Ed Tech / Web 2.0 Articles

Image via Wikipedia

Here are a few ed tech articles I came across this week:

• House OKs record $142 Billion for Education
• Web 2.0: What does the future hold for schools?
• Microsoft, Intel and Cisco say Global, 21st Century Assessments are Key to Student Success
  
  

Here are a few Web 2.0 articles I read this week:

• Why Facebook won't steal Twitter's Thunder
• Facebook and Twitter - No One is Dying
• Most popular Twitter clients...
• Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools (ISTE)
  
  

Here is a blog entry by Chris Dawson @ ZDNet - discussing the same topic I did a few weeks ago:

• Textbooks? Textbooks? We don't need no stinkin textbooks (Dawson / ZDNet)
• e-Textbooks vs. Textbooks (Son / CIO Corner)
• Textbooks? Are they relevant? (McMillen / Techucation)
  
  

It is back to the grind for the MCSD this week after 9 days of battling the Ice Storm of '09. All services have finally been fully restored. Thanks to all for checking on us during this time.

JDS | CIO

Related articles by Zemanta

• Transforming Education to Give Every Child Access to Quality 21st-Century Instruction (twidox.com)