Blogs, Wikis, Pdocasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms written by Will Richardson, will be the main text throughout, at least the beginning portion of, our class this semester. Discussion last week served as a very good appetizer to wet my interests toward the main meal of these readings.
I feel that because of my youth I'm in general technologically literate, the second I walked into any of my practicum or student teaching sites, I was used to trouble shoot any sort of computer glitch the teachers may have been experiencing. However, by just reading these few short chapters, I realize there is a world of Internet connections I know nothing about. I use google or wikipedia to answer quick questions, I'm a facebook and youtube user, I've been on friend's Flicker accounts, but I had never actually blogged, or realized the vast implication the Read/Write Web would mean for my future teaching.
I feel fortunate to be a moderate user of technology as education makes this shift into new literacies. I worry for other generations who struggle to integrate basic computer use into their daily lives, let alone their classroom. I hope the best for all life-long-learners to see the usefulness of these paradigm shifts.
I'm excited to learn more and be able to find the uses for a generation of collaborative, yet consumer savvy students in the future.
My first blog ever! :-)
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