BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS, and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (Chapter One “The Read/Write Web”)

In this chapter we can find that the internet was intended to be a medium where people could not only read information but to share it. At first only those that could write the html code were able to make their information available for others to read.  In the last few years with wikis and blogs, anyone with an internet connection can publish on the web. Most students have grown up with this technology and are “Digital Natives” and most teachers did not grow up with this technology and are “Digital Immigrants”. Fortunately it is easy to learn to use these new tools. These tools include but are not limited to:

•  Weblogs

• Wikis

• Rich Site Summary(RSS)

• Aggregators

• Social Bookmarking

• Online Photo Galleries

• Audio/video-casting

 Also this chapter explain how to teach students what to do when they come across a site that is inappropriate.  It is also a requirement that Parental Permission is given.