Students discovering online collaboration

Teachers are increasingly using blogs, Twitter, wikis, podcasting, video conferences with students.

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Remember when technology in schools meant computer labs and internet connections? New Jersey teachers and students are slowly but increasingly using the tools of Web 2.0 — the so-called second generation of the web that includes creative, collaborative, shared content.
Students are writing on wiki pages, blogging about their classroom activities, recording audio files for band practice, videoconferencing with people around the globe and chatting online about literature.
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Source: New Jersey Real-Time News