Web 2.0 blog post 5
I think Web 2.0 tools like YouTube and Twitter since most students have some familiarity with these tools outside of school. YouTube contains a lot of informational videos that are informative and relevant to multiple areas of study. Twitter is a good platform for hosting discussion threads and asking questions under a specific hashtag to keep the discussion organized and secure. It also allows them to share or follow accounts that are posting relevant information for the class.
I plan to use YouTube, which can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/ a lot on my class if I can teach history at a high school level because there are plenty of interviews and documentaries out there that I can share with students. These videos can either be shown in class to complement a lecture or it can be shared using a tool like Diigo or Twitter with the class to watch on their own time as an assigned viewing. You have to be careful and watch them yourself before sharing or showing it to the class to make sure there isn't any information that is wrong or anything not appropriate for that grade level.
I think the most promising technological advancement is the introduction of tablets and interactive apps or games in elementary schools that let students engage with and apply the materials that they are learning. I think that in the future more classrooms will be using tablets for assignments and the education based applications will only grow in number and sophistication as time goes on.
I plan to use YouTube, which can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/ a lot on my class if I can teach history at a high school level because there are plenty of interviews and documentaries out there that I can share with students. These videos can either be shown in class to complement a lecture or it can be shared using a tool like Diigo or Twitter with the class to watch on their own time as an assigned viewing. You have to be careful and watch them yourself before sharing or showing it to the class to make sure there isn't any information that is wrong or anything not appropriate for that grade level.
I think the most promising technological advancement is the introduction of tablets and interactive apps or games in elementary schools that let students engage with and apply the materials that they are learning. I think that in the future more classrooms will be using tablets for assignments and the education based applications will only grow in number and sophistication as time goes on.
I agree with YouTube being a great resource for teachers! It seems that if any professor has a video in their lecture, it comes from there. Interactive apps are a great promise for the future classrooms. The one that we looked at that turns any surface into an interactive tile/game was super interesting! Especially with more schools having a tablet or iPad for their students that technology could be a great resource.
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