Panel Topic #2: Is Web 2.0 significant to future student achievement, workplace skills, information literacy, and digital citizenship? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T11:39:25Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/group/office20con/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A46895&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWeb 2.0 would seem to be THE…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-05:649749:Comment:470692007-09-05T15:22:55.415ZPamela Livingstonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/plivingston
Web 2.0 would seem to be THE place to learn workplace skills, information fluency, and digital citizenship - because the whole world is potentially watching - and because school ought to be where learning, and mistakes, can happen when teachers are guiding and coaching, and where the underlying beliefs and ideas that will carry students forward are formed.<br />
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The balance is that the whole world is watching, and that sometimes educators are reticient partly because the walls are down. But we need…
Web 2.0 would seem to be THE place to learn workplace skills, information fluency, and digital citizenship - because the whole world is potentially watching - and because school ought to be where learning, and mistakes, can happen when teachers are guiding and coaching, and where the underlying beliefs and ideas that will carry students forward are formed.<br />
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The balance is that the whole world is watching, and that sometimes educators are reticient partly because the walls are down. But we need to be there and involved and getting our hands dirty. Already Millenials (born from 1980 on) are creating Web 2.0 tools and not just content - so where have they learned their digital citizenship? We need to be models and guides for this continually changing environment.