Week One - Collaboration and Learning in a Virtual Environment.

Week One - Collaboration in a virtual environment

During week one of EDU651 we spent time analyzing The 2009 Horizon Report.  Each member of our class determined The 2009 Horizon Report's strenghts, threats, weaknesses and opportunities.  We learned all about different teaching technology tools such as web blogs and wiki's and how  they can be used in the classroom.  I am looking forward to planning and using a wiki.  I  like the idea of collaboration without the pressure of asking forthright questions and demanding students to produce expected answers or results. Wiki's give students the opportunity to reflect on their learning and share ideas.  Students can post classroom projects, share links and track their learning.   Bookmarking sites provides students assess to favorite sites from any computer anywhere that has ïnternet access.  The final assignment for the week was to summarize our reading and respond to specific components such as how to safely use technology tools to expand the walls of the traditional classroom.