Threshold Magazine
Summer 2007

The Summer 2007 issue of Threshold: Exploring the Future of Education features articles focused on innovation and change for the 21st century, produced in partnership with the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF).

	From Web 2.0 to School 2.0? Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel explore how making room for student collaboration and interactivity opens schools to the possibilities and potentials offered by Web 2.0.
	Rules for the Social Web Real dangers do exist in the Web 2.0 world—most often from what young people put there themselves. Doug Johnson offers policies for schools to consider.
	Teaching the ’Net Generation Linda Polin looks at how Web 2.0 applications can find a home in the classroom without compromising their essential character of engaged community.
	Weaving a Web of Responsibilities Kids may be facile users of technology, but do they have the necessary knowledge and skills to take best advantage of Web 2.0?
	WEB EXTRA: Additional information and talking points for "Weaving a Web of Responsibilities" graphic.
	Digital Ethics: a Threshold Forum Jay Bansbach, danah boyd, Terry Clark, Ann Flynn, and Tim Lauer talk about the challenges of shaping student behavior in a world of Web-based interaction.
	WEB EXTRA: Podcast recording of the Threshold Forum.
	Legal Limits and Moving Targets As technology becomes more deeply embedded in life inside and outside the classroom, Aimée Bisonette helps administrators anticipate and create appropriate school policy.
	Departments
	Explorations Education, Ethics, and Web 2.0: Cable in the Classroom’s Helen Soulé and the George Lucas Educational Foundation’s Milton Chen on teaching the most tech-savvy, connected generation of students.
	About Threshold Who we are, what we do, and why.
	In Focus Social networking, the scope of the social Web, and more.