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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms |  | Author: Will Richardson
Publisher: Corwin Press
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 168
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1412959721
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.3344678
EAN: 9781412959728
ASIN: 1412959721
Publication Date: July 16, 2008
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With updated research and links, the second edition shows educators at all levels and disciplines how to use digital tools to create relevant, interactive learning experiences.
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 A must-read! November 24, 2009
Judy K. Polhemus (LA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm at the end of my teaching career and feeling envy towards young people who have been in for just a short while. You have "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms" and I didn't!! What an amazing agenda Will Richardson lays out, what fantastic uses the internet is capable of, and what yet unimagined ways will be conceived in the future!
I just finished this book--an easy read, an easy-to-follow instruction book, a book of magic, a play book, a cookbook filled with recipes for successful communication, collaboration, connection, and more. You may ask: "Judy, do you like this book?" I would have to answer: "No, I am THRILLED by this book--at the potential for connecting students with immediate and ongoing learning. That's what Richardson shows us, gives examples of. When he cites the old way of individual learning with a test as the measurement and a dead end to that chunk of learning, I nodded. "Oh yes." How many times did I want to show a particular student's special answers. "Look what this student wrote! Isn't it amazing? Isn't she showing Gardner's upper echelon level of synthesizing and evaluating."
So what do blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools do for students and classrooms? They require active learning, collaboration, hooking up with the world at large, expanding consciousness, conscience--all the things that education truly does or should do. We want our children to learn to think for themselves, to think critically (means evaluate both sides), to imagine possibilities for themselves, their families, and their world. The internet and all its component parts do these things. Until I read this book, I did not know how much was "out there" and already being used by thousands and thousands of teachers across the globe.
As a teacher of broadcast journalism for four years (this some four and one-half years ago), with the class producing a weekly 12-minute news and feature cast, I saw then the power of that medium and the use of technology to make it viable. What the internet does is now competing with television and radio for not only informing, but also entertaining its audience. Teachers can use these same principles in teaching. Besides, using the internet is inevitably cheaper than sophisticated cameras and studios and "the talent (the television personality, anchor, or whatever role the lead person has).
Besides innovation, students learn to read critically (must be taught not only critical reading skills but ethics as well), learn how to save, retrieve, and store information, then use it in a multitude of ways. This is the new way of doing things, the new world. Is it better? Yes, infinitely! Teachers and students should not be so isolated in their little boxes, but become part of that HUGE world of information! Do we need all that information? That is a question I will leave for the philosophers. Right now, it is what it is.
Here is an example of a creative use of the internet, yet still retaining basic information. Using the free software program Flickr, a teacher can upload a photograph of a pig's organs, create word boxes connected to various organs, which the student then identifies and explains their functions. Or in music, the student can label parts of a musical score. A literature teacher could assign a photo-image assignment. The student would use his aggregator account to collect a specific poem, then use Flickr to find images that "explain" or interpret the poem. Then put all of this as his completed assigment into his blog account which feeds by RSS into the teacher's account.
It all sounds complicated but I opened up accounts, started subscribing to feeds which are collecting into my aggregator, and soon I will read and synthesize some of the information into my blog. This kind of information gathering and the technology that ushers it is such a high for me, resulting in the creation of such highly creative, energy-driven, imaginative products which truly test a student's knowledge and real-world application.
Then there are wikis. Let's say the fourth grade teacher wants to create a collaborative lesson on modern art. She could assign one artist to a group of two students who then start collecting information about that artist, including images of his work. Typically, they might find something in a reference book which they cannot take from the library. They can photocopy it if they find what they want. On the internet they will find it, especially using subcriptions (free), feeds, and their aggregator. Then they synthesize their material into their blog about the artist and send it to the class wiki. By the time each group has submitted its work, the class has a mini encylopedia about modern art. The thing about a wiki is that it can always be added to or edited. A wiki is unlike a print encyclopedia or even online encyclopedia without an editing add-on.
This technology world is truly a wondrous thing. Except for some negatives such as landing on inappropriate material, limited by filters, and intentional malice, which can be deleted, these new uses just make me want to buy a copy of this book for every teacher in my school, starting with my principal. Look what you can do! Look what your students can do! Look at the potential! Dream the impossible. OK, got carried away...
(Note: Some of the teachers at my school already use some technology, including teacher blogs. I can't wait to show them this book! In fact, I'm ordering a couple for the professional library!))
Immediately useful in the computer lab or in your home November 7, 2009
Michael McGee (Grand Rapids)
I purchased this book as part of a technology class I am taking. I teach elementary art and technology. This book does a great job of getting the reader involved in using the technology as a learning tool right away. It clearly explains the advantages of newer technologies and the power they can have to increase your ability to learn, collaborate, and teach.
 good for general introduction to October 16, 2009
Hamiltonian (Indiana)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had an idea about a variety of the topics presented in this text and these were supported. Additionally the text provided educational references for additional material. Very short and light on content more of an overview of general topics.
1) It was useful for my beginner level.
2) Buy a used copy.
3) It is not a "How to" manual.
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools... October 5, 2009
Mary (Iowa)
Thanks for the book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. I am enjoying it. Fast shipping.
Not Really Worth the RUsh September 5, 2009
Sam (Australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first saw the title of this book, and looked at the contents page, I went to the expense of having it rushed to me. As it turns out, I could have waited and saved the extra expense. The book, whilst providing some useful, and, at times, useful information, is written and structured in a style which really belongs to blogs and wikis. I found that in order to get to the information that I wanted and needed, I had to skim through a chatty style of rather superficial content: each chapter could really have been condensed into a few paragraphs. I think the intent is laudable but the delivery leaves a lot to be desired for the medium of a book.
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