I believe the web 2.0 technologies are useful in the classroom are blogs, which allow teachers to have control and monitor students. It could allow the teacher to be able to post reminders and updates from students to see. Wiki's allows student to collaborate with other students on projects while engaging them to build relationships with others. Depending on the grade level twitter can be useful in the class by providing a networking based for students to follow authors, public figures and to be able to talk to a direct source according to the podcast. I believe diigo can be used to support teacher professional development because it would allow the teacher the ability to keep her sources organized. Twitter also can be used for teacher professional development because it allows teachers to connect with other and exchange ideas.
A web 2.0 tool that I find interesting is Library Thing. It is a social media web application. The website allows you to catalog your books online. It Is free for the first 200 titles but after that you have to option to upgrade your membership. It tracks books, music, movies that website gives you access to the Library of Congress, the six national amazon sites and different libraries worldwide. I would use Library Thing to save any sources that I would like to students or colleagues to see because the website allows me to save sources by tags that would make it easy to use compared to other websites.
The biggest technological advancement in Chapter 12 that holds the biggest promise for education is Gesture-based multi-touch display. Most kids have smartphones that use gesture computing. Combining multi-touch technology with education offers a new level of human computer interaction. This can be extremely beneficial to students who are kinesthetic learners. It would also allow students to solve real world problems with a pinch or a swipe. This could also engage students more than just hearing lectures or taking notes. Since I would like to teach social science According to Chapter 12, this would give me the opportunity to make It possible to manipulate the real world in ways that were previously only conceptualized.
I love that you explained the way different technology works for different grade levels, such as Twitter and blogs. It will be more beneficial for middle school and high school levels to use these tools, rather than a first grade student!
ReplyDeleteStudents in my department made an educational game using the Oculus rift combined with gesture control. It was so cool! I saw it at DigiTech last year. If you get a chance to go next March, do it! It's free and on campus.
ReplyDeleteI thought the gesture based technology was a promising technology too. I know it could be a very helpful tool to those students that learn the best by moving and feeling things.
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