The readings on Web 2.0 have been enlightening as I have come from a school where ICT was almost non-existent and challenging to get it incorporated into the classroom. The use of Web 2.0 is an amazing resource to make learning for children relevant and engaging. Throughout the readings a variety of purposes have leapt out to me that could be used if I become a classroom teacher again. For example:
• children creating ongoing blogs
• using wikis to present their learning journey’s on as well as completing group assignments.
• joining in blogs for classrooms and the library
• communicating with other schools and joining in group research projects
and many more that involve podcasting
I found the idea of using Delicious to bookmark websites for students uses and teachers very appealing as this would allow teachers and students to be able to share worthwhile sites with all without sending out global email. This does raise the questions of who will maintain the bookmarks such as checking that they are still relevant and active. This would fall to the Teacher Librarian or maybe if lucky the ICT teacher. This would be a worthwhile resource for all though getting it started could be challenging. Maybe others have used this already in their schools.
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