Thing # 23

Now that video was cute! My daughter just had to come over and see what I was doing because it had Disney characters in it, lol. Our "23 Things" blog was based on another Learning 2.0 program designed by Helene Blowers. I discovered that many school districts are doing the same thing as I did some research on Learning 2.0. It's great to know that teachers around the world are updating themselves on today's technology. Times are definitely changing and soon all teachers will be required to take this course. I am very happy to have been one of the firsts in my district to do it! =)

The Learning 2.0 program was designed by Helene Blowers, PLCMC Technology Director, with the support and assistance of several staff and is loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article, 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006) and the website 43Things.

The design of this online program was completely built on Web 2.0 technologies that are freely available on the Internet. These sites include: Blogger, Flickr, Odeo, YouTube, PBWiki & Bloglines.

It is important that all teachers and students understand copyright laws. We are now in the age of cut and paste. Plagiarism is too tempting for many of our students and teachers alike. It was mentioned in the Learning 2.0 blog that many times we are "faced with declining budgets and little time". If we are going to join the age of Web 2.0, then we should definitely educate "the ethics of information gathering and sharing". C, CC, and PD should be everyday acronyms in use.