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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
by Will Richardson
from Corwin Press

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Excellent Resource!
  Richardson's Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms is a great resource for the twenty-first century teacher. His recognition of the changing and evolving learner in an increasingly technological world sets the stage for the excellent step-by-step directions with defined vocabulary. It is easy to navigate, and written at a level appropriate for beginning or advanced users of technology.
  This text has been an excellent resource for both my graduate work in Educational... more info

• Great for Educators!
  I am an elementary school teacher who values technology integration in classrooms. Initially, the book begins slow with an overabundant amount of details about the simplicity of blogging. Some advice is given to lead novices in the right direction tailored to their blogging interests.
  An aside: As I was searching on the Internet for safe and secure blog sites for young students, I found this website: http://mhetherington.net/blogs/?p=8 which was created by a middle school teacher with similar interests... more info

• An excellent resource!
  Finally a book all about how to incorporate the newest in technology in the classroom. Combines info that's been floating around on the internet into a concise book and an easy read. Many great ideas.

• Great practical ideas and resources for teachers
  I started reading Will Richardson's book to educate myself about how teachers and instructors have been utilizing web tools into their curriculum. In October 2007, I attended the Computers in Libraries conference and participated in a workshop called "New Research Tools" where they discussed practical and successful cases of educators using various online tools, like Flickr, Clipmarks, or RSS readers.
  As a librarian, a 2nd year educator, and one who personally uses these different tools, I really am... more info

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