I just attended a workshop by two ELA teachers from a middle school in Texas that has gone almost completely digital as far as the technology and devices used to read, write, blog, and respond in all subjects. They shared projects, websites, and web based student management applications that they all use both at home and at school that truly harness the Web 2.0 platform, which I believe, is the direction of education.
Students are allowed any and all wifi enabled devices (including iPhones and iPads) to manage digital assignment organizers, upload blog posts, create and update websites, and share ideas, both in and out of school. The foundation of their strict acceptable use policy is that all postings "must be kind, must be necessary, and must be true." They prefaced their presentation with the fact that their school had one computer lab and one laptop cart two years ago, and children were not allowed to access wifi... Many of the technologies and applications that children now use effortlessly didn't even exist a couple years ago.
The projects that were shared and the level of writing that children were posting online for their school community to read was incredible. Below is a link to their website that catalogues many of the apps and web based resources they incorporate. Most are 100% free of charge.
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