Module 2 - for the classroom

......see what happens when you don't read to the bottom of the page before you post something? Unsure if you can edit a previous post....... need to find out.

OK - I think we can create a blogspot for our class and use it to summarise the book we are currently reading - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Years 1 & 2 are really enjoying the story and helping to summarise after each chapter.  To date we have read up to chapter 4 and these summaries and drawings are on our classroom windows.  But not all parents have the time to come up to the classroom - so perhaps duplicating this information on a blogspot will make this accessible to all parents.

It will also help when students are away - as often happens when families need to go to the city, and they are away from school for several weeks.  Perhaps a blogspot will allow the absent student to post in daily and communicate with the class.

I wonder if other students from other schools would like to view our blogspot and post comments - especially if they have read the book or perhaps children who are ill and in hospital and not able to attend a classroom......... food for thought.

Module 2

I guess that is what I find really frustrating about blogs and webpages is they don't seem to stay around. It is like there is no cost - no commitment. Also, even though many use their own name, often names are anonymous and possibly for security reasons this is acceptable.  But doesn't anonyminity bring the opportunity for incorrect/exaggerated information?

It also leaves one open to criticism - and the criticiser is hidden behind a computer screen allowing comments to be shared among others and not to the creator to defend themselves. I am not sure I am still at ease with Web 2.0 of two way information.  Who really cares what I think on a sunny Sunday afternoon as I sit alone in my unit in the vast wide west of Qld?

I will attempt the optional Twitter because I am curious how it links and sits within the black hole of information in the computer world, but can only recall and think the negatives of seeing people's comments when watching Q & A; or news programs reporting on politicians hitting the incorrect letters and later regretting the post.

And, adding to my own negativity is the recent social news reporting on the Boston Bombing. While technology no doubt assisted the authorities, I think they also spent much of their time attending media reports to correct incorrect information  being thrown around by those exaggerating and misinforming the public.

Maybe I just need some chocolate..........