Abel,

I do not believe it would gain credit any time soon. Yes, there are a few MOOC's that have gain a foot hold on academia but the majority of them fall short of the mark. I have to mention that MOOC'S do have a huge enrollment population but also have a huge amount of users that do not complete the MOOC courses. A few months ago, I completed a MOOC course and I did learned more from other students in that course than I did from the instructors. I have to add that I did not have any interaction with any of the instructors in the course. This is what the majority of the end users have to realize beforehand because you are basically on your own with very little guidance or support.

Jose, I think you have stumbled on the next big thing since Apple IPad. Google is at the forefront of all new technologies and I do thing implementing Google play in education is a good move for any parent that wants to provide their child with additional tools.

Click below to see the video!

http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html


Sir Ken Robinson clearly states that educational reform does not work and we should embrace an educational revolution. Do you agree or disagree and why?
If you agree, what are you currently doing to bring change to your classroom ?

Jose,
I agree with you what was popular twenty years ago cannot be used in today's tech savvy society. Using technology in the classroom is longer optional it is a necessity. That been said, I think Sir Robinson vision of a revolution is flipping the entire educational system upside down and starting from scratch. In my opinion it should start with the way we grade our kids in the classroom.The current system does not provide an accurate reflection of the students course work.

Amanda,
Well said Amanda! And thank you for your comments you are dead on when you stated developing their talents and strengths and not the standard. You reminded me of a close friend of mine who started college the same time I did a several years ago. After a few semesters my friend decided that college was not for him and dropped out of college. Later on after a few years of odd jobs he then decided to enroll into mechanic technician school and finished his degree. He is currently working for an offshore company in Louisiana making a very good living. My friend was always mechanically inclined and worked well with his hands and could fix just about anything that was broken. I was reflecting on the fact that If he would have developed his strength and talents early on from the beginning of his career no time would have been wasted pursing another career not suite for him.

I have used Survey monkey, Google Docs, Blogger , WordPress, Video scribe and several other web 2.0 tools with students and with my co-workers as well. I can tell you Video Scribe is by far the one I use the most. I like it because it is easy to use and people have reacted positively to the video Scribe videos. My current boss really like the video I develop for the department. I have developed other videos using camtasia but it is not as engaging as Video Scribe so say my students when I evaluated them.

Martin,
I have also used WordPress but I feel Blogger is easier to use than WordPress. I guess it depends on the reasons you are using either application or what outcomes would like to address or showcase. I agree that Blackboard is a little more complicated than students would like it to be.