Thing #8

I have never thought much about sharing photos online. As long as the photos are appropriate and you have the consent of anyone in the picture, sharing photos online is not a bad thing. They can be shared with many more people than a printed copy and can be used for things such as what I am doing with this blog. Flickr and Flickr mashups are things that can be used in the classroom to interest students. Clockr could be used to make learning how to tell time more exciting for students and mappr could be used to peak their interest about the world. Sharing photos can be a beneficial thing if used properly.

Thing #6

Pandora radio: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10236913-29.html?tag=mncol
I liked the Pandora Radio website. I think that it could be used in a classroom. It has all kinda of music on it and suggests music that is similar to what you have selected. With this feature you could constantly be introduced to new music for your classroom, especially in a elementary setting. Children love to dance and sing and hearing new music would excite them.

Diigo.com: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10236992-29.html?tag=mncol
Diigo would be very useful to a teacher or a student and his or her parents. Diigo is full of websites suggested by people to help make learning a little easier and more fun for students. It has an easy search method which makes it easy to find what a person may be looking for.

Thing #5

I think that the author of “Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators” described very well how education needs to keep up with technology. The younger generation uses the internet and other technology to communicate with one another. Technology has made the world work at a faster pace and it is important that education can keep up with that. To me School 2.0 is a way of education adapting to how the world has changed do to technology. All of the resources once used in schools are becoming obsolete. A student no longer needs to go to the library to research a topic for a paper or for any other assignment. It is all at the tip of their fingers and a click of a button. For schools to adapt to the rapidly growing use of technology is very important. Technology allows things to be transmitted to students faster and allows them to participate in things that they would not otherwise have been able to do without technology.