All these I read Web 2.0 A Guide for Teachers, Professional Development and Web 2.0, and and Web 2.0 the future of education. All three blogs encourage us, especially us, to really get into Web 2.0, it may seem overwhelming, but we need to be aware of all that is going on around us. We are no longer just passive on lookers of the web, we are and can create, contribute, and collaborate with other teachers, our students, virtually everyone and anyone who is interested in what we have to say. We can find other blogs that contain information that we may have eventually found on our own, but if someone has already found it and used it, why not take their advice?
School 2.0 is quickly evolving into something really big! As educators we need to be prepared and willing to integrate Web 2.0 into our classrooms. I discovered a web 2.0 tool that I posted on the discussion board, WizIQ, it's a virtual classroom that your students can participate for free, with teachers from all over the world (who might be more informed and someone you can learn from). It's going to be new aged, I mean come on, we are basically doing it right now with the 23 Things, right? We are learning from one another, putting our opinions on the web for anyone to read, comment, and/or learn from! In one of the blogs the author talks about how we need to teach our students what information is valuable...be able to distinguish between good and bad and how to use this information to their advantage. We also need to teach our students how to create appropriate content for the web, when just a few years ago we were trying to protect them from inappropriate materials. "Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education", I totally agree!
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