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July 3, 2025
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
- Author
- Richardson, Will
- Publisher
- Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA
- ISBN
- 1412927676
- Table of Contents
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Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
ch. 1 The Read/Write Web
A New World Wide Web
Extraordinary Changes
The Read/Write Web in Education
Digital Natives
The Toolbox
Keeping Students Safe
Summary
ch. 2 Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice
Weblogs in Schools
The Pedagogy of Weblogs
Blogging Across the Curriculum
Blogs as Resources
Classroom Uses of Weblogs
Standards for the English Language Arts Sponsored by NCTE and IRA
ch. 3 Weblogs: Get Started!
Start Small
Blogging With Students
Blog Safety
Blog Software
Blogging Step-by-Step
Making a Blog Roll
ch. 4 Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All
The Challenge of Wikipedia in Schools
Wikis in Schools
Examples of Wikis in K-12 Education
Wiki Tools for Schools
Other Wiki Tools and Resources
ch. 5 RSS: The New Killer App for Educators
Setting Up an RSS Feed Reader
Finding and Adding Feeds
Using RSS Feeds in the Classroom
Combining RSS Feeds
Including RSS Feeds in Your Weblog
Reading RSS Feeds
ch. 6 The Social Web: Learning Together
Social Bookmarking Services
ch. 7 Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
Introducing Flickr
Learning With Flickr
Flickr in Practice
More Flickr Fun
ch. 8 Podcasting and Screencasting: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses
Podcasting
Podcasts and Schools
Getting Started With Podcasting
Screencasting
ch. 9 What It all Means
New Literacies
The Big Shifts
Just the Beginning
Epilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write Web
References
Further Resources
Index
This book brings teachers a bold vision and on-the-ground Monday morning practicality. It will move educators to think differently about technology’s potential for strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning. Will Richardson demystifies words like "blog," "wiki," and "aggregator" making classroom technology an easily accessible component of classroom research, writing, and learning.
This guide demonstrates how Web tools can generate exciting new learning formats, and explains how to apply these tools in the classroom to engage all students in a new world of synchronous information feeds and interactive learning. With detailed, simple explanations, definitions and how-tos, critical information on Internet safety, and helpful links, this exciting book opens an immense toolbox, with specific teaching applications for
* Web logs, the most widely adopted tool of the read/write Web
* Wikis, a collaborative Webspace for sharing published content
* Rich Site Summary (RSS), feeding specific content into the classroom
* Aggregators, collecting content generated via the RSS feed
* Social bookmarking, archiving specific Web addresses
* Online photo galleries
This book makes it possible for anyone, no matter how inexperienced, to harness this amazing technology for the classroom today! (From the Publisher)
This guide demonstrates how Web tools can generate exciting new learning formats, and explains how to apply these tools in the classroom to engage all students in a new world of synchronous information feeds and interactive learning. With detailed, simple explanations, definitions and how-tos, critical information on Internet safety, and helpful links, this exciting book opens an immense toolbox, with specific teaching applications for
* Web logs, the most widely adopted tool of the read/write Web
* Wikis, a collaborative Webspace for sharing published content
* Rich Site Summary (RSS), feeding specific content into the classroom
* Aggregators, collecting content generated via the RSS feed
* Social bookmarking, archiving specific Web addresses
* Online photo galleries
This book makes it possible for anyone, no matter how inexperienced, to harness this amazing technology for the classroom today! (From the Publisher)