So we were asked to write about what we want to get out of class this week. I’m sitting here already feeling overwhelmed by all the potential, the possibilities of web 2.0 tools in my school for both my teachers and students. Thanks to the randomness of the web…As I was searching for one topic, I came across something totally unrelated and interestingly enough it is the blog for the book that we’re using this week. In one of his posts Will R is talking about how hard it is for teachers to focus on their own learning. http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/why-is-it-so-hard-for-educators-to-focus-on-their-own-learning/
This is me!! I’m thinking about blogging with kids and using social bookmarking to push out resources for teachers. I’m NOT thinking about how blogging for myself and if I can get in the habit of it, my kids will follow my lead. Not that they really need to be convinced to blog, but anyway. I’m NOT thinking about uploading pictures of my new house or my niece on Flickr b/c it is an easy way to share images. What I’m struggling with already is that there are so many different ways to do the same thing. Like working with RSS, I currently subscribe and view feeds through Safari but I need to learn about Blogglines and Google Reader and the other 10 ways to do this “simple” thing.
So my goal for this class is to focus on learning these tools for me. And then, once I’ve fully immersed myself in these cool tools-I will be able to share them in meaningful ways with my students and teachers.
