Professions of a Silicon Valley Double-E: Using Open Source & Web 2.0 to Open young minds

Professions of a Silicon Valley Double-E

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Using Open Source & Web 2.0 to Open young minds

Steve Hargadon (Granite Bay, CA) is an ~~educator~~ educational technology consultant working to integrate computers into his classroom.. but NOT just computers, also Open Source Software, and the Participatory experience of Web2.0.

If you are interested in K-12 education, and infecting our kids with enthusiasm for engineering (or science, technology or math) you should be following his blog.. and check out the School2.0 wiki initiative too.

Labels: education, open source

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Comments:

Thanks for the nice plug... :)

I'm not actually a teacher, but an educational technology consultant with a passion for Free and Open Source Software, Web 2.0, and computers in general.

Some good links:
www.stevehargadon.com My blog
http://blog.k12opensource.com. Blog on OSS in K-12
www.k12opensource.com OS in K-12 Wiki
www.classroom20.com Web 2.0 in education social network (over 3400 members).
http://education.ning.com Using Ning social networks in education.

Take care,

Steve

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Steve Hargadon : 12:51 PM

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