Web 2.0

Before I started reading this activity I didn't know the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. After reading over the information and watching the YouTube videos, I now know the different between them and what they have to offer. People on the internet today are not looking for just information, but they are also looking for an experience online. Web 1.0 constantly has to update information for people that are seeking the information. Web 2.0 has a responsibility to keep the internet up to date, and to keep the people looking for the information engaged in what they are researching. Web 2.0 is not just a place to share your information, but a place where you can gather together and interact with different people.

I believe that the tools Web 2.0 has to offer are a great resource to use in the classroom. Wiki to me is a great tool to teachers so that they can interact with one another on the student, but also they could collaborate on the lessons that they are teaching in their classrooms. Social Bookmarking is in the same boat as Wiki, teachers and also students can share their information with one another that they have found useful to them online. Voice Thread is a great tool to use in an activity, which would keep the students engaged in what they are learning and also an overall fun way for them to share what they have learned.  These tools are not only away to interact with your fellow teachers and students, but also a creative way to stay engaged in what is being learned in the classroom. 

Copyrighting, Fair Use, and Online Safety

                Throughout my high school career I never thought much of copyrighting and the fair use of resources on the internet. I wish while I was in high school they would have taught me the skills you need to know on what you can use, and what is off-limits. I started learning copyrighting and fire use when I started college, but still I did not know all that much about it. Through this activity I have gained much knowledge about copyrighting and fair use and now I am very comfortable about what resources I can use and what I cannot use. Looking over the different websites that were provided for us, I thought that the “Cheat Sheet” was very helpful. Netiquette is a tool that every student should be taught, because having access to the internet student should be aware of how to behave on the internet. Having the privilege of being on the internet student should behave by treating others the way they want to be treated.  As a future educator I want to be able to provide my students with those tools so they know what resources that they can use and what they cannot use on the internet.  

Growing up in the technology generation I have seen cyberbullying take place. I feel that cyberbullying is a way for people that have a problem with their self can hide behind a computer and attack others. Cyberbullying affects a person being attacked the same way that bullying a person face to face does. In my classroom I want to be able to provide the student with information that will help them stay away from cyberbullies, and tell them how it affects a person life after being attacked. While I was in high school this was not a subject to talk about, but as a future educator I want my students to be aware of what is going on and what could happen to them on the internet. Also, I want to have a relationship with my students so that if cyberbullying or if they have a problem with copyrighting and fair use or netiquette takes place they are not scared to come talk to me to receive some form of help. 

Information Literate

Before, I had never used anything besides Google’s search engine on the World Wide Web. It wasn't because I did not know any other search engines like Bing and Yahoo. It was just that Google always gave me what I was looking for. Reading over this week’s assignment I had already learned some of the material in my IPC Class in High School and form the Computer Science Class I had to take for my Associates Degree. In my IPC class the teacher taught us all the abbreviations that we could use for narrow are search to find what we were looking for. Another great tool I was taught, was how to tell if a website was a reliable site or if it was all made up stuff. For instants, Wikipedia is a site that anyone can change and add to the material on that webpage.     

After reading the material, I believe that I will start not only using Google but also Bing and Yahoo. Going through and look at all the search engines that were listed they were by far the most reliable ones. Knowing what search engines have the right material that I am look for, I will be able to help my student on research projects, and also find tools that can help them in reading, math, science, and history. In my classroom, I plan to have a listed posted by the computers that show all the abbreviations that will help better and narrow their search. I believe that my future student will be affected by this to help them throughout their school career.  

In conclusion, I want to be able to teach my student these tools, so that they may be able to use them throughout their life. Also, I would like to read more about the different abbreviations that are out there, because I blows my mind on how typing in two or three letters can narrow a search compared to two or three words, and find reliable webpages. I want to teach my students about the different search engines out there, and also the different ways your can find exactly what you are looking for on the World Wide Web. This activity has helped me better my skills so that I will be able to help my students succeed at whatever they set their minds too.