Explore the wide world of new, easy-to-use Web publishing and information gathering tools!
Written for educators of all disciplines, this third edition of a bestseller provides real examples from K–12 teachers around the world on how Web tools allow students to learn more, create more, and communicate better. Updated with materials on Web publishing and information literacy, this resource opens up a new toolbox for both novice and tech-savvy educators, with how-to steps for teaching with:
• Weblogs • Wikis • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and aggregators • Social bookmarking • Online photo galleries • Facebook, My Space, and Twitter
A parent of two middle-school-aged children, Will Richardson has been writing about the intersection of social online learning networks and education for the past 10 years at Weblogg-ed.com and in numerous journals and magazines such as Ed Leadership, Education Week, and English Journal. Recently, he shifted his blogging emphasis to willrichardson.com. Formerly a public school educator for 22 years, he is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice (plpnetwork.com), a unique professional development program that has mentored over 3,000 teachers worldwide in the last three years. His first book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin, 3rd Edition 2010) has sold over 80,000 copies and has impacted classroom practice around the world. His second book, Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, was released in May, 2011. His articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, Ed Week, English Journal, Edutopia, and Principal Leadership, among others, and over the past six years, he has spoken to tens of thousands of educators in more than a dozen countries about the merits of learning networks for personal and professional growth. He is a national advisory board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation and a regular columnist for District Administration Magazine. Will lives in rural New Jersey with his wife, Wendy, and his children Tess and Tucker.
Preface1. The Read/Write Web2. Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice3. Weblogs: Get Started!4. Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All5. RSS: A New Killer App for Educators6. The Social Web: Learning Together7. Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online8. Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, Live Streaming: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses9. What It All Means10. Social Networks: Facebook, Ning, Connections, and CommunitiesEpilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write WebReferencesIndex