Journal 5

February 28, 2009
Journal #5
Bull, Glen (April 2006). Collaboration in a web 2.0 environment. Learning and Leading With Technology, Retrieved February 26, 2009, from http://www.iste.org.-AM-Template.cfm.Section=April_No_07&Tem

This article discusses all the advancements in web 2.0, and in particular what it has to offer students in the classroom. The article focuses on RSS, or web feed, is just another tool to make collaborating on-line even easier. These syndicated feeds make is easier to track what someone is doing on-line, useful to group project, multiple postings or track new feeds related to the subject without having to search all over the internet. The article then outlines many different ways educators can use the features of web 2.0 in the classroom. My favorite being ways in which students can collaborate in a project without having to meet up.
1. How is this helpful to students who don't have certain programs at home or can't afford the programs?
The brilliant thing about these collaboration tools is that they are accessible from any computer. These programs only require you to have in internet, so once you are online you can go on the websites and go from there. Also these websites run on advertisements, making them free to the user!
2. Will the students be interested in this type of learning?
Have you ever put a student in front of a computer and gotten much complaint? Now tell them to sit and take notes out of the book, which one of these is going to elicit a positive response? Students are becoming more and more attached to technology from the ipod to myspace to twitter. This is simply another outlet for them to get information online.