third Edition
Willard H. Richardson - Connective Learning, LLC
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
March 2010 | 184 pages | Corwin
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"This book is loaded with insightful and honest advice about using Web 2.0 in education. Will Richardson has amassed decades of technology integration experience as a teacher, consultant, blogger, and educational leader. There are few like him and few books like this."
—Curtis J. Bonk, Professor, Indiana University
Author of The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education

"Richardson's book was a touchstone for me when I started trying to figure out how to integrate participatory media into my teaching. I recommend this book to any teacher at any level who is interested in the learner-centric pedagogy that social media enables."
—Howard Rheingold, Lecturer, Stanford University
Author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution

Explore the wide world of new, easy-to-use Web publishing and information gathering tools!

Written for educators of all levels and disciplines, this third edition of the best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms provides real examples from K–12 teachers around the world who are at the forefront of bringing today's Web tools into their schools and to their students. This book is filled with practical advice on how teachers and students can use the Web to learn more, create more, and communicate better.

This fully updated resource opens up a new technology toolbox for both novice and tech-savvy educators. Will Richardson provides clear explanations of specific teaching applications, with how-to steps for teaching with:

  • Weblogs
  • Wikis
  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and aggregators
  • Social bookmarking
  • Online photo galleries
  • Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter

Updated with materials on Web publishing and information literacy, this invaluable handbook helps students and teachers use Web tools within the classroom to enhance student learning and achievement.

Read more from Will Richardson.

Contents

Preface

  • 1. The Read/Write Web
  • 2. Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice
  • 3. Weblogs: Get Started!
  • 4. Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All
  • 5. RSS: A New Killer App for Educators
  • 6. The Social Web: Learning Together
  • 7. Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
  • 8. Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, Live Streaming: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses
  • 9. What It All Means
  • 10. Social Networks: Facebook, Ning, Connections, and Communities
  • Epilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write Web

References

References

Index

Index

Description

"This book is loaded with insightful and honest advice about using Web 2.0 in education. Will Richardson has amassed decades of technology integration experience as a teacher, consultant, blogger, and educational leader. There are few like him and few books like this."
—Curtis J. Bonk, Professor, Indiana University
Author of The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education

"Richardson's book was a touchstone for me when I started trying to figure out how to integrate participatory media into my teaching. I recommend this book to any teacher at any level who is interested in the learner-centric pedagogy that social media enables."
—Howard Rheingold, Lecturer, Stanford University
Author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution

Explore the wide world of new, easy-to-use Web publishing and information gathering tools!

Written for educators of all levels and disciplines, this third edition of the best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms provides real examples from K–12 teachers around the world who are at the forefront of bringing today's Web tools into their schools and to their students. This book is filled with practical advice on how teachers and students can use the Web to learn more, create more, and communicate better.

This fully updated resource opens up a new technology toolbox for both novice and tech-savvy educators. Will Richardson provides clear explanations of specific teaching applications, with how-to steps for teaching with:

  • Weblogs
  • Wikis
  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and aggregators
  • Social bookmarking
  • Online photo galleries
  • Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter

Updated with materials on Web publishing and information literacy, this invaluable handbook helps students and teachers use Web tools within the classroom to enhance student learning and achievement.

Read more from Will Richardson.

Contents

Preface

  • 1. The Read/Write Web
  • 2. Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice
  • 3. Weblogs: Get Started!
  • 4. Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All
  • 5. RSS: A New Killer App for Educators
  • 6. The Social Web: Learning Together
  • 7. Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
  • 8. Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, Live Streaming: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses
  • 9. What It All Means
  • 10. Social Networks: Facebook, Ning, Connections, and Communities
  • Epilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write Web

References

References

Index

Index

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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms


March 2010 | 184 pages | Corwin

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"This book is loaded with insightful and honest advice about using Web 2.0 in education. Will Richardson has amassed decades of technology integration experience as a teacher, consultant, blogger, and educational leader. There are few like him and few books like this."
—Curtis J. Bonk, Professor, Indiana University
Author of The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education

"Richardson's book was a touchstone for me when I started trying to figure out how to integrate participatory media into my teaching. I recommend this book to any teacher at any level who is interested in the learner-centric pedagogy that social media enables."
—Howard Rheingold, Lecturer, Stanford University
Author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution

Explore the wide world of new, easy-to-use Web publishing and information gathering tools!

Written for educators of all levels and disciplines, this third edition of the best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms provides real examples from K–12 teachers around the world who are at the forefront of bringing today's Web tools into their schools and to their students. This book is filled with practical advice on how teachers and students can use the Web to learn more, create more, and communicate better.

This fully updated resource opens up a new technology toolbox for both novice and tech-savvy educators. Will Richardson provides clear explanations of specific teaching applications, with how-to steps for teaching with:

  • Weblogs
  • Wikis
  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and aggregators
  • Social bookmarking
  • Online photo galleries
  • Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter

Updated with materials on Web publishing and information literacy, this invaluable handbook helps students and teachers use Web tools within the classroom to enhance student learning and achievement.

Read more from Will Richardson.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • 1. The Read/Write Web
  • 2. Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice
  • 3. Weblogs: Get Started!
  • 4. Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All
  • 5. RSS: A New Killer App for Educators
  • 6. The Social Web: Learning Together
  • 7. Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
  • 8. Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, Live Streaming: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses
  • 9. What It All Means
  • 10. Social Networks: Facebook, Ning, Connections, and Communities
  • Epilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write Web
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Great book. It is an easy read. In addition, it provides wonderful examples of the most popular WEB 2.0 Tools.
Dr Weedens E. Blanchard, Education Dept, St John's University
Met with course requirements
Mr Kenneth Rovine, Education Dept, St Josephs University
"The best guide you can find to using the power of the Internet in your classroom."
Jeff Jarvis, Author of What Would Google Do?
"This book is loaded with insightful and honest advice about the Web 2.0 in education. Will Richardson has amassed decades of technology integration experience as a teacher, consultant, blogger, and educational leader. There are few like him and few books like this.”
Curtis J. Bonk, Professor, Indiana University, Author, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education
"Richardson's book was a touchstone for me when I started trying to figure out how to integrate participatory media into my teaching. I recommend this book to any teacher at any level who is interested in the learner-centric pedagogy that social media enables."
Howard Rheingold, Lecturer, Stanford University, Author of Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution

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