Thursday, March 26, 2009

Web 2.0 Research

So...sitting here at work trying to prep for an inservice tomorrow. With last minute notification you would think that I would go with a powerpoint presentation on Web 2.0 I created for the Area 3 Instructional Fair in January. You would think....

But those of you who know me know I'm never satisfied, so here I go. Hard to narrow down what exactly to present. There is so much out there! On top of it, there is so much out there that I love!!! Will the crowd be excited, or will they be angry because they are sitting in another PD?????

Here's a funny story. I started looking through some of the Web 2.0 presentations my grad school colleagues (and friends) created. What did I discover?? A powerpoint I MADE for an October 24th collaboration....without my name.....should I be flattered....or annoyed??

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Thoughts on Web 2.0

Sitting in a classroom in a CPS school in Englewood on a Saturday....

Out of everything we've done in this graduate program today is one of the best sessions we've had. The topic..."web 2.0". The topic is never-ending, which some find scary, others find exciting. I'm in the excited group. There are so many tools that teachers can use to incorporate the web in the classroom. I'll be leading a study group of Chicago Public Schools teachers about this concept later this year. That...I'm excited about.