Going Ape over APIs
When educators talk about Web 2.0, they often focus on the community and publishing aspects of it - social networks, blogs, user-generated content and the like. And while these tools come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, there’s often one important thing they have in common - something most educators probably haven’t heard of. It’s called an API, and it helps make the Internet the rich, interconnected ecosystem it is today.
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Filed under : Cool Tools
No Resolution Yet for Julie Amero
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about Julie Amero, the substitute teacher whose conviction on child endangerment charges was set aside after computer experts demonstrated that spyware caused her PC to display adult images in a classroom. Thirteen months after the conviction was tossed, prosecutors still haven’t dropped the case - and the local media is hopping mad about it.
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Filed under : People
PBS Teachers Embraces Social Networking and Bookmarking Tools
Visitors to the PBS Teachers website will see something new today. It’s called PBS Teachers Connect, and it’s the first step in bringing social networking to the website.
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Filed under : Cool Tools, Social Networking, Websites
Random Acts of Journalism
At the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City this week, participants discussed and debated the impact of Web 2.0 on journalism, politics and governance. For two days, I couldn’t stop asking myself: what skills should we be teaching students to make them 21st century citizens - and should teaching them to act as citizen journalists be a part of it?
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Filed under : Media Literacy, Policy
The Mystery of Grockit
A San Francisco-based startup named Grockit is working stealthily on what they call an MMOLG - a Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Game. What the game is and how educational it will be remains to be seen, but venture capitalists are throwing money at them. Something is afoot.
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Filed under : Gaming
