Thoughts on teaching & educational technology

I think I’ve just realized that a Wiki might be a more fitting forum for what I’m trying to do: share ideas about edtech and inquiry-based learning. It seems that blogger culture demands short posts, bursting with links to others’ blogs. I’ll do that here, but I think the Wiki I’m working on now will be the best place for me to post fully-fleshed out ideas and lessons. I’ve only posted something workable on the ‘Planning’ page, and that’s for an inservice workshop I’m giving to some of our teachers this week. If you have some ideas…contribute them! I’m interested in seeing where this leads. I can’t promise I’ll keep everything that people post on that wiki, but if it’s supposed to be all about collaboration and professional sharing, then let’s do it.

I really think that Web 2.0 can change how we teach, and how our kids learn, if we take the time to incorporate these simple technologies into our lessons and teaching — we just need to share ideas and get creative.

jdg