Hey everyone!

So to jump right in, you're going to have to use some Web 2.0 resources. The world is becoming way too technology-based way too fast for you to not use one of these methods in your future classroom. I've mentioned this before, but I think one tool that's really helpful is Wikis. Explaining something to others is the best way to practice your knowledge of a subject, and everyone benefits from crowdsourced projects like Wikis, so it's a win-win for everyone!

I found this really cool tool for teachers to use that's a really good way to use Web 2.0 in the classroom. If you're anything like me, you forget everything all of the time. So I found a tool where teachers can send messages directly to phones to remind students and parents of various activities. You can remind students of assignments and in class activities. I personally need this haha. Whenever Taehyeong posts on blackboard his link to the blog post for the digest of the week and what to do for next week, it's super helpful. Since this helps me so much, I can see that it would help my future students really well too.

I think a very interesting and promise for education is Massive Open Online Courses. A lot of very prestigious universities actually put these courses out on the internet. If you go on Yale's website, for instance, they have some lectures and courses posted online and I know some people who have done them. I love how this makes higher learning--from one of the top schools in the nation--available to everyone. The only thing is that they need to be more publicized, and people would have to want to do the courses in their free time. So maybe a teacher can substitute a lecture with one of the MOOCs for their students using a projector in the classroom or something. This helps bridge the digital divide as well by giving everyone in the classroom an opportunity to learn, as opposed to making them use it at home.

Have a good weekend and rest of your week, everyone!