Teacher training

Today, we, knowclue and I, are training teachers. Our workshop is Introduction to Web 2.0. We feel it is very important for our teachers have the opportunity to learn more about Web 2.0 and see what might be useful in the classroom. This post is actually a place for teachers to to experience a blog. I hope that they will give us some ideas here about how they might use some of the tools we are sharing today.

Learning about Web 2.0

I think that it is great when parents want to learn about a world that seems so easy to their children. Those who have grown up with computers find using them so easy that they can take it for granted. For those who did not grow up with computers, our comfort with them and our willingness to explore varies from person to person. I remember the first computer I came in contact with. I was in eighth grade. I can't tell you what we used it for (yes there was only one), but I remember it. High school was programming. College was programming and word processing. As I write, those things seem somewhat boring, but I was interested and pursued the use of computers in education. Now it's totally different and we all have to be will to take the time to learn. That might mean attending a workshop, joining a social network to get new ideas or reading blogs about Web 2.0. It's an interactive playing field and that's just what we have to do...PLAY!

What do you think?