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Direct linkHolcomb, Lori B.; Beal, Candy M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
This paper focuses primarily on the integration of Web 2.0 technologies into social studies education. It documents how various Web 2.0 tools can be utilized in the social studies context to support and enhance teaching and learning. For the purposes of focusing on one specific topic, global connections at the middle school level will be the…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Studies, Social Networks, Information Technology
Swan, Gerry – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
While blogs, wikis and many other Web 2.0 applications can be employed in learning settings, instruction is not the primary purpose for these tools. The educational field must actively participate in the definition and development of what repurposed or new Web 2.0 applications means in educational settings. One way of viewing this needed…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Formative Evaluation, Internet
Atkinson, Tom – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Second Life[TM], or simply SL, was developed at Linden Lab, a San Francisco-based corporation defined by its creators as "an online society within a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, where they can explore, build, socialize and participate in their own economy." With over 14 million residents in the SL virtual community,…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Social Networks, Technological Advancement, Higher Education
