Description
Book SynopsisFacebook, Twitter, Google. today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media.
Table of ContentsForeword vii
David Warlick
Introduction 1
1 Blogs 3
Kristin Hokanson and Christian Long
2 Wikis 13
Stephanie Sandifer and Vicki A. Davis
3 Podcasts and Webinars 25
Steve Dembo and Wesley Fryer
4 RSS and RSS Readers 37
Will Richardson and Karl Fisch
5 Digital Video 45
Mathew Needleman
6 Virtual Schooling 53
Michael Barbour and Richard E. Ferdig
Interlude: Social Media is Changing the Way We Live and Learn 67
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
7 One- to- One Computing 75
Chris Lehmann and Pamela Livingston
8 Free and Open Source Software 83
Tom Hoffman
9 Educational Gaming 93
John W. Rice
10 Social Bookmarking 101
Dean Shareski and Mary Beth Hertz
11 Online Mind Mapping 107
Carl Anderson and Richard Byrne
12 Course Management Systems 117
Scott S. Floyd and Miguel Guhlin
Interlude: See Sally Research: Evolving Notions of Information Literacy 123
Joyce Kasman Valenza and Doug Johnson
13 Online Tool Suites 137
Diana Laufenberg and Mark Wagner
14 Twitter 147
Alec Couros and Kevin Jarrett
15 Online Images and Visual Literacy 153
Kimberly Cofino and David Jakes
16 Mobile Phones and Mobile Learning 159
Liz Kolb and Sharon Tonner
17 Social Networking 173
Ewan McIntosh and Jeff Utecht
Afterword 183
Christopher D. Sessums
About the Editors 189
About the Contributors 191
Index 203
