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== = Welcome to Karen Burwell's wiki for Teaching with Technology =  ====Please join me in reflection each week as I explore effective Teaching with Technology. Each week I will add a new page to expand on topics related to technology in education. Discussion topics for each page are listed below.====

Week 1: "Developing Web 2.0 Skills" This discussion is based on Social Networking Technologies in Education by Dallas McPheeters, who states that social networking technologies become most useful after the users grow used to them. I will explore how familiarizing students with emerging Web 2.0 technologies as social and educational networking tools will prepare them to innovate new uses for those technologies.

Week 2: "Social Networking, Achievement, and Self-Esteem" In this entry, I will use evidence from Page (2002), McPheeters (2009), Schacter (1999), and Rose & Meyer (2002) to explore how the use of social networking technology in schools can increase student achievement and self-esteem.

Week 4: "Tools for Effective Cooperative Learning" New tools for learning create new opportunities for cooperative learning experiences.