My first wiki....danielleswhatsawiki!!!!!!!

Here you go:

http://danielleswhatsawiki.wikispaces.com/What%27s+a+Wiki%3F%3F%3F

Enjoy!

A technological world is all they know

What happens when teachers get left behind? Nothing; nothing is exactly what happens because the world looses its place. There should never be a point in history whatsoever that a teacher is behind the technology power curve of her students. The author of this discussion wants to make such it never happens and gives useful tips in helping other teachers make sure to stay on top of the game, as well.


http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/How+is+good%2C+but+let%27s+not+forget+the+why%21

How to: I.D. the necessary skill sets

The Did You Know 2.0 video shocks the viewer in the opening ten seconds with the realization that the U.S. is not top of educational food chain (on the other hand, I really hope that it wasn't that much of a shock). If the U.S. is behind, then what do we need to do to get on top? This question brings one user of shifthappens to create a discussion on the necessary skill sets in the 21st century. Some of those brought up include: the ability to be an independent learner, the ability to recreate oneself (over and over again), and the need to recognize personal and social responsibility. It amazes me that someone took the time to create such a list, because it's one that I feel we are sorely in need of incorporating into the mainstream educational system.

http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Skills

Web 2.0...the Machine is Us/ing Us

Hello everyone!

I begin this week with a discussion on digital text. From the shifthappens page, I click on the discussion titled, "Web 2.0...the Machine is Us/ing Us" and watched the Youtube video it presented. What started out  as a video about digital text versus written text, it soon shifts into a four minute episode on the revolution of the digital world into the mainstream. There is talk of HTML, codes, and the internet in its early days, but the author, Michael Wesch, further paints a texted picture (ha, nice pun ;O ) via talk of teaching the "Machine" through tagging, web searches, and similar user inputs. It's really quite fascinating (with some extremely catchy music to boot) if you have a few extra minutes!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g