Web 2.0, continued
Well, it seems we have made some progress in the world of the Web – 2.0, that is.
I convinced our tech coordinator to use a wiki to update our district’s tech plan. It made sense to me – eveyrone is in a different building, meetings are impossible to get everyone to attend. Why not put it all in a wiki and let the editing begin? Of course, I got the lovely task of posting the original to the wiki. Not a big deal except that the bulk of the material is/was in tables – which did not transfer well to the wiki. C’est la vie, as my mother would say. Now the state want an update two years early. No problem, I can compare the original to the latest revision, print the changes for the Board to approve and it can be sent to the state…(except for that back to tables problem)
Another sign of progress – I will be teaching a course via the local community college, for 15 lucky teachers in my district (the course will be free, they’ll get 3 credit hours and 90 of the ever-needed recertificationpoints) – the topic? Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom! The course will also serve as a pilot since it will be adminstered online (mostly). If it works, we clone the course, each ITRT gets a section to use with their teachers each semester. Teachers take the class, ITRTs stop by the classroom and see Web 2.0 in action.
