What Exactly is a Blog, Anyway?

TeacherSource | learning.now . What Exactly is a Blog, Anyway? | PBS
An interesting article by Andy Carvin that discusses bloggin gin the classroom. It's meant to
help teachers who are unfamiliar with blogging, and also as a launching point to talk about things like podcasting and video blogging in the future.
I think that this might help teachers in Trinidad who are afraid to allow their students to blog as part of the course, to get more comfortable with the use of these tools.

Education Podcast Network -- The Landmark Project

Education Podcast Network -- The Landmark Project
Way cool - this is what we are talking about!

Webby awards - educational websites... are they any good

Interesting take by Andy Carvin on the 206 nominees for the Webby awards. BTW - I totally agree with Andy that sites in the education category need at this time to be looking at how to USE the web to get students involved in ONLINE learning, not just using the web in the same old ways. Community sites, tags, collections, multimedia, all these are possibilities.

TeacherSource | learning.now . Should Students be Allowed to Carry Cell Phones? | PBS

TeacherSource | learning.now . Should Students be Allowed to Carry Cell Phones? | PBS
A very interesting discussion about the use of technology in classrooms. Should students be allowed to carry cell phones to school? The parents say YES- it's about safety. The school admins say NO - it's disruptive. But then, what about looking at using the phones in the classroom? Can we not use cellphone techoogy in education as well?