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From this chapter I could understand the internet technology is great many those reasons. One of them is the social networks, I think that people will say more if they are able to write things out and even do it anonymously. It allows for children to always be involved. The author said If you want a Facebook like environment to deliver some of your curriculum and teach some social networking skills as well, there is an alternative: Ning.com, including not just students and teachers but parents and community members as well.
Other sites similar to facebook could work. Online social networks can reduce paper and increase socialization in a hypothetical way. I think having a classroom group on Facebook is a great classroom resource to post info, events and projects that can be seen by all or however you invite.
In this chapter you cna find how how show your students how to set up their own member pages and their blog, go over commenting and sharing, talk about acceptable and responsible use, start some discussions and get your community to work.
It can also help emotional and social development. I think having children create their own page to post info and projects can create a great resource for the teacher to assess now and throughout the child’s school years.
In this opportunity the author explains waht is podcasting and screencasting. Podcasting is like making a prerecorded radio show for publication on the internet. Screencasting is much the same in that you make a video for publication on the internet. The author suggests that “the best place to start your podcasting indoctrination is to take some time to listen to a few shows” and “the easiest way to understand screencasting is to watch one”.The author presents many sites to download the required software, of course if you download these programs on your school’s computers you will need to make sure that it is okay. What can we use podcasts and screencasts for in the classroom, the author presented some different applications for podcasting in the schools. They included newscasts done by the students, teachers using a podcast to have students practice second language skills.Podcasting and screencasting are two more ways that students can be used for presenting projects and information to their peers or even to the world.
In this chapter we can find what is Flickr. Flickr is an online web album. The basic account is free with an e-mail address, you do need to edit your pictures before you put them on Fickr. Flickr allows you to have a comment “pool” for your pictures. The author explains why should we use it in the classroom. Flickr is another way for students to share what they know, Flickr is a way that students can communicate with each other through pictures and students can discover others using the public pictures from Flickr. Flickr can be used to do a picture search.
The author sees Flickr as another way for people to communicate ideas. Now we are able to broadcast with audio, video, written words and pictures. Flickr to him is more than just a place to display photos but a place to open a dialogue with other people to explore and discuss photos.
This chapter is about how do we find and share all the great sites on the web. We want to share all the great sites that we find on the web. And we want to easily find the same kinds of sites. The answer is to do some of your own bookmarking. “RSS lets us read and connect with what other write: now we can read and connect with what others read as well.This chapter says that Bookmarking allows you to make a personal file of those sites you find interesting and the services let you share that site within the service’s community and will share with you the sites found by other members in the community. The author favored the Furl site as it is one that he uses himself. Features that he liked included.also the chapter talked about how is this relevant to the classroom and it says that one of the features on a social bookmarking web site is that you can forward a site you found to others. You can send it to all or just to one. As with other services, students need to be taught how to use these sites and how to keep themselves safe.
It makes more efficient use of your time spent online by using what they call an "aggregator" to keep track of information from multiple sources and compiling that information in one page. It doesn't allow spams or any other distractions.
Perhaps most importantly, it can make more efficient use of the internet for professionalsThe applications of RSS in the classroom are from the beginning. Compiling information on innovations in education so you stay current in the field would be very useful.
RSS makes surfers more productive and
saves time it is not burdened with the problems commonly associated with
e-mail and offers a great communication venue.
