Schools get help in using Web 2.0 tools

Web 2.0 tools hold great promise for education, but they also pose a number of challenges for educators. To help teachers and administrators navigate these challenges, while also becoming "disruptive leaders" in their schools, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has released two new whitepapers as part of its recent focus on Web 2.0 and education. "Social Networking: Personalized Content, Conversations & Communities" is the latest publication in CoSN's EdTechNext series on emerging technologies for education. "How 2 B a Disruptive Technology Leader" recaps CoSN's Leadership Forum on this topic at the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference earlier this year. Both reports are available only to CoSN members.