Web 2.0 in the Classroom
Here's a little gift to help you explore the computer in the classroom and with your students
By: Samantha Straub
Table of Contents
1) Skype
2) Twitter
3) Diigo
Skype allows for parent teacher confrences online vs. face to face
Skype allows students to be tutored from their teachers if they need extra help
Skype allows students to participate in lectures if they are at home sick
As a preservice teacher I could use skype to help my high school students create an educational account to gain information from resources other than myself. I can teach them who is a reputable source to follow and who is not.
Twitter allows teachers to post meaningful articles and it gives students access to them easily
It allows for teachers to see what their students are doing on the interent
It allows teachers to recognize the interests of their children
It gives teachers a teaching opportunity to model how to be a cyber citizen and talk about appropriate teaching behaviours
Diigo allows teachers to mark assignments online and show students where they went wrong
Students can share information easily between themselves and teachers
Teachers can post resources and make them accessable to the students as they need them
Teachers can also hide things from their students that they do not want exposed yet
