Digital Natives Blog Post Assignment

Blog Assignment #1

Marc Prensky has written several influential articles about Digital Natives. Please read his latest article on Digital Wisdom (link) and post your reaction on this blog as a blog post.

Your posting should include the following:


•Your reaction to the article (example: how this may impact education)

•Links to other web resources that you have found that relate to his thoughts (try to find at least one related link)
•Add your full name to the bottom of the post

Also, please post comments on what other students have written in their blog posts.

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Blog assignment #2

Create a blog post about a web 2.0 tool. Your post should include the following:


•Post describes the Web 2.0 tool (brief description) - (10 points)

•A link to the tool is provided within the post (10 points)

•Post describes how current teacher(s) are using the tool in the classroom (20 points)

•A link is provided to web content (example: forum posting from Classroom20) that provides evidence that teacher(s) are using the tool in the classroom (10 points)

•Add your full name to the bottom of the post

For help and inspiration, some links are provided on the class wiki.