I have been working this weekend to get ready for my turn to do the Web 2.0 online training. I am worried that the 7 session format will not be enough to get teachers started with some Web 2.0 applications. I have sent emails to EDC and DOE about following up with more support and more direct workshop on blogging, wikis, podcasting, etc.
Maybe just getting some teachers to read and write personal blogs will be a start. After a year of my own edtech journey I have come to think that reading and blogging for a couple of months would be a good idea. Edtech has been picking up steam over the last year and newbies would benefit from joining a Virtual Learning Network.
I think I will start by having “students” get a del.icio.us account and joining each others network. Then just read three bloggers and set up Bloglines or Google reader. They need two weeks to complete each assignment, one week is not enough to reflect and absorb all the new information being thrown at them.
I signed up for a class blog at 21classes.com and at classesblogmiester.com. I need to get the PREP program blogging and to have some familiarity with at least 2 blogging platforms before I try to teach.
My wiki is also being updated so that I can use it as a teaching tool with the ETLO class. I need to transfer the wiki class I made for the LPVEC wiki to my wiki so I can share it.
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