Week 4 - Reflection on Web 2.0 and Classrooms

Web 2.0 and Classrooms

By Mandy Peace

Technology has reshaped learning and teaching in the 21st  century.

As a summery of Web 2.0 and classrooms it is beneficial to all teachers in today's teaching and those gaining knowledge to teach to know and understand that technology is ever changing, constantly evolving. Teachers need to learn, maintain and understand the new content to be able to engage, and teach to students of the 21st century. As quoted in the book which brings forth very bold and true statement from philosopher John Dewey "If we teach today as we taught yesterday,then we rob pupils of tomorrow." (1944, p. 167). As the things we have learnt and been taught when we were in school are different in today's ways of teaching. that every day there is some knew knowledge to gain. in the classroom the curriculum is always being reviewed, evaluated to see what benefits or changes can be gained or addressed. Web 2.0 gives teachers and students a place to collaboratively come together in learning and evaluate and review with technology. Using wiki's, bogs, pod casts other social outlets creates spaces for students to work as individuals, as groups in an on line setting where all are able to see and participate. Their are concerns for safety by parents for having there children in such an on line world, however it is brought forward as we need to teach students the safeties of on line like you would teach them the safeties of the offline world. The benefits of individually working on line and collaboratively working on line is gives students the opportunity to be creative,solve problems,cooperate with others, learn how to review, reflect and critique. Web 2.0 can be used cross curriculum which helps in the support and development for teachers and students to come together in a collaborative learning environment. 

References: 
Younie, S., Leask, M., & Burden, K. (2015). Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School (2nd ed.). Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY: Routledge.