Wow! Those videos were shocking! (not in a bad way) It's really scary thinking of the challenges we face in education and in the world in general. As I was reading the article, "A Day in the Life of Web 2.0," my head started to spin. I couldn't really wrap my mind around all of the scenarios because I've yet to experience many of the things mentioned (or if I have, I didn't realize it!).
I've listened to my co-worker Patty talk about working on her Moodle and wiki for high school Science curriculum, so it seems we are going in the right direction. I've only really experienced life on elementary campuses, and in my opinion most elementary schools are way behind where we should be with regard to Web 2.0 and 21st century learning. There are still many teachers who don't check their email daily, yet teachers should be leading students in how to use web 2.0 in their learning and in their lives.
In elementary Science, we are already using a few of the web 2.0 technologies. We have a Dropbox for curriculum writers, and I love it! Gone are the days of saving files to thumb drives and keeping up with them. Gone are the days of having to print everything out so everyone has access to a copy! We can just put it in the Dropbox for easy access. And on top of that, you don't have to be in the district network for access, so you can work from home if needed! Yea!
I'm excited about podcasts. I just dipped my toe into that pool last summer when I took a podcasting class. It opens up so many doors for staff development, not to mention what can be done with them on the student level.
I have a question about the article: Was this a real scenario, or just an "ideal" one? If it was real, I want to know where they are doing this, especially on an elementary campus.
I believe it is just an "ideal" situation. Obviously, there would be no way to implement all those web2.o tools at the same time. However, a few could be used and then built upon.
ReplyDeleteI know our campus, which is a secondary campus, will be required to use both blogs and google docs next year. Each are fairly simple, but can be added to in the future.
I was also wondering if this was a "real" scenario, or just an "ideal" scenario :-)
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to include all of these goodies in our everyday teaching life, but it just seems so overwhelming! I have told myself that I will take this one day at a time... the rest will fall into place!