I agree with Richardson’s (2010) premise that we must experience things for ourselves before we can fully understand how to implement them with our students. While his statements are specific to technology, I believe that this applies to everything we teach to our students. As educators, regardless of the subject we teach, we should constantly be learning new techniques and strategies that we can practice for ourselves and then bring into our classrooms.
In the readings about Web 2.0 I can see the potential for using different digital tools to keep the school as a whole more connected. Warlick (2006) described how different digital tools, such as podcasts, wikis, and blogs, keep the teachers informed of what is going on around the school. These tools allow them to collaborate and make connections for the students between the different subject areas.
After looking through the course syllabus and completing the readings on Web 2.0, the digital tools I am most looking forward to learning about are those that allow me to send the information we are learning in class home with the students for further practice. I loved the idea in Warlick’s article about recording parts of class for students to be able to listen to later as podcasts. I am also looking forward to learning more about Voicethread, Edmodo, YouTube, and class wikis.
My initial thought about Web 2.0 and its role in teaching today’s students is that there is a lot of potential to reach students this way. Most of our students are already using these types of tools (in many cases they are probably more knowledgeable about them than we are) and are used to sending and receiving information digitally. Using these tools can help make what we teach them in school more connected to their lives outside of school and ultimately their lives beyond school.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for
Classrooms. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oak, California: Corwin.
Warlick, D. (2006). A Day in the Life of Web 2.0. Technology and Learning Magazine.
Retrieved January 18, 2014, from http://sddial.k12.sd.us/events/laptop_institute/
Files/monday/warlick_harnessing_the_new_shape_of_information.pdf
In the readings about Web 2.0 I can see the potential for using different digital tools to keep the school as a whole more connected. Warlick (2006) described how different digital tools, such as podcasts, wikis, and blogs, keep the teachers informed of what is going on around the school. These tools allow them to collaborate and make connections for the students between the different subject areas.
After looking through the course syllabus and completing the readings on Web 2.0, the digital tools I am most looking forward to learning about are those that allow me to send the information we are learning in class home with the students for further practice. I loved the idea in Warlick’s article about recording parts of class for students to be able to listen to later as podcasts. I am also looking forward to learning more about Voicethread, Edmodo, YouTube, and class wikis.
My initial thought about Web 2.0 and its role in teaching today’s students is that there is a lot of potential to reach students this way. Most of our students are already using these types of tools (in many cases they are probably more knowledgeable about them than we are) and are used to sending and receiving information digitally. Using these tools can help make what we teach them in school more connected to their lives outside of school and ultimately their lives beyond school.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for
Classrooms. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oak, California: Corwin.
Warlick, D. (2006). A Day in the Life of Web 2.0. Technology and Learning Magazine.
Retrieved January 18, 2014, from http://sddial.k12.sd.us/events/laptop_institute/
Files/monday/warlick_harnessing_the_new_shape_of_information.pdf