Week 2

How will these tools help me communicate with my students?
I think these tools will be great to help the students stay involved with the class and it could save class time with all their questions. They could submit their questions online and they could be addressed there as well. They could also use the tools to check on what is going on in the classroom at any point.

How will these tools help me communicate with my students' parents?
The parents will be able to check on what is going on the classroom. They can check on homework assignments and grades. It could keep the parents involved without having to call the teacher all the time! The parents will also be able to ask questions online.

How will these tools help me communicate with my colleagues?
This would be an awesome way to communicate with all the colleagues when not at school. You could use it to send ideas and lesson plans to them.

In which ways might I employ these tools to achieve classroom objectives?
I would use tools to get the students to research things for themselves, these would be great to get them involved in a little classroom community, and I would have so many resources for at my fingertips with information and ideas.

What are the pros and cons of the tools?
The pros would be greater communication outside the classroom, the parents could always know what was going on, the students could check on homework and you could add fun and exciting lessons to the classroom.
The cons would be you would loose the in person communication. I would be worried that the students would forget how to communicate with people.


Videos

Mr. Deuy Fractions
I think this video would be very useful to help students get excited about fractions. If you teach them how to fractions and then show the video they would have an easier time remembering how to do each time. They would be eager to learn and excited about what they have learned.

The Web 2.0 video was a huge overview of how to communicate on the internet. I thought it was a little fast but it was cool to see all the different sites that I never knew about.