Thing #2

Web 2.0 tools could change the way I teach by catching the students’ interest and keeping them engaged. Now most children grow up with some kind of exposure to technology. Video games, computers, and cell phones are what children play with now. Instead of fighting these things in schools, we need to embrace it. Teachers have always been told to use student interest to teach. Now student interest is in technology so we need to implement it as many ways as we can.

I could use these new Web 2.0 tools to engage our “digital learners” in many ways. Computers can be used for research and word processing. My students can find information online and publish their research. Also, activities on the Promethean board are like video games where the students can manipulate objects and write things. I could use blogs with my first graders as well to keep a journal or respond to books. There are so many ways to incorporate Web 2.0 tools that I am still learning about myself. It is important that I learn what is available and how to use it so I can expose my students to what is available.

I want to use Web 2.0 tools because I want my students to learn and love learning. Students can learn the content no matter how you teach it. Using Web 2.0 tools will make learning the content more fun. When students enjoy what they are doing in school they look forward to coming and school becomes a positive experience.

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