Here’s another one of those “Shift Happens” videos that can be found on the web. What I liked about this one was the focus on what should/can a 21st Century Teacher be looking at to expand their use of tools to support a more engaging classroom. This summer at Ian Juke’s workshop at NECC he made the case that no matter where a teacher is on the spectrum of technology understanding and use, all of us need to develop a habit of what he called the “Digital Diet”. Essentially part of our behavior as teachers should be to spend time ‘playing’ with new tools to gauge their effectiveness in education and become more familiar with the milieu of our own students.

He lists general categories on his site, but hasn’t developed it further yet:
Searching Tools
Audio and Video Podcasting Tools
Blogging Tools
Drawing, Charting & Mapping Tools
Photo Sharing Tools
Web Page Design Tools
Presentation Tools
RSS Tools
Social Bookmarking Tools
Social Networking Tools
Video and Video Sharing Tools
Wiki Tools
Word Processing & Productivity Tools

Here is the video