As we try to help our students and teachers understand the importance of information literacy, it’s often a difficult task to visual the future. Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson have created a history of media video from 2015. It begins in the late 1980′s as the internet as a public media begins. It proposes some interesting possiblities about the future...

When your seven year old wants her own website, what do you do? Check out marthastories.blogspot.com

Kathy Cassidy and her blogging grade ones are working closely with another grade one class to get them started blogging. Be sure to head over to Kathy’s class and Keith’s class and leave a comment to encourage these young writers. First graders helping other first graders drink the blog koolaid…”that’s what I’m talkin’...

Bubble Share has been making the rounds throughout the blogosphere. While it’s tough to beat flickr, it rivals SlideStory. The ability to add narration and doing it so easily makes it a worth a look. Made this one in about 5 minutes. This album is powered...

Not that I’ve extensive experiences with CMS but my reading and limited experience has turned me off of Blackboard for a number of reasons. In particular its lack of use of web 2.0 tools including RSS. Our province has purchased its rights for any teachers. Many have taken advantage of it both for online classes and for traditional class webpages. I...

After my presentation on storytelling, I touched on Creative Commons as a resource for teachers. Wes Fryer does a great job simplying its benefits for students and teachers. Copyright and intellectual property issues are complex and often ambiguously defined. Unfortunately, it does not appear that copyright law in the United States is going to change substantially in...