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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms |  | Author: Will Richardson
Publisher: Corwin Press
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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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 Awesome Book For Classroom Teachers June 25, 2006
Janice Powell (New York)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I'm not someone who necessarily "loves" technology, but with so many of my high school students using blogs and just spending so much of their time on the Internet, I decided to get up to speed. This book was recommended to me by friends who had seen the author speak, and I have to say that I'm simply amazed by how well this book lays the groundwork for these technologies and how clearly it points the way to get started. I've decided to start a blog to use as a place to reflect about my teaching, and I'm already looking forward to this fall to try some of the other great ideas in the book. Whatever you do, don't believe the one negative review in this list. This book is aimed at classroom educators who need to start understanding how important the Web is becoming to all of us. It's a great book, one that every single teacher should read.
Worth every penny March 29, 2006
Chris Champion (Harrisburg, PA United States)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Note: while there are some spoilers here, I will deliberately LEAVE THINGS OUT so you will have no choice to read his great book. I could not put it down and I learned so much, even though I've been Podcasting since September and Blogging (sort of) for two years.
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson is a great resource for any teacher or instructional technologist who wants to integrate technology into the classroom. Will begins by quoting Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web - the vision was that it was a "read-write web" - with web users not only collecting information but creating it as well. In his book, Will gives many examples of how to do this:
Blogs: great for class portals, an online filing cabinet, e-portfolios... but better: a collaborative space for students and teachers to react to questions and scenarios - all online where Will has arranged for his students to meet authors or students from other schools to discuss a topic. Student writing becomes authentic, relevant. Will recommends that teachers blog themselves before introducing blogs to their students (just like a teacher of writing should be a writer himself, or a reading teacher should read on her own). Will dedicates an entire chapter to "getting started" with blogs - with juicy tips and tricks, as well as resources for new bloggers.
Wikis: after a discussion of the origin of the wiki (wiki-wiki - Hawaiian for "quick") and a discussion of the most well-known wiki, Wikipedia, Will discusses the uses for wikis in school: you can create an online text for your classroom, a lesson plan exchange for teachers, and he gives a good introduction to creating your own wiki using PBWiki.
RSS: OK- this is where my brain began to melt. I was blown away by the difference between what I THOUGHT RSS was good for and all of the ideas that Will has for them. To quote his chapter on RSS: "I think it's the one technology that you should start using today, right now, this minute. And tomorrow, you should teach your students to use it." After reading this chapter I did, and I will. Seriously. This chapter was an epiphany for me.
Podcasts: amateur radio, with lots of possibilities. There are many resources given in his book but the Education Podcast Network is the best known and a great place to start. Will gives some great tips on software to use like Audacity - and how to use Skype to record interviews (using software from http://www.powergramo.com ).
I hate to sound like PBS's Reading Rainbow, but if you want to find out more, you really should buy and read his book. It is very well written, organized, and is an invaluable resource for any teacher willing to try technology in their classroom.
What's the big deal about Web 2.0? June 13, 2006
Tracy Fowler (Vernon Hills, IL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've dabbled with blogs and wikis for about a year now, but can honestly say I didn't see why everyone in Educational Technology was getting so excited. Now I understand! Will Richardson quickly turned me into a Read/Write web evangelist! He gives wonderful recommendations for good tools, excellent examples of use and a steady stream of ideas for how to best utilize these POWERFUL tools in classrooms.
The book is a quick read, written by someone with a blog mentality. A chapter might take 20 minutes to read, but the additional, fabulous collection of well-research links takes another two hours to explore!
tomorrow professor -- thumbs up June 24, 2006
M. Spencer (NM)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is a great introduction to web 2.0 and some of the cool tools available. It has up-to-date information that allows the neophite to get up and running in no time. I have told many of my fellow ed majors about this book. It is a must for the bookselves of those studying to be our children's new teachers. Dive right in--the water's fine!
Student work that transcends classroom walls March 29, 2006
Paul A. Baker (Madison, Wis., US)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
"The social connections that students are now making on the Web, the ability to share and contribute ideas and work, the new expectation of collaboration, the ability to truly extend the walls of our classrooms. . . these ideas are at the core of the Read / Write Web," says Will Richardson. "As educators, it's imperative we understand the implications of these capabilities for our classrooms."
A classroom teacher for more than 20 years, Richardson recently integrated weblogs, RSS, and related internet technologies into his curricula and is now an evangelist for the teaching and learning potential in what he calls "the Read / Write Web."
In "Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms," Richardson shares first hand classroom experience of how the read / write web opens up new possibilities for students to learn from each other and from authors and scientists and other professionals.
Blogging is fun, but student work can still be held to high standards. Richardson evaluates the quality of student blogging in terms of the intellectual depth of the posts, the effectiveness of the writing, the level of reflection regarding the ideas expressed, and the willingness to contribute to and collaborate with the work of others.
Richardson does not sidestep the risks involved in the opening up students and their work to the world via the Web. He explains how to create and communicate policies for security and safety. For teachers hesitant to begin using classroom weblogs and wikis Richardson suggests that a good entry point is to build a class portal to communicate information about the class and to archive course materials.
Students love an audience, and that potential online audience is one of he most important aspects of the read / write web. "The idea that the relevance of student work no longer ends at the classroom door can not only be a powerful motivator but can also create a significant short in the way we think about the assignments and work we ask of our students in the first place," he says.
"Teachers are tapping into the potential of a World Wide Web that is a conversation, not a lecture, where knowledge is shaped and acquired through a social process, and where ideas are presented as a starting point for dialogue, not an ending point."
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