Digital Blog Post A- Chapter 1

Chapter One

In Chapter One, the concept of Web 2.0 tools caught my attention. Overall, curriculum that use to be taught by hand has slowly evolved into Web 2.0 tools. When I was younger, teaching tools were always on paper. Whether it was worksheets, projects, etc. it was always expect on paper. Nowadays, teaching tools have expanded into the dozens with social media, Wiki, and blogs just like this one. The internet has been an amazing tool to expression for both teachers and students! We all have a different style of learning and the fact that Web 2.0 tools offer different medias help those who probably didn't prefer the paper method.  Below is a animation that brings up the topic of Web 2.0 tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cyVt92UfT8

This chapter also went into "must have technologies for teaching" and the topic caught my eye, as well. In today's society Social Media has become a great resource for teaching (when used correctly, of course.) The book goes into Ebooks, tablets, etc. and all of these are definitely great resources whose integration into our education system is necessary due to the rapid growth of technology in our society. But, have we forgotten the paper- method? I personally prefer the paper method over the technology method and feel that in our attempt to reach technological advancement, we have opaqued the usefulness of the paper method. As future educators, we should strive to provide the best education to all of our students and i feel like that includes bringing back more of the paper methods back and finding a unique way to merge both the modern with the traditional.

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 Another topic that interested me in this chapter is the idea of digital identity. Students will almost always be up to date with the newest type of technology. Knowing this as educators striving to provide them the best curriculum, we should definitely be as up to date as possible with the technology so that we can learn of new was of integrating new technology in our teachings. That seems to be the only way of keeping up our digital identity. Students usually pay more attention when they are presented something they can relate to, keeping up to date our digital identity helps that.

In Conclusion, I enjoyed reading this chapter. This chapter opened my eyes to the different forms of teaching and the importance of maintaining a healthy amount of technology in our schools. As time goes by, students are exposed to newer technology and it is in our best interest to keep up with them.

Resources

Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Editon. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.

Rohem, R., (2013, Janurary 25). Web 2.0 and Education, retrieved Janurary 31, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cyVt92UfT8