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Do I Think I Could Teach Online? I chose the Classroom Technology program for my graduate studies because I wanted to delve into the potential for technologies’ role within a traditional classroom.  This would help to provide a balance within my methods of instruction and create a better reflection of the “tech. gadget” world we [...]

Five to Ten Year Retrospect It seems to me that today’s digital generation compared to five or ten years ago is that they have more information surrounding them and that information is more accessible than any other generation before them.  The advancement of technology has been so rapid in the past decade that our everyday [...]

Does the Web Facilitate Deeper Reading, Learning, and Thinking? There is a great deal of concern for the quality of learning that is able to be done using the World Wide Web.  There are many questions that pertain to the aspect of a “deeper” learning.  First of all; what is “deeper” learning?  Perhaps, it is [...]

Bowling Green State University Inquiry and the Internet Methods and Tools for Teaching in the Classroom Jim Sholes 10/16/2011   Abstract This research explores the methods of Inquiry-Based Learning and the use of the Internet as one of the tools available within the concept of Web 2.0 classroom instruction.  One of the key concepts that [...]

10 steps for Educators new to Twitter = reasons Using Blogs as Part of Your PLN =Tips and Thoughts for Beginner Bloggers Twitter HashtagsAll About Twitter Hashtags Here is a video from the Web 2.0 Blog – comical These are hand picked posts from the blog I have been following recently. The material I’ve linked [...]