Web 2.0 and Education

I just came across two blog posts  that deal in a thoughtful way with the impact of Web 2.0 technology on education and the world at large.
1.   “Not Natives & Immigrants but Visitors and Residents” by Dave White presents this dichotomy in an insightful and useful fashion in terms of planning for distance learning [...]

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Top New Educational Web Tools for 2008-09

It’s difficult to keep on top of all the new technology tools that may be useful for both educational and personal purposes, but fortunately there are some bloggers to assist us in weeding through the possibilities.
The first list was compiled by Jane Hart of the Center for Learning & Performance Technologies.    Her top ten tools [...]

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Predicting the Future

A friend just sent a link to a presentation by computer scientist and visionary Alan Kay on the topic of predicting the future. It’s a great piece with a lot to consider. There certainly are significant implications in Kay’s observations in terms of education and the use of some of the technologies that [...]

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