Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Challenge 1: Why Am I doing this?

I strive for a very interactive, challenging AIG classroom.  I know my students are not only ready for the technological advances, they want to use and master them.  While I love a good research poster, I know there is so much more available to them.  These resources can take us to a whole new level of learning, sharing, and interacting. 
I know many students will thrive in an environment where they can use these tools.  It has the potenial to motivate students who are just "hanging out" in my class and make them leaders and engaged learners.  A student can have all the potenial in the world but unless we find the way to tap into that potenialI fear it could so simply waste away.
I have participated in simliar online classes.  I found aspects of the resources I had not considered.  While I feel I know a good bit about Web 2.0 tools, I am hoping to find some resources I may not be familiar with just yet.  I also would like a platform for colaborating on how to use the resources.