Podcasting is inevitably getting more and more advanced and predominant in the United States almost daily. I for on did not know what podcasting really was until this lesson, I have become familiar with downloading, Google sites, Web 2.0, and others but pod casting is a new one for me as well. I find it interesting that there are both negative and positive things about pod casting and that they are so far from each other. The negatives about podcasting as stated in the lesson is that they can interfere with face-to-face contact, and even make families become more distance from each other. This is one of the daily problems teachers face in their classrooms with controlling the issue with cell phone usage and other such technological advanced items. The positives are however unwavering and bring families together over seas and expose different cultures, and make known the tragedies happening half way across the world. In a classroom environment I find pod casting’s availability helpful for students who may be very ill, missing school, or maybe even disabled. By using podcasting you can enhance the availability of your classes assists and make them easier to attain.
I for one do not own a iPod, MP3 player, CD player, or any such technology advice other than my computer. If I did have one or more of one of them listed I would definitely use it for music because that is all I know how to get and put on there. My knowledge base when it comes to technological devices is very limited. I would use them in my classroom for cultural purposes and also allow the students to become more aware of their environment and city, town, or state politics and world domination that is going on with war, earthquakes and things that happen in the here and now that will change the course of their future. Like it is with podcasting and most things in life there are disadvantages, advantages, and consequences both good and bad. To name them all would be very time consuming and take quit a bit of time. I do however know that the use of any of these items needs to be limited and used with precaution because of the disadvantages associated with them. There has to be a line and it needs to be reinforced.
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Collaboration, creation, informative, and interactive! That is what it is all about. Web 2.0 is about gaining control over what you want to know and gain in any particular learning experience. It is a collaborative work put together by anyone, anywhere, with any piece of knowledge wanted or needed. It is a creation of knowledge, ideas, entertainment, communication, and organization. It is a informative piece of work that provides readers and learners with a magnitude of information available for all ages, ethnicity's, and learning base. It is interactive and can be changed, altered, and personable.
To sum it all up in one word its...YOU! You can put yourself into it, or take yourself out of it. The point of Web 2.0 is to make knowledge accessible and it allows the reader to access information the will most likely be helpful to their needs and/or wants
I think the invention of Web 2.0 is going to change the way teachers interact with their students when it come to integrating technology into their classrooms. It also has a very positive rap and can be used for so many different reasons such as lesson plans, interactive sessions, teacher communication, and homework relativity. This is a step forward in the technology side and therefore a step forward in the understanding of how to promote your own life to be better and to attain knowledge that is not only usable in a classroom experience bu be able to use it outside of the class with work related items.
