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Blog 5: Web 2.0

I think that Web 2.0 resources are a new wave of innovation for the modern classroom. full of rich resources for teachers. I think the most valuable aspect of these resources is the ease with which students in the classroom are able to share and communicate with each other. Gone are the days of struggling to organize meetings for frustrating group projects, as now with these Web 2.0 resources students can collaborate with ease. These social networking tools, blogs, wikis, and YouTube are just a few of the kinds of resources that teachers can utilize to collaborate with other educators. I think social bookmarking is a tool that would be especially useful to teachers. The biggest issue for teachers early on in their careers is that they get overwhelmed having to create all new material and lesson plans, and social bookmarking allows for different young teachers to assist each other in finding useful materials online for their classroom.  One Web 2.0 tool that I'm interested in is web
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Introductions and Learning Style Survey

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Growing up in my generation, I've gotten to ride the wave of technology as its so quickly been developed like it second nature. While I wouldn't consider myself a technology wiz, I've always had it as a part of my life and definitely consider my self competent with most of the common interfaces put in front of me. I've taken a few technology classes and it's always been a big part of my school work and professional life. I hope to learn skills for using technology as a tool to relate information to students in a way that is engaging and valuable. I work with middle school youth at my job, and they are glued to technology. Learning more tools to integrate technology into my work with them is something that I can't wait for. The learning survey confirmed a lot of my own suspicions about my learning style. I've always found myself to think in the "big picture" and I often learn best when I can talk through a topic. This was reflected by my verba
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