Monday morning I’ll be starting my work day with a meeting with my department manager, who has invited me to talk about Web 2.0. Seems like the most logical place for a working agenda is right here inside the blogosphere.

• So if there is a Web 2.0, there must be a Web 1.0, no?!:
  • Let’s start with When Justice Failed – I still like the lesson, but clearly it’s been a while since I last updated it.
  • Preparing for last month’s NCTE ACE workshop was a snap thanks to the ACE blog that Rob Rosma created using WordPress.
  • Google Docs was a great solution for Kevin Hodgson, Beth Yeager, and me to collaboratively write the agenda for our NWP Workshop on Equity and Access.
• Better yet, I could show rather than tell by sharing a fewQuickTimes from last year’s CUE Conference (Erica, Phillip, and Bob). Not the best video quality – but the content explains the value of social networking.
• I will also draw a bit from 4 year’s worth of exploring the potential of classroom blogging to engage students in new literacies.
  • Students reading and writing beyond the school day – Always Running
  • Creating inter-generational communities – Hidden Histories
  • Connecting across geographic and socio-economic backgrounds – Youth Voices Coast to Coast
• And maybe throw in a quick look at this year’s projects:
  • Focusing on podcasting – Youth Radio
  • Using a common text to explore writing from the inside out – The Outsiders
  • Examining the power of tagging – Youth Voices
• About time to take a look at news aggregators (RSS). I’m with Paul Allison – I still like Bloglines.
• In addition to news feeds, I use social bookmarking as way to organize my use of the Internet. Even though it’s hard to spell, I like del.icio.us.

Closing thought:

“If teaching is an exchange of ideas, the ways that people convey their thoughts in this day and age — text messages, podcasts, the Internet, instant messaging — must find a place in the modern classroom.

If we don’t do it, who is going to teach our students to leverage the technologies they already use for 24/7/365 learning?” Will Richardson