Comments on: The Essence of Web 2.0 Is By No Means Anything Technological http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/04/30/the-essence-of-web-20-is-by-no-means-anything-technological/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Technology in the Classroom | Our Kids Blog http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/04/30/the-essence-of-web-20-is-by-no-means-anything-technological/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Technology in the Classroom | Our Kids Blog Fri, 15 May 2009 12:52:48 +0000 http://ovenell-carter.com/blog/?p=527#comment-183 [...] student is doing. That’s one of the points Brad Ovenell-Carter makes, saying, for example, that if students prepare a book report as a podcast it’s still a book report. A few days ago I wrote about how PowerPoint isn’t necessarily appropriate for the [...] [...] student is doing. That’s one of the points Brad Ovenell-Carter makes, saying, for example, that if students prepare a book report as a podcast it’s still a book report. A few days ago I wrote about how PowerPoint isn’t necessarily appropriate for the [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/04/30/the-essence-of-web-20-is-by-no-means-anything-technological/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Patrick Fri, 01 May 2009 10:00:36 +0000 http://ovenell-carter.com/blog/?p=527#comment-182 Your line, "it's hard not to be excited these days. Not since Dewey has so much been going on in education. And never before have teachers had so much opportunity to get involved in the discussion," is something that I have repeated to both new teachers and old teachers alike in the last two years. What I've noticed is that now, more than ever before, teachers not only have the opportunity for to have their voices heard, there is also more opportunity for collaboration among like-minded individuals in the teaching profession. Look at the work Dean Shareski is doing with his undergraduate teachers at University of Manitoba, where he requires them to collaborate with schools from all over North America--it's dead simple anymore. The real test, for me, anyway, is proving to teachers I work with that participating in these conversations is worthwhile at all. Your line, “it’s hard not to be excited these days. Not since Dewey has so much been going on in education. And never before have teachers had so much opportunity to get involved in the discussion,” is something that I have repeated to both new teachers and old teachers alike in the last two years. What I’ve noticed is that now, more than ever before, teachers not only have the opportunity for to have their voices heard, there is also more opportunity for collaboration among like-minded individuals in the teaching profession. Look at the work Dean Shareski is doing with his undergraduate teachers at University of Manitoba, where he requires them to collaborate with schools from all over North America–it’s dead simple anymore.

The real test, for me, anyway, is proving to teachers I work with that participating in these conversations is worthwhile at all.

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