Post 6

I believe that the use of web 2.0 technology in classrooms has greatly changed the way teachers teach. In todays society the internet has become a necessity for communicating. Teachers use the web to post announcements, assignments, grades, and send emails to students and parents. Web 2.0 allows for this to occur safely and securly. I believe Wikipedia is not a responsible learning resource. Generally, wikipedia is one of the first websites that a search engine returns as a match for websites containing search words. Overall wikipedia contains a lot of factual information however, there are cases where the information posted is incorrect because the information posted on wikipedia can be edited by anyone to say anything. Although some of the most obscene information gets removed from the site not all of it does making it overall a noncrediable resource. Over the past week I have become more familiar with Powerpoint. I have learned how to download different templets from websites inorder to keep my students intregued. I have also learned how to successfully develop a powerpoint slide show so that the amount of information on it is not overwhelming to my students.