Facebook, Twitter, Google . . . today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media.

Foreword vii David Warlick Introduction 1 1 Blogs 3 Kristin Hokanson and Christian Long 2 Wikis 13 Stephanie Sandifer and Vicki A. Davis 3 Podcasts and Webinars 25 Steve Dembo and Wesley Fryer 4 RSS and RSS Readers 37 Will Richardson and Karl Fisch 5 Digital Video 45 Mathew Needleman 6 Virtual Schooling 53 Michael Barbour and Richard E. Ferdig Interlude: Social Media Is Changing the Way We Live and Learn 67 Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach 7 One- to- One Computing 75 Chris Lehmann and Pamela Livingston 8 Free and Open Source Software 83 Tom Hoffman 9 Educational Gaming 93 John W. Rice 10 Social Bookmarking 101 Dean Shareski and Mary Beth Hertz 11 Online Mind Mapping 107 Carl Anderson and Richard Byrne 12 Course Management Systems 117 Scott S. Floyd and Miguel Guhlin Interlude: See Sally Research: Evolving Notions of Information Literacy 123 Joyce Kasman Valenza and Doug Johnson 13 Online Tool Suites 137 Diana Laufenberg and Mark Wagner 14 Twitter 147 Alec Couros and Kevin Jarrett 15 Online Images and Visual Literacy 153 Kimberly Cofino and David Jakes 16 Mobile Phones and Mobile Learning 159 Liz Kolb and Sharon Tonner 17 Social Networking 173 Ewan McIntosh and Jeff Utecht Afterword 183 Christopher D. Sessums About the Editors 189 About the Contributors 191 Index 203