Geek's Guide to teaching in the modern age

This article offered so many great ideas for teachers who want an interactive, communicative classroom. I paraticularly like the section the author provided on helping students decide what is a credible site. Teaching students to decode site addresses would be an extremely helpful tool as they must do more and more research. My husband uses Skipe all the time since he travels quite a bit. I hope to see more teahers using these tools in their classrooms!

Make Way For Wikis

This is exciting! I definitely think there is a place for wikis in the high school setting. Students and teachers could share ideas, comments and edit work. I liked Wales' comment about Wikipedia providing students an opportunity to talk to students about reliability. The North Carolina teacher who set up the teacher's Lounge was excellent as well. I think media specialists have an opportunity here to bring the school together with a wiki.