Web 2.0, Learning and Teaching
There is a lot of talk about what is being called Web 2.0 - the change of the internet from a way of disseminating and sharing knowledge to a place for creating knowledge. What implications does this have for learning and teaching?
When was the last time you used an on-line or CD based encyclopedia? Google and other search engines mean we are most often accessing information someone else has constructed, filtered or at least collated - you are reading MY blog now.
We need to teach children to be discerning consumers of information and able to evaluate what they download from the internet for truth, validity, relevance, ethical and moral worth, and so on ( Jamie Mckenzie is one of the many authors offering teachers support in this area).
Net based resources are increasingly a part of our classroom programmes. It is important to give children the skills to both find what they need and make decisions about its worth. A challenge to say the least.
Learning and Teaching, Web 2.0 | admin | 28 April 2006 |
