The blog I chose for this competency is "Moving Toward Web 2.0 in k-12 Education." I found this blog using Googleblog search. I found this blog while looking for information on how to get teachers more excited about using technology in the library. I liked this blog because it shows how most teachers are in the same place: technologically behind students. Often times, students know more about how to use newer technology than teachers. Most teachers do not want to admit that. However, this blog points out that anyone can learn.
One of the amazing impacts of Web 2.0 is watching long-time educators have their own personal learning transformed by these new tools of Web participation---especially as they discover professional development venues on the Web that help to release the inclinations to help others that often prompted them to become teachers. Their own experiences with Web 2.0 in this regard dramatically shape new expectations for what opportunities they are going to provide their students. But other educators are understandably afraid: of the learning curve, of the changes taking place, and of their own ability to play a valuable role in an educational world shaped by the individualized learning and "unlimited" content and opportunities. Used to being the provider or dispenser of knowledge and the authority, they are unsure of the role they would play in a world of Web 2.0 education. They are also, and often rightly, concerned that academic rigor is being lost in a world of easy creation and limited constraints.
As a librarian, I hope to encourage teachers to incorporate new technology into their lesson plans. (After I learn how to use it, of course!) Students will be much more willing to participate if lessons involve the newest technology.
web address: http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/10/moving-toward-web-20-in-k-12-education.html
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