Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is an INCREDIBLE THING!!!!!!!! It is people! We are using the internet constantly. Web 2.0 allows people to put information through the web and allow others to view it more easily and technologically upgraded. People share, trade, and collaborate information through the internet constantly. It has become so advanced with web 2.0!! Web 2.0 only started in 2004! It is a new phase of the internet to us all. Web 2.0 allows for mass publishing on the internet. But it is important to be careful with copyright and ethics and so forth. It is such a great tool to have so much information from others on the web and ways to get our own information out there so simply. The exact meaning of web 2.0 has not yet been reached, but to me, it seems like it is just newer and better technology that we use on the internet to put our message out there or here others' messages. Blogs, wikki's, podcasts, and you tube are just a few of the new things on the web sprouting from web 2.0.

There are so many new technologies for the classroom because of this incredible new tool! We can more easily communicate with distant areas and those who live there. We can view endless educational videos and listen to podcasts which are great for a variety of classroom uses. We can have our students write in their own blogs which are like online journals. Students can communicate with their teachers and friends easily through places on the web like facebook. How great that people came up with web 2.0. We would not be anywhere close to how advanced we are without it. It is definately being used in the classroom for the good!

VIDEO-Do You Believe In Me?

How inspirational this video was to me! WOW! It most definately confirmed my decision to teach. Teaching is not easy!!! I have observed various teachers in their own classrooms throughout my life and have also worked at an Elementary School for three years now in an after-school program with struggling students. I KNOW it is nowhere near easy. But his inspirational young boy helped me feel so good and confident about my career choice. I learned that I must believe not only in my students abilities to be whatever they want, but in myself to do great things! I must believe that I am making a difference. Sometimes I will be the only one that my students will have to care about them....this itself completely boosts my passion in this career. I KNOW I will make a difference in my students' lives for the better! This adorable young boy was a terrific speaker! He truly inspired me and thousands of other teachers out there to believe in themselves, their colleagues, and their students! GREAT VIDEO!