Well, I am taking this really cool class with some other people from TEP called Authorship in the Digital Age with Marielle Palombo. I thought it would be a real shame if everyone didn't know how awesome she is and how amazing the stuff we talk about in class is. The class focuses on using Web 2.0 Media (W2M - abbreviation thanks to Jacob) in the classroom (For those as technologically behind as I am, it means using the web for communication, rather than to simply present information - correct me if I am mistaken, fellow web authors).
We basically talk about using this media (blogs, discussion forums, wikis, even AIM) to, not only engage our students, but to assist them in the process of authorship (which extends beyond writing). I wanted to throw the idea out to all of you to see if you have had any experience with using this type of media in your classrooms, or to simply hear what you think about this whole move toward technology in the classroom???
I started my first ever blog today. My mentor teacher and I are going to use it for extra credit. I think, for now, I am going to allow students to type and post the active reading notes that they do nightly to share with the class as well as post blogs of my own, where students can comment on questions I pose to create an online discussion of sorts.
Anyway, what better place than a teaching blog to start a conversation about this sort of thing... Any ideas?
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I think using web 2.0 media is great, but I would be more likely to use it, I think, if all students had equal access to the internet. I think even though a lot of my students have access to the internet on their cell phones, I don't know if they would post to blogs from their phones--but of course that is not to say they wouldn't. Where I could see the danger of w2m is if the blog (or whatever tool) was used to convey pertinent information that would not be otherwise conveyed in class, and then the possibility arising of not all students being able to get that information.
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