The quote we were given this week comes from our textbook preface.
"In order for us to prepare our students for what is without a question a future filled with networked learning spaces, we must first experience those environments for ourselves. We must become connected and engaged in learning in these new ways if we are to fully understand the pedagogies of using these tools with students. We cannot honestly discuss twenty-first century learning skills for our students until we can make sense of them for ourselves." (Richardson, p.x)
I whole heartedly agree with the quote from the textbook: (Richardson, 2010). I agree because how can I teach my students how to properly use a tool if I don’t know how to use it myself. I know how to use many tools and those are what I teach my students.
As I become proficient with tools I teach them to my students if applicable to what they are learning. The tools help them to be 21st century learners.
I am looking forward to learning about blogging and wikis. There is much discussion about both of these tools. I am excited to learn about these tools because I am not proficient and I feel they are necessary for the 21st century learner. My fourth graders are fortunate that we received a grant and they each have a MacBook to use. I am now challenged to become proficient in tools to help them as they are becoming 21st century learners. The wikis and blogs will help my students with collaboration and
sharing work inside and outside of the classroom. They will then become learners as teachers.
Web 2.0 tools are just beginning to be talked about in our school. Teachers in 4th and 5th grade currently use Edmodo but want to learn about tools they can use. I think that using web 2.0 tools will be a slow process. Teachers need time to learn the tools before teaching the students.
In looking at the article A Day in the Life of Web 2.0, I see that the Web 2.0 tools may still be used the same way in schools today. There are many middle and high school teachers who use blogs, RSS feeds, wikis, and podcasts. The technologies mentioned in the article may have been updated but the way the teachers use the technology many times remains the same.
Many times; however, elementary school teachers are trying to catch up with the technologies.
"In order for us to prepare our students for what is without a question a future filled with networked learning spaces, we must first experience those environments for ourselves. We must become connected and engaged in learning in these new ways if we are to fully understand the pedagogies of using these tools with students. We cannot honestly discuss twenty-first century learning skills for our students until we can make sense of them for ourselves." (Richardson, p.x)
I whole heartedly agree with the quote from the textbook: (Richardson, 2010). I agree because how can I teach my students how to properly use a tool if I don’t know how to use it myself. I know how to use many tools and those are what I teach my students.
As I become proficient with tools I teach them to my students if applicable to what they are learning. The tools help them to be 21st century learners.
I am looking forward to learning about blogging and wikis. There is much discussion about both of these tools. I am excited to learn about these tools because I am not proficient and I feel they are necessary for the 21st century learner. My fourth graders are fortunate that we received a grant and they each have a MacBook to use. I am now challenged to become proficient in tools to help them as they are becoming 21st century learners. The wikis and blogs will help my students with collaboration and
sharing work inside and outside of the classroom. They will then become learners as teachers.
Web 2.0 tools are just beginning to be talked about in our school. Teachers in 4th and 5th grade currently use Edmodo but want to learn about tools they can use. I think that using web 2.0 tools will be a slow process. Teachers need time to learn the tools before teaching the students.
In looking at the article A Day in the Life of Web 2.0, I see that the Web 2.0 tools may still be used the same way in schools today. There are many middle and high school teachers who use blogs, RSS feeds, wikis, and podcasts. The technologies mentioned in the article may have been updated but the way the teachers use the technology many times remains the same.
Many times; however, elementary school teachers are trying to catch up with the technologies.