Ready-to-use Tools from ELI: Educause Learning Initative
Posted August 27, 2007 · by Melissa T. · in web 2.0
I happened upon the 7 Things You Should Know About… series a while ago and shared the handouts about Blogs, Instant Messaging, Facebook and Social Bookmarking at some of the conference presentations that touch on Web 2.0. ELI continues to produce two-sided pdf handouts about new technologies and has even begun to revisit some of the applications covered previously to update the documents. Despite the fact thatt the target audience for these resources is higher education, the handouts are very relevant to K-12 teachers interested in Web 2.0 applications.
In addition to the 7 Things You Should Know About… series there are also some resources for delivering professional development in timely topic areas like Information Literacy and Net Gen Students as well as some guides to specific technologies like blogging or podcasting. (I wonder if we could use this for the pre-conference workshops in October?) The ELI Discovery Tools are action-oriented, modifiable, modular activities and the site offers screen cast overviews of the various topics. These items require a username and password to access but as UNC-Chapel Hill staff we are members of EDUCAUSE — register by creating an EDUCAUSE profile for full access.
