One more week of a 10 week online workshop until I am a certified Web 2.0 trainer. Five states, NY, MA, VA, MD, ME received grant money from AT&T to train 5 teachers in each state to become online trainers of Web 2.0 tools. The training was provided by Educational Development Center.
One aspect of the training that I enjoyed was the virtual meeting of other teachers involved with ed-tech. Many school school systems only have one technology teacher who is so busy they don’t have time to connect with others. I wish I had been able to do more online chatting, but the timing was off. It would have been fun to set up a Skype video cast and practice using some of Skype’s tools.
The training helped us get ready for using online tools for teaching, but there was no training of the use of Web 2.0 tools, it was assumed we were all proficient, which some were not. Even though I have been using web 2.0 for over a year I am continuing to learn. Working with a seasoned blogger would be a great learning experience. Maybe some of the experienced education bloggers could mentor other bloggers who are still learning the craft.
I just hope that school systems and the state DOE continues to support teachers after they complete the initial introduction workshop we will be teaching.
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