Web 2.0 Blog—WikiSpace
The Web 2.0 tool I researched was WikiSpace. This free tool allows individuals to create simple web pages that groups can edit. The link to this tool is http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=WikiSpace. Currently teachers are using this in many ways. One tip that was suggested on the WikiSpace tool page was for students to create a wikified research paper. The students created a WikiSpace page with their research paper, and then linked their sources using the wiki. The students also incorporated videos and pictures on their space. Wiki pages are also being used for educational web conferencing. Presenters are able to post information and videos on wiki pages before conferences to help facilitate learning and provide resources for the future. An example of this is discussed in this blog post, http://itselementary.edublogs.org/2008/02/26/its-elementary-show-14-conferences-20-style/comment-page-1/#comment-22.
Jonathan Spreng
Friday, November 20, 2009
Assignment 1
Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives, Digital Wisdom Blog
This article was very interesting. Rather than discussing the difference between digital immigrants and digital natives, but rather focuses on digital wisdom. The author makes a good point at the very beginning of the article. He points out that given that many people growing up in the 21st century will be digital natives, a new distinction is needed, that of digital wisdom. Digital wisdom is identified as a twofold concept. This concept is first the use of technology, and then the access of information through technology. The author asserts that the wise digitally unenhanced individual will have less access to tools of wisdom than the digitally enhanced population. The article then goes on to discuss the use of technology in accessing wisdom and how digital use enhances how we interact with the world. For example digital devices help up plan, remember, and organize our lives every day. This is a very interesting concept and ties in with many educational theories. For example Lev Vygotsky’s theory on the zone of proximal development correlates to the use of digital information. The theory essentially states that an individual can only learn so much by themselves. It takes a peer or other social interaction to push that individuals learning to the next stage. Digital wisdom specifically addresses this. Through digital devices we are connected to the world to share ideas and increase learning, or we can access new information to take our own learning to the next level.
Jonathan Spreng
This article was very interesting. Rather than discussing the difference between digital immigrants and digital natives, but rather focuses on digital wisdom. The author makes a good point at the very beginning of the article. He points out that given that many people growing up in the 21st century will be digital natives, a new distinction is needed, that of digital wisdom. Digital wisdom is identified as a twofold concept. This concept is first the use of technology, and then the access of information through technology. The author asserts that the wise digitally unenhanced individual will have less access to tools of wisdom than the digitally enhanced population. The article then goes on to discuss the use of technology in accessing wisdom and how digital use enhances how we interact with the world. For example digital devices help up plan, remember, and organize our lives every day. This is a very interesting concept and ties in with many educational theories. For example Lev Vygotsky’s theory on the zone of proximal development correlates to the use of digital information. The theory essentially states that an individual can only learn so much by themselves. It takes a peer or other social interaction to push that individuals learning to the next stage. Digital wisdom specifically addresses this. Through digital devices we are connected to the world to share ideas and increase learning, or we can access new information to take our own learning to the next level.
Jonathan Spreng
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