Write a blog post reflecting on your exploration of Classroom 2.0 and any other Educational Ning network you explored. What were your overall impressions? Did you find any discussions or resources of value? Do you have any ideas for using social networking in your own professional or personal learning, or in classroom learning?
In just a matter of minutes, I received an immediate response to the question I posted in my Classroom 2.0 Forum page. I was just amazed that there active participants in this social networking site. These responders are from miles away – truly, the world becomes a village. The internet has shrunk the world. I can reach out to so many people regardless of color, race, and status.
I think social networking sites would benefit so many others as long as it is used for exchange of ideas. In Classroom 2.0, there are a lot of teachers who have vast experiences and are ready to share them. This is great learning opportunity.
There are very relevant discussions from other people. As a ’spectator’, I read other teacher’s discussion forums and I find them very informative. There was a discussion about how relevant is keyboarding instruction in the k-12 curriculum. Several teachers shared their thoughts and others referred other useful links to help enlighten the matter. This is truly a very collaborative site. There is potentially a lot of learning that will take place between peers.
I can avail of the forum page in Classroom 2.0 for my professional development. I can add to my book readings the shared thoughts from other teachers that are relevant to what I might be looking for. Classroom 2.0 will be my resource for real life experiences of teachers.
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