Internet Safety Statistics

Click on the link and read these statistics about the need to protect kids online: http://www.netlingo.com/statistics.cfm Then click on the link to The Top 20 Internet Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know at the bottom of the page. Did you know any of this? Are you surprised? What can we do in our classrooms to help keep our students safe when they're online?

Learn what a Wiki is with this Wiki Walk-Through from the TeachersFirst Website.

Learn about wikis and how to use them in your classroom at this site: http://teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

Stretching with Wikis will show you some practical classroom applications.

Now read this online article from 21st Century Connections to learn how to S-T-R-E-T-C-H with Wikis: http://21centuryconnections.com/node/406

These are just a few ideas. Have you seen a wiki that really stretched the boundries? One that couldn't simply be replaced by any other web page. Or have you tried any of these ideas in your own classroom? If so, please share your experiences for making the most of this ingenious tool!

Cloudware

Read the Technology & Learning magazine article at this link: http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604939

Is this an emerging technology that will catch on in the educational community? Would you want your students to have their heads in the clouds? Do you think this would open up possibilities in your classroom, school and district? Explain.

Teacher Tube

The goal of this website (http://www.teachertube.com/) is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. The site seeks to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.

Teacher Tube asks the question, "Why can't teachers, students, and schools utilize the power of the read/write web for learning?"

Find a video to review that you might utilize in a classroom setting. Put a hyperlink to the video when you post your comment and explain how you would integrate it into a lesson you might use in your classroom. Would this be a better way to deliver content, introduce a topic or review a concept? Why or why not?