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How are educators around the world using the internet to help enhance students’ media literacy and critical thinking skills?

Wikis, Podcasts, blogs, Digital Storytelling, Mashups, and Glogs are just a few of the ways educators can and are using web 2.0 for educational purposes. These projects emphasize critical thinking skills and integrate media literacy.

This wiki, in conjunction with my blog and professional development workshops, was created to introduce several different web-based projects and highlight successful projects that have been implemented in elementary and secondary classrooms to support content area curriculum.

The purpose of this wiki is two-fold. First, inform teachers of the variety of web-based assignments and programs that can be used for educational purposes. Secondly, address why it is so vital that educators utilize technology and web 2.0 for their classroom teaching and student learning. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, Digital Storytelling, Mashups, Glogs and Webquests are just the tip of the iceberg that teachers and students can use to address content and learning. This technology helps students develop media literacy skills and, at the same time, enhance Bloom’s Taxonomy of higher level thinking skills including evaluation, synthesis, and analysis.

The purpose of this wiki is to "stimulate thinking about teaching options, to expand the range of options teachers have at their disposal, and to enhance decision-making "(from //Understanding Teaching, Research for Better Teaching, 2009//). Please feel free to utilize any information you find helpful in this Wiki. Any questions or if you are looking for staff development for your school or organization, please contact me.