As I have been reading the chapters, I am learning more and more. This book is a useful tool not only for this course but also for my classroom. Today the Web is all about collaborative and being social. Most people want to share, connect and create with others. Globally over 1 billion people are connected online. These social connections according to author David Weinberger, " are where the real power and potential of the Read/Write Web lies for educators and students."
Again there are endless possibilities in the classroom thanks to the Web. We have the ability to instantly connect with others. Through tools such as Twitter, a microblogging tool, which started in 2006, educators can use these as powerful professional development sources and for communications with many people. Although Twitter may be difficult to condense our thoughts as teachers to only 140 characters. Teachers tend to have a lot to say! I also learned about social bookmarking sites that I was unfamiliar with, Diigo and Delicious. These are free services that used for social networking. They can help with supporting our own learning, it is collective and it is changing the way we work and learn!
Although I'm not a big fan of Twitter, I do love the challenge of the 140 character limit. I wonder if I could use the idea of Twitter to have my students share their thoughts about a certain topic (maybe a chapter or entire book) and limit them to 140 characters. Sometimes my students are too wordy and don't get to the point- using a Twitter-esque assignment.
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