getting started

I went to "Web 2.0 Tools to Amplify Elementary Students’ Creativity and Initiative” and watched the video. The video presented and described many projects that students could use in the classroom. The key is to get students involved. We want students to be creative and interactive and think more involved and do higher level thinking. We need to come up with new ways to do it and this video goves good ideas. Students use technology and drive their own learning through educational networking. Student get to pick their topiccs that they want to learn more about so they are interested. Webquests were one way to use technology with students that was mentioned and it is a way for students to have a choose between certain websites, but still using websites that the teacher has approved and gioven as an option. Students were able to create a character on the computer and then record their voice to match the character on the screen. it was really neat. It is a way that students can present what they have learned and be asssessed. Education needs to shift from instructional to dicovery and exploration. Children learn best that way. There still should be some instructional, but there should be more discovery learning taking place escpecially for young learners.