A Purpose

What is the purpose of .......? (you fill in the blank) As educators this is something that we ask ourselves all the time in the classroom. What is the purpose of this lesson, this assignment, this reading, this test.

I believe that the same question, what is the purpose of ...? Needs to be asked of technology and the tools that we use in and out of the classroom.

My Criteria for Evaluation

• Makes a job more efficient
• It does at least one thing VERY well
• Works with other technologies to accomplish an even bigger job

Today we are going to learn about some new technologies that you can use both on your own and with your students to accomplish the three points above

UPDATE: A new wiki has been created for this class. It is contained in the section "more than words" Go check it out. The password is SAG2007.

Wikis are a wonderful tool that you can use in your classroom for collaborative projects. Get the students thinking and sharing together!

If you have any feedback, questions/suggestions etc please leave a comment either on the wiki, or as a comment to one of these posts. I will try to check this blog for the comments and answer any questions that you might have.

Thank you once again for giving me the chance to share with you many tools that you can hopefully use in your classroom, and with your students, to empower them and bring the world into your class. Remember that students when given the chance can surprise even the most veteran of teachers. All we need to do is give them the incentive to excel, and sharing their work with their peers and the world might just be the incentive that they need!