Using Computers to Engage Your Students http://flickr.com/photos/jonnny/110936654/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/forestfortrees/54148860/

photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/95036477/

“ Rather than abandoning youth to face MySpace's perceived dangers on their own, trained educators could help students use social network sites safely.” - Henry Jenkins quote: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/12/31/congress_wigs_out_over_myspace/ photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denis_m/417644613/

“… The solution to the overabundance of information is more information.” - David Weinberger, Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/04/document_visualization.html http://www.catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=282

Social Bookmarking in Plain Enlglish Video: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3e17aa176019eafac82a

BLOGS Great for posting triggers, articles, or assignments using text and multimedia Facilitates comments and discussions around the post Posts can be tagged and categorized Focus is on progress and change over time WIKIS Perfect for collaboratively building a finished product using text and multimedia Facilitates comments and discussions per page Pages can be tagged and organized hierarchically (TOC) Focus is on a complete collection of pages

BLOGS

Great for posting triggers, articles, or assignments using text and multimedia

Facilitates comments and discussions around the post

Posts can be tagged and categorized

Focus is on progress and change over time

WIKIS

Perfect for collaboratively building a finished product using text and multimedia

Facilitates comments and discussions per page

Pages can be tagged and organized hierarchically (TOC)

Focus is on a complete collection of pages

RSS In Plain English Video: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=086faafd8c122981cc82

Jeremy Price Doctoral Student in Education, Boston College [email_address] http://snipurl.com/bc-tne

Jeremy Price

Doctoral Student in Education, Boston College

[email_address]

http://snipurl.com/bc-tne