How might you use the technologies we have shown to help students personalize their learning goals?

Take a look at three teacher blogs found at http://delicious.com/mattscottkuhn/Teacher-Blogs. Discuss in a group of three or four how teachers are using these blogs to provide teacher, peer, and parent feedback. Then post your thoughts on how you might use this in your classroom.

How would you use one of the sites you just visited to enhance student learning?
Gizmos - http://www.explorelearning.com
Visuwords - http://www.visuwords.com
Discovery Streaming - http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Make Beliefs Comix - http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Browse Web 2.0 & CITW at http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Cooperative_Learning and answer the following question in a reply. Then find the posting of someone else who posted today and reply to their posting with an insightful comment question or epiphany. How has Web 2.0 applications changed the nature of cooperative learning for student today?

In what way do adults in your school convey high expectations to all of your students? In what ways can you support those learners who have not traditionally had high expectations for their own performance? Post your answers to these questions in a comment to this discussion topic. Replies to other participant postings are optional.

Think about one lesson you currently teach that would be enhanced by identifying similarities and differences using technology. What technology would you use and how would it enhance the lesson? Describe the steps you will take?