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Educational Articles and Links toc This page will provide you with links to articles, blog entries, and ebooks related to Technology use in Education. Browse them at your leisure and feel free to share those you find yourself.

=Ideas for Integration of Technology=

This is a book edited by Terry Freedman that provides many many ideas for Web 2.0 projects.

=Issues Surrounding Web 2.0 Use in Schools=

Here is a [|recent blog post by Joyce Valenza] about the Digital Divide in schools.

This is a book edited by Terry Freedman that has many contributors who write about Web 2.0 issues.

Below is a link to a controversial blog entry by Karl Fisch that discusses the idea that many educators are technologically illiterate. Most interesting is the discussion that occurs in the comments section after the actual blog post, so be sure to keep reading!

[|Is It Ok to be a Technologically Illiterate Teacher?]

Also check out the [|Edublog Awards] website for the best educational blogs.

Here is a book called [|Born Digital by John Palfrey].

Below is an article written by Mark Prensky which describes the characteristics of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. The article also calls teachers to action and claims that if we are not teaching to meet the needs of the "new learners" that we are doing them a disservice.

Here is a link to a really comprehensive blog post by Doug Johnston regarding Copyright and Education. It may make you think twice about photocopying that booklet!! [|Are you the Copyright Cop?]

Related to the above article, here is a group of lessons created by Doug Johnston called [|Raising Good Citizens for a Virtual World: How Do We Help Our Children be Safe and Ethical When Using the Internet?]and here is a link to the [|CanCopy] site.

=Examples of International Standards= Below are the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Technology Standards for both teachers and students:



=Reference and Research Materials=

This online book called the [|Extreme Researcher's Internet Handbook] provides good resources for any teacher who wants to use or is already using the internet as a research tool for themselves or their students. It also has some information about Web 2.0 tools and other things of use available through the Internet.