The amount of information we explored in Module 2 has my
head spinning! The majority of the information was brand new to me and will
definitely be revisited to further my knowledge and skills. The “Googlemania”
section was extremely beneficial, as I’ve had a Google account for many years
and was completely unaware of all the resources readily available for my use. I appreciate that this course forces you to
explore topics, you think you are familiar with, only to discover how many
tools and resources you have been missing out on!
As I continue to familiarize myself with the Web 2.0
resources, I hope to gradually incorporate the resources in my lessons. I have
both sites bookmarked and plan to continue exploration to further understand
the benefits and resources offered by both sites!
The exploration topic that received a strong reaction from me
was the Twitter section. I use my Twitter account as recreational social media.
I tweet and follow friends, celebrities, news accounts etc., But I had never
considered that I could be following education-related accounts. My favorite
section of this exploration topic was reading about how teachers used Twitter
with their students for instructional purposes. I LOVED the teacher that
began a story by tweeting a line and allowing his students as well as students
across the world to add on to the story via tweets. Seeing how social media can be beneficial in
the classroom, allows teachers to open their minds to technology and all the
resources it offers.
