MagicEdTech » illtcgroup http://MagicEdTech.edublogs.org a new approach to learning Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Web 2.0 Primer http://MagicEdTech.edublogs.org/2007/11/07/web-20-primer/ http://MagicEdTech.edublogs.org/2007/11/07/web-20-primer/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:37:00 +0000 gmwand http://MagicEdTech.edublogs.org/2007/11/07/web-20-primer/ Today’s workshop on Web2.0 technologies with Will Richardson has sparked some new ideas for me. I have thought for a long time that we should be using these technologies in our classrooms, but to this point I have been unsure of how to convince faculty that it is imperative that we use them.

***We BLOCK instead of TEACH***
Although, I don’t think these words were actually used in today’s workshop, their meaning was an underscore to everything we did today. These technologies exist and our students are using them. Instead of filtering these sites and technologies, we have to be sure that they learn how to use social networking technologies for good and for their own educational value.

***Changing the teacher’s role***
The teacher’s new role is to create connections between their students and the people who can teach them what they want to know.

***The Blog is the classroom, RSS feeds create the textbook***

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