Teachers need to be aware of and become familiar with the new technology. This is scary for many of us because of all the new vocabulary BUT, There is help out there!!! Just go to “Basics for Beginners: What is Web 2.0” and you will be exposed to the necessary vocabulary to become technologically savvy.
“As educators, we know that vocabulary is one of the single most important indicators for academic success and we teach students new vocabulary all of the time. Shame on us if we are going to ask our students to learn new words daily, and we cannot wrestle with a few new words ourselves! We must stop making excuses and get those neurons firing to learn some new terms! Education is not just for the young - stop preaching it and start practicing it!"
Very inspiring post! Learning the new vocabulary of web 2.0 is often daunting, but Wikipedia and Wiktionary are a great help.
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I think I'm very opinionated about our blogging assignments. I absolutely see the value of learning new technologies and vocabularies and relish the opportunity to teach them to my students. I feel however that my second graders aren't necessarily ready for blogs. My posts have a very negative vibe. I need to shake it off.
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