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__Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms__ by Will Richardson


 * Summary**: After a chapter about the Read/Write Web and how the internet has changed, the implications for education, and some thoughts about keeping kids safe, the author goes into the specifics of creating blogs, wikis, podcasts, rss feeds, using Flickr, concluding with the shifts the author perceives in education and the need for these tools to be incorporated into the classroom.
 * COWS**: This book connects to a PBS class I took this summer (Communicate and Collaborate Online), to webinars I took last year ("A Few New Things" with Joyce Valenza, "A Professional Fitness Plan: Web 2.0 Tools to Develop a Personal Learning Network" with Doug Johnson and "Redefining Literacy 2.0" with David Warlick) There is a lot of literature right now about professional learning communities....and this book points up some tools for building an effective learning community as well as applications for the classroom. It makes me wonder who the local experts are for these tools--who on campus knows a lot about them and can help me learn?
 * Application**: The most obvious application is this wiki here....but I plan for others to come. I intend to grow in this area and will be looking for teachers!