article from Jane

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1546%28199005%2F06%2961%3A3%3C294%3AELTMSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9

Journal article from Lisa

http://web.ebscohost.com.ipacez.nd.edu.au/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=105&sid=26098db0-2c88-425b-9008-8f73ea8a938d%40sessionmgr102

 This article is from Lisa, in my networked learning class.

Journal Article

This article relates to topic 3: How are teachers coping with Web 2.0 technologies in schools.

You can see it here 

The past 15 years have seen a significant increase in the use of technology in higher education. In fact, professors now find it difficult to imagine teaching without the Internet, course-management systems, Microsoft Office, e-mail, and other technological applications. Course-management systems allow faculty members to deliver materials to their students with greater ease than was previously possible. However, the most significant problem with course-management systems is that they are built around the credit-based course, not the individual student. One answer may be found in the latest evolution of the Web, often called the “read/write Web” or “Web 2.0,” some of whose improvements are already available. One of the developments has been the ability of people to write to the Web without the specialized skills once necessary to create a Web page. The resulting change is that, rather than simply reading from the Web, people everywhere are now creating online content.

This article explains the use of web 2.0, it doesn’t particularly relate directly to teachers coping with web 2.0 but talks about the use of web 2.0 and how learning has evolved by incorporating it into teaching.

Hey Jude..

Hey Jude is a fantastic blog, it offers information on many things web 2.0. This blog is updated approximately every 1-2 days. It gives tips on many things web 2.0 and shows us many different sites or places that she has found on the web and how they can be used. Particular emphasis is placed on web 2.0’s influence on education. I have noticed down the right hand side that there is a drop down menu that has links and names of many edubloggers, bloggers that write particularly about education, for example George Siemens. The ability to link to other sites is an invaluable tool, particularly for students like me, who have little knowledge about some topics of web 2.0 as i am still learning them. Blogs such as Hey Jude allow us to learn about sites found by others… the site del.icio.us allows users to share their own bookmarks and search for sites to help them in their own research. This website also gives examples of slideshows and presentations given at conferences etc. offering even more links for us. It is extremely organised and easy to maneouver around, offering resources, easy to use headings and many , many links to other bloggers, educators and wikis.