Chapter 9 in “Web 2.0: new schools, new tools”, focused on where we are now as far as technology is concerned and what direction we should be heading in. It states that 40 percent of American households either do not have a computer or internet access. This is unacceptable. How can we have our students [...]
The reading this week were Chapter 6 from the textbook and “New Va. law: Teach web safety
Virginia now requires educators to teach the perils of online predators” article by Robert Brumfield, Assistant Editor, eSchool News.
The topic was about the role of adminstrators in integrating technology into the schools. The article tells that school systems must develop internet [...]
This week’s reading talked about professional development and teaching digital natives (kids who grew up with technology).
As far as professional development is concerned with information literacy it has to be a continuing effort, not something that is talked about once a year or so. The teachers also need to incorporate the technology into the classroom [...]
This week’s reading was from Chapter 4 in Web 2.0: “New tools, new schools”. This chapter was filled with tons of ideas on how to incorporate Web 2.0 tools into the classroom. Here’s just a tiny sliver of what they mentioned.
Blog Ideas:
· Journals
· Daily log of activities
· Way to brainstorm and get feedback
Wiki Ideas:
· [...]
Chapter 3, in “Web 2.0: new tools, new schools” is loaded with ideas and sources of help to make a classroom more interactive with the new technology that is out there. This chapter covers almost all web tools that are out there to use and it also give a description of what they are and [...]
So, I just finished reading Chapter 2 in “Web 2.0: new tools, new schools” by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum. The material in this chapter really wasn’t a surprise to me. They say that the students we teach today are the technology generation, well I must fall between them and the “do it the old [...]
Here’s my Twitter address: http://twitter.com/ChristineBounds
Should be fun!
Here’s the link to my social bookmarking site: http://ikeepbookmarks.com/Christine_Bounds
Not too much there yet, but I’ll work on getting more there. Enjoy!
Here’s my wiki address: http://washdigitallit.wikispaces.com
There’s not much there now, but I’ll get it going shortly!
This week, we read Chapters 1 & 7 in “Web 2.0 new tool, new schools”. Chapter 1 basically emphasized the oppurtunities Web 2.0 gives to everyone. As teacher’s we need to be able to give students the most recent tools available to prepare them for challenges and to make them competitive. The new tools that are available easily [...]