A Change of Heart on Wikis

After reading about wikis, I have a totally new outlook on them. I had heard of Wikipedia in the past, but really didn’t know what it was until I got into the ITS program. I had never really thought to highly of Wikipedia because of the fact that everyone could put in their “two cents.” I did not trust that the information would be correct. I didn’t take into consideration that “two heads are better than one!” Also, Richardson states that Wikipedia is one of the most accurate sites out there. Which was hard for me to believe. I realized that even though you are not physically with these people as you collaborate, it is still indeed collaboration done asynchronously.

I feel that wikis are a great way for students to collaborate outside of the four walls of the classroom and teacher. In this day and age, we as teachers need to stop pretending that we know everything and know that it is ok for our students to know more than we do, especially in technology.

Blogging Newbie...

Wow, this is my first blog, who would of thought. I have read other blogs before and thought, I will never have a blog. Well there is a first time for everything, and being an ITSer, I didn't really have a choice. I am very excited about having my own blog and collaborating with my fellow colleagues to get ideas of how to use web 2.0 tools in my Physical Education classes.
I think that it would be interesting and beneficial to have our students blog with students from another country and talk about what types of games they play, the types of physical activity they like to engage in and their nutritional habits. The children could exchange popular games that are played in their countries and play them.
I look forward to learning more about blogging and how to use the web 2.o tools.