Wednesday, April 14, 2010
534 week 4
This week we looked at different Nings. I had fun looking over them and I think they are are great resource for education, but I think there needs to be an adequate amount of training for teachers first before they are added to the curriculum. My district is not there yet. We also looked at bookmarking sites. We had been introduced to Delicious in a previous course, but I never got into using it because I can't access it at work. I saw a couple of others I liked so I want to try to access them from school. Sure would be convenient for me and a useful tool for me to teach my students for their use. Podcasting and videocasting is a project I have been wanting to do with my students. I will have to try the sites we checked out and see which ones work in our district and practice so I have the knowledge and patience to do it with my students.
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It is frustrating to try and use all of the resources and not be able to. I think however, school districts are starting to catch up and face the fact that technology such as wikki's, nings, twitter are going to be used and if they want to stay completive they will have to give proper training and tools for its educators.
I agree with Magie, it is frustrating when you know a tool exists and you cannot use it - sometimes talking (when you can) to the powers that control web access can help.
Nings are problematic as they are about to charge for them - but perhaps a wiki would do. Making one for your own use and letting others see it's benefits are key.
I am sorry to hear about your district. People need to be educated on the good things that are on the internet. I think some people focus too much on the negative and not on the positive.
We are allowed to use Wikis but I know people are watching to see how they work and if they are ok.
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