Blog Post #5

Some Web 2.0 technologies are useful for the classroom to allow resources for students to interact and share with each other. Tools such as blogs and Diigo are great websites for students to post on and allow other students to read and comment on their classmate’s post. These Web 2.0 websites are easily assessable and user-friendly and also allows teachers to see and comment on posts as well. I do not personally think twitter and wiki are going to be tools I will use in my classroom. I would not use Twitter as an educational tool because it limits characters count and is too informal in my opinion.  I would not use Wiki in my classroom because I find the website confusing, it is not as assessable and is harder to use.
A new, interesting Web 2.0 tool I found was Kidblog. Since I am going to be an elementary school teacher, this is a great, simple tool for younger students to create their own blog. This website not only allows the student’s teacher to engage in their blog but also other classes in the similar grade level, parents, and as much more. It has resources within the website such as digital portfolios and media libraries. Although it is a paid website, there is quotes and package deals available for different schools and districts to license. https://kidblog.org/home/

Although there have been countless technology advancement in the classroom and there still is, I believe a huge advancement was Multitouch Displays. I picked multitouch displays as a tool that holds a big promise for education because I think it changed the classroom greatly and is utilized for a numerous amount of ways. Growing up, many of my classes had Smartboards and when applied to a classroom, teachers use them all day for resources for interacting with the board, displaying websites, PowerPoints etc. I think multitouch displays make displaying information to students easy and faster than older tools such as whiteboards and even chalkboards. 

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