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=Welcome to John Faig's EdTech Wiki= This Wiki is a companion website for my blog ([|link]). I use it to compile a list of important educational technology resources and lesson plan ideas.

Table of Contents

 * 1) Sources of Web2.0 Links (link)
 * 2) Important Educational Blogs (link)
 * 3) Professional Development (link)
 * 4) Building your Personal Learning Network/PLN (link)
 * 5) Collaboration Resources (link)
 * 6) Multimedia Resources (link)
 * 7) Advanced Ideas (link)
 * 8) Other Resources (link)
 * 9) Conferences (link)
 * 10) Lesson Plan Ideas (link)
 * 11) Acknowledgments (link)

Introductory Material

 * Slideshow of 25 "most important Web2.0 tools" ([|link])
 * 10 Important Web2.0 Technologies for Teachers ([|link])
 * and 5 Reasons You Need to Know about them ([|link])
 * Take an online class in Social Media (aka Web2.0) ([|link])
 * Excellent online course that provides an overview of classroom technologies from Virginia Tech ([|link])
 * Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning from University of Manitoba ([|link])
 * 80 videos about technology and media literacy ([|link])
 * Creating a research pathfinder for students using Web2.0 tools (link)
 * Great EdTech dashboard ([|link])
 * Web2.0 wiki ([|link])
 * Review winners of the Webbys for ideas ([|link])
 * Media Literacy for teachers and students - propper online ettiquite ([|link])
 * Encyclopedia of Educational Technology ([|link])
 * Link to iLearn online magazine issue #2 ([|link])
 * Excellent list of Web2.0 links (link)
 * Kathy Schrock's book list ([|link])
 * Bloom's Digital Taxonomy in PDF format ([|link])
 * Comprehensive list of everything from online degrees to teacher resources ([|link])
 * How to find educational resources using Google ([|link])
 * Excellent Web2.0 slides. If you can understand them, then you have arrived! ([|link])
 * Link to my important diagrams (link) NOT YET ACTIVE

Influential Videos

 * TED stands for **Technology, Entertainment, Design.** It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. It has very high-caliber speakers. ([|link])
 * Sir Ken Robinson - Do Schools Kill Creativty? ([|link])
 * Clay Shirky - How Social Media can make History ([|link])
 * Did You Know 3.0? ([|link]). Based on this original video called Shift Happens ([|link])
 * Willard Wigan discovers an __**incredible**__ talent for micro-sculpture ([|link])