Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Review of Edutopia


As many people in the Web 2.0 are probable aware, the George Lucas Educational Foundation publishes a magazine called Edutopia. For those of you who may not be familiar with this magazine I just wanted to give you a quick review.


Edutopia investigates and analyzes a number of different facets of education. While not specifically focusing on Web 2.0 applications, it does place a heavy amount of its content in that general realm and technology in general. I think the value and the strength of this magazine comes from the wide variety of articles that have been written by other teachers; not to mention the varied topics and articles that are in every issue. For example the most recent edition has articles about stimulus money and tips on how to get students to focus in class. Unfortunately the magazine is not free... It comes with your $35 membership. With that membership however, you get access to online content and member only webinars. I personally see the $35 membership fee as a good investment in the lives of my students. Let me know what you think or if you have even seen or heard of this magazine before.