A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink has been referenced in several Web 2.0 blogs. In reviewing the feeds in my Google Reader, this book was referenced by Vicki Davis, who has also been cited in this course. In the Infinite Thinking Machine feed, “Inspiration and Innovation at Googleplex” posted by Lucie deLaBruere, Vicki Davis and others shared innovative ideas for using Google tools in the classroom. The world of technology is continuously changing and as educators we need to keep abreast of the most current tools to help students communicate and collaborate with others throughout the world. On many occasions, students are utilizing the most current tools at home. In part one of her Google Teaching Academy, Vicki Davis quotes Wayne Clough “Don’t send me engineers who can be duplicated by a machine, I’m sending that to India. Give me engineers who are adaptable and can THINK across disciplines.”
FlipPals was an interesting idea found on the RSS feed of the ActivEducator Blog. Students created flipcharts and the teachers connected learners by exchanging the flipcharts with another classroom. I would love to see the student created flipcharts. I especially enjoyed the idea of the Traveling Promethean Man, similar to the traveling teddy bear or Flat Stanley. The following title was recommended “The Amazing Adventures of Flippy the Flipchart.”
