Web 2.0 Educator

The blog I chose to read was created by Hey Jude. His blog had a lot of videos posted on it to illustrate what the topic of the posting was about. It would definitely appeal to a visual learner. The type of technology that was the subject of the entries I read was more effective internet search engines. The author quoted leapfish, semantic web, and Calais. The author's ideas about technology in the classroom was about collaboration. How collective ideas are better than a single person's thoughts. Leapfish not only searches the key words but related ideas and topics. An example is if you searched Martin Luther King Jr. Links about him as a person would appear but also links to other relevant topics like Rosa Parks, Malcom X, Plessy vs Fergusson, and the Chicago Riots. Semantic Web is what Calais is. Calais is built by all the people that use it. Anyone can write and post it. The post is automatically categorized so it will appear on another users seach page if the topic is relevant. One video posted on the blog is an interview of Michael Wesch, a collge professor at Kansas State. A loose quote from Michael Wesch is, "I have 400 students in my lecture. I am not really interested in what one person can do. I am interested in what 400 people can do when they all set their minds to a common goal." This idea of using technology for people to join together for a common purpose: to learn and discover the world, is what the blog postings I read by Hey Jude are about. I think the ideas presented here are very good in theory. I believe it is indeed the way of the future. I'm just not sure if the future is here yet in terms of application. I guess it all depends on the skills the students already possess for that type of technology and what resources the school provides. Hey Jude's Blog.