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How to Use Wikispaces

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Discussion Week 3

In Chapters 6 and 7 of Will Richardson's book, you read about some very specific uses of photo sharing (like Sophie's Flickr) and social bookmarking in education. Choose of these Web 2.0 tools and give a specific example of how you would use it in your educational situation. You can identify a particular lesson or unit, a staff development exercise, professional networking, etc.

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Burdick School

Blogging From Flickr

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Internet Safety

Wikis in Plain English

Pretty nice explanation.

Discussion Week 2

In Chapter 2 of Will Richardson's book, you read about the various ways blogs can be used in education. How do you see blogs being used by you in your particular environment? Do you see them being used just by you? By you and students? Just students? If possible, give a specific idea you may have for incorporating blogs in your setting.

Using WordPress

A little long, but thorough

Create a Blogger Account

Discussion Week 1

In class on Tuesday (June 12) we talked about how education seems entrenched in a traditional delivery method, and how students seem to be less and less responsive to this approach. The "When I Become a Teacher" video highlighted some of the attitudes that still persist among educators, and we discussed how there doesn't appear to be an impetus to change, especially in the context of a standards-driven environment. However, you read some articles in the 'Coming of Age" document that highlighted teachers who are using the collaborative, interactive nature of Web 2.0 to change the way students learn, and you read about the problems that can occur when institutions are slow to adapt to the new social environment of the Internet. I have 2 questions:

1: Philosophically, what does education need to do to effectively promote student learning in the 21st Century?

2. Specifically, what tools (identify 2) could educators use to apply this philosophy in the classroom?

How the Internet Works

Web 2.0 Video

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Introduction

Let me introduce myself. I am David Skonecki and this is my 18th year as a classroom teacher at Burdick School in Milwaukee and my 7th year with Cardinal Stritch University. I have been actively incorporating digital technology with the curriculum since 1992 and have witnessed a true evolution in student learning. Students are now active participants in the information age and are using technology like never before. Most of this interaction is positive, but I have some worries. Do students have the attention span and the patience to absorb knowledge, or are they just consumers of information which can be discarded after it is used? Are students able to negotiate the digital minefield of online predatory behavior? Do we as educators have the knowledge to teach our children necessary communication skills while protecting them from the threats that lurk in the connected world?

Tell me a little something about you and your thoughts on technology and education.