Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Author 1. The Read/Write Web A New World Wide Web Extraordinary Changes The Read/Write Web in Education Social Learning Learners as Teachers The Toolbox Keeping Students Safe 2. Weblogs: Pedagogy and Practice Weblogs in Schools The Pedagogy of Weblogs Blogging Across the Curriculum Blogs as Resources Classroom Uses of Weblogs Standards for the English Language Arts Sponsored by NCTE and IRA 3. Weblogs: Get Started! Start Small Blogging With Students Blog Safety Blog Software Blogging Step-by-Step Adding Pictures and More to Blog Posts 4. Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All The Challenge of Wikipedia in Schools Wikis in Schools Examples of Wikis in K-12 Education Wiki Tools for Schools Other Wiki Tools and Resources 5. RSS: The New Killer App for Educators Setting Up an RSS Feed Reader Reading and Sharin Using RSS Feeds in the Classroom Combining RSS Feeds Including RSS Feeds in Your Weblog Reading RSS Feeds 6. The Social Web: Learning Together Welcome to the Twitterverse! Social Bookmarking Services 7. Fun With Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online Introducing Flickr Learning With Flickr Flickr in Practice More Flickr Fun 8. Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, Live Streaming: Multimedia Publishing for the Masses Podcasting Podcasts and Schools Getting Started With Podcasting Screencasting Live Streaming - Web TV for the Classrooms 9. What It All Means New Literacies The Big Shifts Just the Beginning Epilogue: The Classroom of the Read/Write Web References Index

About the Author

A parent of two middle-school-aged children, Will Richardson has been writing about the intersection of social online learning networks and education for the past 10 years at Weblogg-ed.com and in numerous journals and magazines such as Ed Leadership, Education Week, and English Journal. Recently, he shifted his blogging emphasis to willrichardson.com. Formerly a public school educator for 22 years, he is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice (plpnetwork.com), a unique professional development program that has mentored over 3,000 teachers worldwide in the last three years. His first book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin, 3rd Edition 2010) has sold over 80,000 copies and has impacted classroom practice around the world. His second book, Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, was released in May, 2011. His articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, EdWeek, English Journal, Edutopia, and Principal Leadership, among others, and over the past six years, he has spoken to tens of thousands of educators in more than a dozen countries about the merits of learning networks for personal and professional growth. He is a national advisory board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation and a regular columnist for District Administration Magazine. Will lives in rural New Jersey with his wife, Wendy, and his children Tess and Tucker.

Reviews

"Hits the nail on the head by emphasizing how technology can be used in ways that go beyond one-on-one student use of software programs and teachers' use of PowerPoint for presentations. The book emphasizes the collaborative work and learning that can occur when educators take advantage of all that the Internet has to offer." -- Erica Boling, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
"This is a book that I would use immediately with my preservice teachers or department if I were a K-12 supervisor. Important, though, is getting it in teachers' hands as soon as possible." -- Karen Stearns, Assistant Professor