Here's my multimedia project for week 1

There are multiple ways that I could use these tools in my classroom.  In fact I already use blogging and twitter in a minimal sense.  I have a blog that I used to (I’ve been a bit of a slacker on that) put the assignments for the classes I teach on.  I also have a Twitter account that is specifically for school and also post the assignments there.  However, administration in my building have blocked other sites, like the tools mentioned in the article.  When I tweet the assignments I have to use my phone or wait until I get home to do that. 

My school is getting more into using Google Docs as well.  The idea that students no longer have the excuse, “well its only saved to my computer at school so I cant do it at home,” is wonderful! As the article mentions I would truly like to get students involved in some of the training that teachers have so they are learning too.

Ideally, if I had larger class sizes, I’d like to start a wiki space discussion board for each class.  Something like our discussion board in blackboard.  But this is a hard thing to do when the average class size in my room is 2.  The English teacher uses this tool in her room with the seniors (she has them all at one time) to prepare them for what they might encounter in college whether they take an online course or are in an actual classroom. 

I found the survey information to be very informative.  I would like to take this article and do more research about what certified and non-certified staff think about web 2.0 tools.  If I were to do this and take the numbers to my administration I think that they would be more open to the possibility of unblocking Twitter and other web 2.0 tools so that they students can use them!