Blog Post# 5

       As stated in the Podcast some web 2.0 technologies are blogs and youtube. I think that blogs are very useful because they allow students to share their ideas. Blogs make students more excited about writing because it's a different way of writing. Students are also able to comment on other student's blogs so that they can also get ideas from others. Blogs are a great way to communicate with students in the classroom and it will help them learn about others in their community who also have blogs. YouTube is also a great web 2.0 technology that can be used in the classroom. In the Podcast it talks about how teachers can use youtube in the classroom to show examples of things. In many of my classes many of my teachers have used youtube as a way to share information. In our textbook it talk about the different equipment needed to share information. The equipment needed for blogs and youtube would just be a regular computer with internet so that the student would be able to get online and access these technologies.


       YouTube is an interesting web 2.0 technology. Many people think that youtube is only for entertainment purposes and not supposed to be used in the classrooms. I used to think that way but then I found out the youtube has a lot more than funny cat videos and cool makeup tutorials. Youtube has many video tutorials on a variety of subjects. If you are having trouble in math in particular you can go on youtube and find a video on what ever you are learning at the moment.

    I would use this in the classroom when explaining a difficult topic. Students learn in different ways so it is good to expose the students to different forms of learning. For some students it might not be enough to stand there and explain to them something but if you can find a youtube video on the subject or a tutorial it would make it easier so that the students are able to understand it.

    While working on the concept map I learned a lot about using Word to create a concept map. There are so many different things that it will allow you to customize. I really enjoyed this assignment because this is a great skill to have. When you create a concept map it organizes ideas in a more compact way. It is also easier to present information in a concept map. There wasn't really anything that I disliked about the concept map I thought it was a fun assignment. I can use this when working in the classroom. I think it will make things easier to understand for students.