Jim Klein's Blog – June 2007 Archive (2)

Jay Pfaffman, an instructional technology professor from the University of Tenessee recently wrote an excellent piece which appeared on the LinuxInsider site entitled, It's Time to Consider Open Source Software. As can be expected, this generated a fair…

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There has been much discussion of late about the potential of social

networking in the K-12 environment. These tools, which include

blogging, podcasting, file sharing, and RSS, as well as the "social"

structure of friendships, communities, and peers, have been said to

have the potential to transform both teaching and learning, and rightly

so. They enable creativity through easy to use tools, and encourage

collaboration and sharing.



Our district has… Continue