Beyond the Web 2.0 Hype: Focusing on What Really Matters

Clarence Fisher

Miguel Guhlin

Helen Mowers

David Jakes

TechForum Southwest

Are there new literacies that connective technologies create? ..or do these tools afford the attainment of a literacy in a different way?

Discuss this comment via a David Warlick tweet: Paul Houston: "People want schools to be better, but not different." Do you believe this to be true? How exactly does Web 2.0 make

schools better?

Rapid Fire: Name one Web 2.0 resource

no one in this room has seen.

Identify the two most significant barriers to using connective technologies in schools, and suggest a strategy/strategies for overcoming them.

Rapid Fire: What is the best approaches

for schools: walled or open gardens?

Rapid Fire: TV sports anchors may have never played the sports they talk about. Should teachers use the tools themselves before bringing it into the

classroom?

What excites you the most about connective technologies?

Rapid Fire: How should we approach the concept of "free" technology? Free or

open-source tools?

In your opinion, what is the best strategy for systemically applying connective technologies to the learning landscape? For an organization to be ready to take advantage of connective technologies, what characteristics must it exhibit? What must an organization do to sustain their application of these

technologies?

Rapid Fire: How do you use Web 2.0

tools with younger children?

Many educators focus on Web 2.0 tools. Interpret this quote from Marshall McLuhan "We shape our tools, and afterwards our tools shape us."

Rapid Fire: What are some examples of great teaching and learning using web

2.0 tools?