PROMPT 6

A paragraph discussing your thoughts about the use of Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 education. Would you use them? Why or why not? How? Use online resources.A paragraph discussing your thoughts on Wikipedia as a learning resource.A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the last week that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.

I think the utilization of Web 2.0 technologies in education is both helpful and useful in k-12. It allows the students to learn a large variety of material via hands on approach. A hand on experience is beneficial in the classroom because it allows students to approach learning in a different way.

I believe that Wikipedia as an educational resource is very unreliable. I would not recommend or allow that my students utilize the site because a lot of the information on it tends to be misconstrued or falsified. Additionally, anyone can publish their input on a subject on Wikipedia, which also adds to its unreliability.

I believe the skills we learned last week are extremely important. In the classroom, PowerPoint is utilized in a multitude of ways. As a teacher, knowing how to implement the various side effects will be helpful in presenting the curriculum. Additionally, I plan on using the program the present information and important facts they need to know. Making a power point presentation to use via an overhead is an excellent way to teach, and the aesthetics and effects will keep the students interested in the lesson.