Podcasts

Podcasts seem like an extremely useful tool for both teachers and students.  It is an easy tool to master.  Technically simple for even the youngest students.  Teachers can use it to create lectures for students to listen to at home instead of using valuable classroom time.  Students can create them to communicate information they have learned.  

In my school, the Latin teacher created podcasts with her students.  They remade common songs, replacing the traditional lyrics with Latin ones.  It was a huge success.  What are some other ways podcasts could be utilized? 

Wikis

Wikis... Up to this point I had used them only very briefly. The peer group I belong to uses one, but I hadn't really embraced it. However, after using the wiki to create the ITSopedia and creating our advocacy wiki, I am very close to being won over. It seems like an ideal place to have students collaborate. It is such an easy place to publish. It doesn't have the bother of creating your own web pages, yet is adaptable for different uses.

Blogs, blogs, blogs

Our study of Web 2.0 tools begins with blogs. According to Dawn and Priscilla, blogging is "all about me." However, at this juncture, I am more interested in learning how other educators have used blogging both in their own professional growth as well as student activities.