Follow Up Homework/Read:
At no other time have teachers been so desperately grasping for proven classroom applications of IT. Teachers' use of expensive educational software has or is starting to give way to more innovative use of standard, readily available applications (Thompson, Simonson & Hargrave, 1996; Pruitt-Mentle, 2005). More recently has seen the influx of "Alternative Formats and Environments" that can be added to the teachers repertoire of technology "tools". Online learning management systems (LMS) like WebCT, Blackboard and Moddle have started to cross over from higher education and enter the K-12 arena (mostly high school). Listserves and bulletin boards have also entered into play. Educators are also starting to look at if and if so how, newer technologies like Social Networking Environments (FaceBook), Webcasts, ipods (pod casts), blogs, Wikis can play a part in the educational agenda. Still educators search for models, strategies and techniques that prove to be successful. We will use this session to explore these modes of deliver---and perhaps add insight into our own perceptions and creations as to how these can be used "successfully" in today's classroom.
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