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

by Will Richardson (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $28.91

  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 primary and secondary 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 - Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds and aggregators - Social bookmarking - Online photo galleries - Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter - Second Life 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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $7.50

  'We need a solid book explaining and illustrating and letting teachers know about these powerful tools. This book meets the need in an awesome way!' - Mike Muir, Director, Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning 'This author is a gem! It startles me to be 'pulled' so happily through a text about these new Web tools in the context of good literacy instruction' - Gary Graves, Senior Research and Evaluation Advisor, Technology in Education, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory This book brings teachers a bold vision and on-the-ground Monday morning practicality. It will move educators to think differently about technology's potential for strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning. Will Richardson demystifies words like blog, wiki, and aggregator making classroom technology an easily accessible component of classroom research, writing, and learning. This guide demonstrates how Web tools can generate exciting new learning formats, and explains how to apply these tools in the classroom to engage all students in a new world of synchronous information feeds and interactive learning.With detailed, simple explanations, definitions and how-tos, critical information on Internet safety, and helpful links, this exciting book opens an immense toolbox, with specific teaching applications for: o Web logs, the most widely adopted tool of the read//write Web o Wikis, a collaborative Webspace for sharing published content o Rich Site Summary (RSS), feeding specific content into the classroom o Aggregators, collecting content generated via the RSS feed o Social bookmarking, archiving specific Web addresses o Online photo galleries This book makes it possible for anyone, no matter how inexperienced, to harness this amazing technology for the classroom today!