Chapter 2: Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships

This chapter was about moving past software and everything is turning to web 2.0 tools. Alan November also talks about making our kids information & communication literate. Making sure what we teach & do with technology is meaningful & purposeful. A big piece of technology that is underused is the fax machine. To develop "fax buddies" whether it be local or global. Video conferencing is a very powerful tool to use. It is amazing to see how kids as young as preschool/kindergarten learners using this. This technology can be used with student/family & student/student local or global. E-mail is another communicative technology that needs to be utilized with students more. Again, it is something that can easily be done local & global. Many students have a hard time knowing what other students in their own country is like, let alone what different countries students are like/do.