“In the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, technology department leaders say their district is at the beginning of a new wave of thinking about technology and education using iPods for learning, curriculum that includes the use of laptop computers and even virtual classrooms for some subjects.”
http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/04/05/carrollton_leader/news/02front.txt
Here is list of documentaries that can be viewed freely online.
“Researchers at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have developed a project that uses “augmented reality” to teach students math and literacy skills. The project involves teams of students gathering data on handheld computers to explain why aliens have landed, and in the process students “interview” virtual characters they encounter at certain GPS hot spots. The researchers say the project holds great potential for engaging students and teaching high-level skills.”
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6817
“Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of ‘curriculum’ and ‘wiki’ which is the technology we’re using to make education universally accessible.”
http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book
The book has chapters by practitioner/scholars involved in the major systems components of large scale online program development, delivery and support - as well as a few theory based chapters.
Here are some links that show how blogs are being used in education:
The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/
Examples of Educator Blogs Online
http://educational.blogs.com/edbloggerpraxis/collaborative_blog/
Blogosphere
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/
“This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. Such a project requires a multidisciplinary approach, and contributions represent perspectives from Rhetoric, Communication, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, among others
From the Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1206/p11s01-legn.html
“For all the schools and parents who have together invested billions to give children a learning edge through the latest computer technology, a mammoth new study by German researchers brings some sobering news: Too much exposure to computers might spell trouble for the developing mind.”
Interesetd in creating collaborative concept maps with students? Have a look at: