Excursion Island

I read the Horizon Report with great interest. Technology is changing constantly and this report explained technology trends over the next 5 years. One of the most important emerging trends that will influence schools is how students interact with the Internet. Already in Japan 75% of users use mobile devices as their primary interaction with the Internet. This report confirms the idea that we need to find a way to include the use of  mobile devices like mobile phones and tablet computers as well as electronic book readers into the classroom. That doesn't mean we need to get rid of classroom computers or books. We need to have both.

Cool Tools for School was my favorite Web 2.0 tool in the list. I enjoyed the Dogonews, fodder for young minds site. http://www.dogonews.com/ The site had a lot of good articles sorted by topics. It had articles like "Got stinky feet? Mosquitoes will love you!", "J.K. Rowling unveils 'Pottermore'" and "If The World Was A Village Of 100 People...". 

I think the Slide Share tool worked well. I can see administrators and teachers using this tool to show their Powerpoint presentations.

One of the favorite websites we use at the library is Tumblebooks. This site has a lot of books that you can read in the library and students can read at home. We don't have a very large book budget and this is a way we expand our library. It is inexpensive to subscribe to the site and well worth it. http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp

I had fun making a Tagxedo about the class.