Teaching+Tool

=﻿ ﻿Teaching Tool = = ﻿With students today spending more time than ever before on social networking sites,video games and other internet applications; teachers need to use technology in order to grab the students attention. There are many web 2.0 sites available to teachers at little or no cost, so what is the hold up? I feel that traditional teaching methods must be blended with the new technology so that traditional teachers feel comfortable using that technology in the classroom. Web 2.0 applications offer the oppertunity to communicate with students and parents to provide immediate feedback on assignments, and other class related items. Using web 2.0 as a teaching tool will allow teachers to reach students that are more accustomed to the computer than a book. It is like teaching to a new multiple intelligence theory classification. The link below(__Educational Oragami)__ is to a wiki space that shows how students in todays classrooms relate to technology and how teachers can benifit from using technology to reach them. = = edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Learners =