I am currently taking an Instructional Technology class online this summer at UHCL in addition to taking the "Set Sail for Technology" ......I feel like I am totally immersed in technology this summer which is a good thing! I also have taken two sessions of "23 Things" through Spring Branch ISD in the past year....
With all that being said, I am still by no means an expert on 2.0 tools but I am so much more comfortable using them and feel like I have the confidence now to just "jump right in" when introduced to something new as far as technology goes.
I really enjoyed the video that was posted about the 21st Century Learner....I have viewed the college version of this video during the 23 Things course and really liked watching the elementary/secondary version of the video. Our students in BISD deserve to have teachers, librarians, and administrators that embrace the 21st Century movement to reach students through 2.0 tools. This is preparing them for the world they will live in! Not exposing them to these tools because of filters and blocking of websites, is doing our kids a disservice.
In taking so many graduate course in the last few years and listening to teachers and administrators from districts all across the greater Houston area talk about their schools, I am amazed to hear about all the hardware these schools use on a daily basis (interactive white boards, etc. ) and also the great projects their kids are doing using 2.0 tools. These kids are blogging, creating videos and posting them to YouTube and Teacher Tube, creating wikis, podcasting, using Skype.......the list goes on and on. I'm worried about our kids because we seem to be falling behind.
