"I thought CATE Net readers might be interested in a list of what I think are the best fourteen Web 2.0 applications for Education for this year. In order to make the list, they had to be accessible to a Beginning English Language Learner and/or a teacher who did not know anything about computers except how to send an email and how to copy and paste a web address. And all relate to English:"
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/21/the-best-web-20-applications-for-education-2007/
I went to his website and blog. He and his school do some cool things--like a "home computer family literacy project" where parents and students learn English through laptops at home. It sounds like they provide WiFi and the laptops. Their district used $80,000 to do this project. I was blown away.
I went to his article, "Does Using Technology Add Value to the Classroom?" Unfortunately, he does not answer the question. Instead, he has a project for next year where he is going to teach two classes of the same content and one of them will be his usual rich teaching and the other will include technology. One thing he does say that I agree with: it's all about the teacher. I think it is how we present material and what we can get students to do (with or without technology) that makes the difference.
On the above link, he has his favorite 14 links for education. I did not go to them all. This may be another one of those things Tracy talked about in Mauro's post--my reaction of "WOW, look at all these cool links!" and indiscriminately sending them to all of you. But I was impressed and wanted to share this guy's work with all of you. Maybe there will be a link that works for each of you. Vicki
I went to his website and blog. He and his school do some cool things--like a "home computer family literacy project" where parents and students learn English through laptops at home. It sounds like they provide WiFi and the laptops. Their district used $80,000 to do this project. I was blown away.
I went to his article, "Does Using Technology Add Value to the Classroom?" Unfortunately, he does not answer the question. Instead, he has a project for next year where he is going to teach two classes of the same content and one of them will be his usual rich teaching and the other will include technology. One thing he does say that I agree with: it's all about the teacher. I think it is how we present material and what we can get students to do (with or without technology) that makes the difference.
On the above link, he has his favorite 14 links for education. I did not go to them all. This may be another one of those things Tracy talked about in Mauro's post--my reaction of "WOW, look at all these cool links!" and indiscriminately sending them to all of you. But I was impressed and wanted to share this guy's work with all of you. Maybe there will be a link that works for each of you. Vicki
