On the static versus dymanic pendulum I believe I am in between the areas of collaboration and content. I am in the process of using collaborative technologies with my students as well as some of the teachers in my school system. I am finding that as we proceed to advance in the technology area there are more opportunities for students and educators to embrace what's available and use it to it's full potential. The more open we are about using these technologies and having the students use them I do believe learning will occur and grades will improve. In this I want it now era if we don't give students what they love we will lose 90% of them in the classroom and they will simply do what it takes to get by instead of actually learning. I hope through the process of this program to only enhance what my students get out of the classroom and I want to move more towards a virtual classroom when my students are absent.
See the static v. dynamic concept map below.
Static
Collaboration- Blogs, Wikis, Video Cards
Communication-Instant Messaging, Skype and Texting
Content-Webquests, Internet Scavenger Hunts and Listservs
Dynamic
Collaboration-RSS Feeds, Youtube and stream audio
Communication-VOIP, Virtual Worlds, and Web Conferences
Content-Digital Games, P2P Networks, and Learning Objects (video clips)
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