I’ve been a big proponent for some time of thinking about the skills that students are learning through various technologies as the most important aspect of planning for the integration of technology in student learning.  This morning as I was sleepily browsing my Google Reader my interest was piqued as I discovered this set of five visuals that highlight the skills that underly five specific technology tools that are ripe for use in education.

• Blogging
• Wikis
• Podcasting
• Video Conferencing
• Digital Storytelling

Click through the Langwitches Blog for the downloadable set of five pdfs.

I’ve been a long-time follower of the Langwitches blog and follow Syliva on Twitter. She always has something insightful to share, and it is great to see her unique global perspective (From her About page: “I was born in Germany, raised in Argentina and am living in the United States.”)  I’m drawn to her work too, partly because of those things that we share in common.  German & Spanish & the perspective of someone born outside the USA.

Via Langwitches – “It’s Not About the Tools, It’s About the Skills” Downloads

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