This has been an interesting journey. While I was already using some of the Web 2.0 tools we looked at on this journey (Goggle- Doc, Cal, Reader, Sketchup, and Facebook, Myspace, Creative Commons, etc.) this path has lead me a different way and allowed me to look at things from a different perspective. It has forced me to examine them through the lens of an educator not just a user. This gave me a different perspective. While I not yet convinced that some of these apps are use full in an educational setting that reticence is more from a chicken or egg perspective. With out fully technology infusion the power of many of these in a educational environment is limited but at the same time if we do not use them we will never convince the holders of the purse strings that they are need. Nor can we ignore them in school while the rest of the world moves into the era of social-net interaction lest we become a island of anarchism in a sea of change.
I would recommend this SD to teachers and other educational professionals. Even as we are busily plowing our furrow of instruction we must be reminded to raise our eyes to the horizon and member to look toward the future.
Moikka (Goodbye in Finnish)
Joel
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