Classroom 2.0 question

We posted this question in Classroom 2.0 last week looking for feedback from educators as opposed to trying to find resources on our own. Classroom 2.0 is a website for educators to communicate and share ideas. While the majority of questions posted had responses, ours did not. After comparing our question to others we came to the conclusion that our post was to specific. If we had phrased the question "How do we integrate technology into teaching photosynthesis?" we would have received some feedback. We asked the initial question with the addition of "limited technology resources" because in the majority of classrooms k-12 we will not have access to machines capable of analyzing specific output from plants and experiments. After looking at other posts placed by students in ED331 and the feedback they received, classroom 2.0 looks to be a wonderful resource for us as future educators.

Blog #2

I feel that the copy rite laws are important and necessary for illustrators, authors, and all creators in general. These people work extremely hard to create music, or illustrations for them to just be stolen and used by someone else. I agree that copy rite is essential in this day and age with the Internet but I absolutely love the idea of creative commons, the little C's. This is a wonderful way for people who want to share there work freely to do so, and especially for teachers to share idea's. Educators can share new idea's and lesson plans through the Internet to thousands of people and it doesn't cost anyone a cent or an elongation period to get permission. I think there is a reason for copy rite laws but creative commons helps open them for the people who want to share.

Blog #1

I looked at the web links that our professor posted of the AACE and the AECT. My initial reaction when I saw this sites was, to much, overwhelming. It was hard for me to concentrate or read anything when my eyes were wondering around. I also felt that way about the ITEA and ISTE sites. Although, I did think these sites were very interesting! The AACE and AECT had valuable information about strategies and ways to incorporate technology into instructional teaching. The ITEA and ISTE sites had really good technology focus points also. These sites could be helpful to integrate technology into an everyday lesson.