Workshop 10

Cornerstones of the New Web: Blogs, Wikis and RSS

Workshop Description:

The internet is no longer a place we go to for information, but a space that allows incredible creativity and connection. Blogs, Wikis, and RSS are simple ways that allow teachers and students to publish their thoughts and information online, to collaborate with other learners around the world, and to access for no cost the latest information about virtually any topic. What does this revolution mean for you and your students?

Presenter: Clarence Fisher

Clarence Fisher has been a classroom teacher for the past 13 years. He blogs professionally at remoteaccess.typepad.com, with his class at thinwalls.edublogs.org and has spoken at conferences across North America. Clarence has won several awards, including one of Canada' highest teaching awards, the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching for his integration of technology into daily classroom life. Clarence's innovative classroom practices have been featured online, in books, magazines, and newspaper articles. He is an advocate of classroom 2.0, learning spaces that take complete advantage of the tools that are available to learners in their quest to learn rather than having school be something that is done to them.