Web 2.0: Enhancing Education Through Technology

Sara Ring's poll provokes thinking about how assessment methods might be evolving to include information literacy. Interesting posts follow the poll results, which at the time I retrieved this URL showed Yes ahead of No. The most votes went to Maybe.

I think the choices in the poll are interesting--Yes, No or Maybe. I thought the distribution of answers would be a little different. About 50% maybe seemed to be a lot. This article made me think a lot about what I would do.

This is an exciting article about a project that encourages young people into STEM careers through weekend and summer courses in computer game design. The program uses mentoring and collaboration to teach Game Design.

For STEM education, this is an exciting opportunity for students. I have had a couple student go after game design careers and have been successful. I was interested to read about the support that is built into the program (mentors) and the collaboration to help teach design. My former students have told me that is how they like to learn the design is through collaboration with fellow students in the class they are in.

This article is something I did not think about. Professors need to learn how to properly run an on-line class. Interesting topic.

An interesting article about persevering when implementing group work into your classroom. A good reminder that the teacher and students can struggle with collaboration and that at times adjustments must be made.

A good article that describes many of the potential pitfalls with PBL's. I personally try to use them as a tool in class. It made me think about how to use Web 2.0 tools with PBL's in the future. Andrew's last point was a great reminder as well.

This is a very helpful site for evolution education. It is helpful for students and educators alike.

This is an excellent resource for evolution for both teachers and students. There are some short videos and activities that are very good for teachers.

Nice comparison of web 1.0 and web 2.0. My, have things changed fast for me over the years.

I thought this was an interesting posts. Some books I might have guessed topic-wise. Other topics surprised me a little. I enjoyed the post

Wallwisher is great for brainstorming. Get the thoughts out there and then arrange them later. Do this as fast as you can with the kids no boundaries just get the thought out!!!

I really enjoyed this article because it addresses the practical application of technology in the classroom and how, as a teacher, we can maximize student time when using Web 2.0

Nice tips to keep the computer lab time as efficient as possible.

This article talks about how using social networking tools with current events allows students to see multiple perspectives.

This is a nice thing that someone put together. It categorizes today's web 2.0 websites into a Bloom's Taxonomy of thinking.

I really liked this and printed out to give me some ideas about the Web 2.0 Tools. I enjoyed the organization of this with the Blooms taxonomy.

Great site! So much information in one place.

This is an article about how a magazine called Cooks Source used an article without permission. When the author complained Cooks Source response was "So, to sum up: everything on the Internet is in the public domain and can be copied and freely used by anyone, and if someone copies your work and fixes it up for you, you should thank them."

the above url provides a link to a website called: http://edu.critiqueit.com/ Here you can post articles and invite people to read them and give input. sounds like a great resource for virtually any high school class.

A study showing the positive effect of online discussion in tandem with traditional coursework models.

This article talks about ways teachers are trying to incorporate cell phone usage in class in a positive way. There are some great examples in this article--

I have tried a couple times having students use the phones they have for research in class to supplement the computers we have available.

Using Web 2.0 tools to be more competitive in the sales industry. It got me thinking how to use it in the education business as well.

This article is looking at how schools can involve parents in schools better. It asks schools to think about how welcoming their school really is to parents.

Parent participation is sooo important to student success. When the parents are involved, students tend to be motivated and engaged. It is our job as educators to keep the parents connected. They have to feel welcomed to participate.

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This article relates to earlier comments that some of us have been discussing on the bookmark, "Degrees, Distance, Dollars."